Politics

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee stands in the middle of a traffic circle in Richmond, Va. (Steve Helber / Associated Press) Thirteen years ago, Brag Bowling was worried about green paint balls that had been splattered on a statue of Stonewall Jackson and the words “Death to Nazis” spray-painted on one of … Read more

Charred trees smolder along Highway 120 at the southwestern boundary of Yosemite National Park on Aug. 27, 2013. (Los Angeles Times) Happy Thursday. I’m Corinne Purtill, a science and health reporter for The Times, filling in this week for the incomparable Sammy Roth. Last week my family drove north from Los Angeles on State Route … Read more

Traditionally, Sen. Bob Dole has been among the most private of politicians. But increasingly this year, in an effort to make a stronger connection with voters, he has emphasized his personal story, as he did at a rally in New York this week. Here is an excerpt from his speech: I want people to know … Read more

Soldiers guard the prison entrance at the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador on April 4. (Alex Pena / Anadolu / Getty Images) With cameras rolling in the Oval Office, President Trump told reporters this week that he would carefully study the law before deciding whether to exile Americans accused of violent crimes to prisons … Read more

The former law firm of Second Lady Usha Vance, which calls itself proudly progressive, has gone to court to fight President Trump’s efforts to bludgeon his legal foes into submission. (Allison Joyce / Associated Press) Lawfare makes for strange bedfellows. As part of his tightening grip on power, and his assault on 200-plus years of … Read more

Here are some of the big stories the press has missed over the past decade: Between 1965 and 1985, slavery was successfully reintroduced into the United States. In 1960, one college graduate with a C average could earn enough to buy a house with three bedrooms, garage, basement and attic; raise four kids and own … Read more

Photos: DNC underway in Chicago with an energized Harris-Walz ticket Democrats from across the country convened in Chicago to officially crown Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee. The party’s energetic embrace of Harris’ candidacy coincides with the first in-person Democratic National Convention in eight years following 2020’s pandemic-altered convention. The party is also bidding … Read more

Bill Clinton carried with him only three pages of talking points when he stepped into the pulpit at the cavernous Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on Nov. 13, 1993. But he had other things on his mind. He had just read a Washington Post story about an 11-year-old girl whose neighborhood was so riddled by … Read more

Pierre S. du Pont III, a retired Du Pont executive and the father of the former presidential candidate and governor, died at home Saturday, a family spokesman said. He was 77. Du Pont rose to be a vice president and executive committee member of the giant chemical company founded by his great-great-grandfather, E. I. du … Read more

When Marines came to his door a year ago to tell him that his eldest son had been killed in Iraq, Bill Krissoff reacted like any father: with confusion, devastation, then numbness. Nathan Krissoff was so young, a lover of poetry, a champion athlete, a leader whose maturity and selflessness had impressed fellow Marines. The … Read more