Project Hands Across Hollywood Is in Full Political Swing

If it were a movie, it might be called “101 Donations.” With Congress in recess, the 1998 elections around the corner and federal campaign reform stalled, politicians are practically stumbling over one another as they arrive in Hollywood in a pre-holiday drive to raise donations and cement relationships with powerful, well-heeled backers in show business. … Read more

These 14 California legislators are getting two government checks a month

The state Capitol in Sacramento. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Amid ongoing warnings about underfunded public employee pension funds, more than a dozen California state lawmakers are augmenting their $107,242 salaries by collecting retirement payments from previous government jobs, a practice that taxpayer activists condemn as “double dipping.” A string of reports in recent weeks … Read more

Trump taps South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to helm Homeland Security

Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times) In a move that further signals Donald Trump’s commitment to enforce stringent controls on illegal immigration, the president-elect confirmed Tuesday he planned to appoint South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem … Read more

Kamala Harris says footage of Border Patrol evokes images of slavery

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday expressed outrage at how Border Patrol agents on horseback confronted Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the situation brought to mind how such tactics have been “used against the Indigenous people of our country, [have] been used against African Americans during times of slavery.” “Human beings should not … Read more

Federal Layoffs Likely Unless Buyouts OKd : Government: Interior, agriculture, transportation and personnel agencies are at risk for thousands of job losses. Costs hold up retirement incentives.

At least four federal agencies will probably have to lay off thousands of employees this year unless Congress approves “buyouts” to speed voluntary departures, according to Clinton Administration officials. The Agriculture, Interior and Transportation departments and the Office of Personnel Management are at the most risk for reductions in force, or RIFs–the government jargon for … Read more

At Iowa rally, Trump portrays Democrats as ‘angry mob,’ urges voters to reject ‘anger, division and destruction’

President Trump speaks at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. (Nati Harnik / Associated Press) With four weeks until the midterm election, President Trump whipped up a crowd of about 9,000 supporters here, reiterating his recent claims that Democrats are an “angry mob” intent on “policies of anger, division and destruction.” “You don’t hand … Read more

In suburban Texas, ‘it feels like there’s no place for lifelong Republicans like me’

Vanessa Steinkamp at her home in the Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs. A lifelong conservative, she feels out of place in the current Republican Party. (Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times) Vanessa Steinkamp is the kind of voter that Texas Republicans counted on. She’s a devoted conservative who volunteered for Bob Dole’s presidential campaign, interned for former … Read more

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