Politics

Suffolk County Dist. Atty. Kevin Hayden speaks about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detaining a man while he was on trial during a news conference on April 2 in Boston. (Michael Casey / Associated Press) A federal judge has dismissed a contempt case against an agent for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement whose … Read more

Democrat Joe Biden has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, typically the custom for immediate past presidents. (Stephanie Scarbrough / Associated Press) Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Trump’s agenda is threatening the health of Social Security. The 82-year-old Democrat … Read more

President Trump, shown Monday during an event on the South Lawn of the White House, has singled out South Africa, issuing an executive order in February suspending all U.S. funding to the country over what he claimed are its anti-white and anti-American policies. (Manuel Balce Ceneta / Associated Press) South Africa’s new special envoy to … Read more

Soon after my former roommate was killed in Iraq, Sen. Ted Kennedy called me. It was a Sunday afternoon, and I wasn’t pleased to get the call. I was on the senator’s staff at the time, and he sometimes called on weekends with policy questions, usually about education funding. The calls usually required some quick … Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles in 2024. (Eric Thayer / Associated Press) Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a tourism campaign on Monday urging Canadians to “come experience our California Love” after seeing a dip in in visits from the United State’s northern neighbors who say they’ve been alienated by President … Read more

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, sitting below a newly installed portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, meet with House Democratic leaders in the Oval Office. (Associated Press) When Joe Biden launched his campaign for the presidency in 2019, his economic proposals were relatively modest updates of the middle-class-oriented agenda he championed as vice president … Read more

Cecilia Ochoa Levine was a Mexican trying to make it in America. But when she hit upon a promising business opportunity, to make knapsacks south of the border to sell in the United States, she could not get the trade permits she needed. And so Levine asked for help from a longtime friend in Texas, … Read more

Flames whip around power lines as the Thomas fire roars through Montecito on Dec. 16, 2017. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Gov. Gavin Newsom urged lawmakers on Friday to rethink existing rules on how California utilities pay for wildfires sparked by their equipment, but stopped short of embracing any specific solution to the political … Read more

As Megan Thee Stallion raps about her desires for a lover, a young woman records herself in her room, strutting toward her phone in sweatpants and a tank top. On sync to the track’s beat, she drops low. This is usually the part where TikTok creators pivot and show themselves in a new outfit, glammed … Read more

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greets President Biden with a fist bump after the U.S. leader’s arrival in Jeddah on July 15, 2022. (Saudi Press Agency via Associated Press) Visits to Saudi Arabia by high-profile U.S. officials are always problematic. The two countries have a love-hate relationship. Politicians and the public criticize the Saudi … Read more