Politics

Working from his desk in his bedroom, Rob Pyers is a behind-the-scenes fixture for the California Target Book, bringing instantaneous campaign finance and other electoral data to Sacramento insiders. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) On an afternoon in mid-December, Rob Pyers notices something amiss. It’s months after the grueling 2016 election, a quiet time … Read more

A person exits the headquarters building of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein / Associated Press) In what he called the “most consequential day of deregulation in American history,” the head of the Environmental Protection Agency announced a series of actions Wednesday to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on … Read more

William J. Bennett, a former education secretary and drug policy director and the author of the best-seller “The Book of Virtues,” said Wednesday that he would not seek the 1996 Republican presidential nomination. After the success of his book, morality tales he compiled to counter what he contends is a decline of values in America, … Read more

Protesters demonstrate Monday in New York in support of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. (Yuki Iwamura / Associated Press) When President Trump gave his joint address to Congress last week, he boasted that in his first few weeks back in the White House he had “brought free speech back to America.” But 1st Amendment advocates say … Read more

Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024. (Ted Shaffrey / Associated Press) A government lawyer asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to move the legal fight over the detention of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey … Read more

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) participates in a panel discussion during a security conference in Munich, Germany, last month. (Matthias Schrader / Associated Press) Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire will not seek reelection next year, a decision that will end the longtime senator’s historic political career and deals a significant blow to Democrats, … Read more

Susie House, front, and David Hill hold up signs as they join hundreds of others during a large rally and protest outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration campus March 3 in Boulder, Colo. (Helen H. Richardson / Associated Press) The Trump administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than … Read more

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, pictured Feb. 15, told state lawmakers Friday that the bills he vetoed were “passed under the guise of needing to reform our election system.” (Andy Manis / Associated Press) Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat seeking reelection in November, has vetoed a package of bills passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature that … Read more

Protesters march on campus against the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at UC Berkeley on Tuesday. (Santiago Mejia / Associated Press) The White House complained Tuesday that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of the government’s effort to deport participants in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, as the administration continued to … Read more

Voters cast their ballots at Advent Lutheran Church in Roseville, Minn., Tuesday. (Elizabeth Flores / Associated Press) Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of post-election drama over chamber control decisively chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday, tying the House and ending a short-lived Republican majority. The Democratic victory will force the two … Read more