Donald Trump speaks at an election-eve rally in Reading, Pa. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) A convicted felon and adjudicated sex offender is returning to the White House. A candidate who spoke of using the military against political foes and called for the summary execution of his critics will again be commander in chief. A … Read more
Former President Trump is covered by Secret Service agents following a shooting at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) How could a gunman get so close to presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday, coming within inches of killing him at a Pennsylvania rally? That is perhaps the biggest … Read more
The Veterans Affairs Facility in Los Angeles is one of the underused sites. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The federal government spends more than $1.7 billion a year to maintain 770,000 empty buildings while other agencies are leasing or buying new space, and Rep. Jeff Denham is fed up. “This is something that hasn’t … Read more
Dorothy and Toto, the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow, the Cowardly Lion and the Wicked Witch of the West, are all magical figures out of one of America’s most loved movies. But “The Wizard of Oz” was, and is, much more than a children’s fantasy. As conceived and written by Lyman Frank Baum in 1900, … Read more
Americans see positive LGBTQ+ influences all around, a source of hope at a tough time For Dakota, a 17-year-old transgender high schooler from the San Gabriel Valley, it was an older trans girl at school who made the difference — who helped ease Dakota’s loneliness and give her hope. “It really just let me know … Read more
Donald Trump is returning to the White House and deserves good wishes and hopes for success. But that doesn’t mean memory-holing or whitewashing his past. (Rick Scuteri / Associated Press) How do you summarize — or make sense of — 2024? It’s been a year of upheaval, division, winners and losers. And perhaps most disturbingly, … Read more
Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar came close to unseating Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter in the conservative 50th congressional district in northern San Diego County. Campa-Najjar, 29, is running again. (Robin Abcarian/Los Angeles Times) A few weeks ago, at a political dinner, Ammar Campa-Najjar bumped into the uncle of the man he had run against for Congress. Campa-Najjar’s … Read more
Who’s restraining whom? Earlier this week, longtime community activist Najee Ali got a Superior Court judge to issue a temporary restraining order against Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), accusing the congresswoman of threatening him. Then Waters, not to be outdone, accused Ali of stalking her. And on Thursday, she got the court to issue a … Read more
After months of avoiding what his opponent calls the “L word,” Michael S. Dukakis on Sunday proudly pronounced himself a “liberal in the tradition of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy.” As his campaign basked in the twin glows of warm San Joaquin Valley sunshine and encouraging polls, the Democratic presidential nominee also challenged … Read more
President Trump speaks with reporters after arriving at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., for a New Year’s Eve gala. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press) Donald Trump long thought the phrase “Drain the Swamp” was a little hokey, he has confessed to crowds. Yet it stayed. If Frank Sinatra had to croon “My Way,” … Read more
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