Labor leaders and top city officials are demanding an investigation into police conduct at a protest in which United Farm Workers Vice President Dolores Huerta suffered two broken ribs and a ruptured spleen. Huerta was injured Wednesday night when police forced demonstrators away from a hotel where Vice President George Bush was holding a $1,000-a-plate … Read more
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before entering the Manhattan courtroom Monday. (Julia Nikhinson / Associated Press) The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s hush money trial fined him $1,000 on Monday for violating his gag order once again and sternly warned the former president that additional violations could result in jail time. The … Read more
Authorities break up the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA last week. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) The relationship between the United States and Israel has been a tight embrace almost ever since the founding of the Jewish-led state 76 years ago. Israel has relied on U.S. money, weapons and global diplomatic defense to survive and … Read more
Charter reforms under consideration are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to address City Hall corruption. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images) Los Angeles city government has a corruption problem. Since 2020, three L.A. council members and a former deputy mayor were found guilty of or pleaded guilty to such charges as bribery and lying to … Read more
Today, former FEC Chairman Smith and Brookings Institution fellow Mann discuss the essential tension between political speech and campaign finance regulation. Previously they debated public financing of campaigns, broader campaign finance solutions, real or perceived dangers to the McCain-Feingold law and the quality of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Wisconsin right-to-life case. Two versions … Read more
Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin arrives to speak at an election night party in Chantilly after defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race early Wednesday, tapping into culture war fights over schools and race to unite former President Trump’s most fervent supporters with enough suburban voters … Read more
The California Supreme Court in December held court for the first time in Los Angeles since before the pandemic, in the North Tower of the Ronald Reagan State Office Building. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) The battle between business and labor is headed for a high-stakes showdown at the California Supreme Court this week … Read more
Insurrectionists storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, after then-President Trump urged them to march to the building where lawmakers were certifying Joe Biden’s election win. (Associated Press) Donald Trump has put America on notice: If he loses the presidential election, he reserves the right to encourage his followers to fight. When Time magazine … Read more
Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake), right, organized a bipartisan dinner party for California House members. He’s seen here with Rep. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana). (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Images) Over homemade tacos at a Capitol Hill row home, several of California’s members of Congress did something unusual last year: they … Read more
Gavin Newsom, wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their family celebrate his win as governor of California at Exchange in downtown Los Angeles. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles TImes) Gavin Newsom won a decisive victory for governor Tuesday night, placing the risk-taking liberal at the center of the resistance to President Trump at a critical … Read more