Gov. Gray Davis on Monday signed into law one of the most ambitious health care reform packages in the nation, granting more than 20 million California residents the right to sue their HMOs, obtain second medical opinions and appeal their health plan’s decisions to independent experts. The package of 20 bills, which Davis touted as … Read more
President Bush pressed his attack on Democratic rival Bill Clinton’s anti-war activities as a college student, but the first presidential debate of the 1992 campaign was dominated Sunday night by assaults on Bush’s own economic record by Clinton and independent Ross Perot. In defending himself, Bush declared his own “revival” plan would provide a sufficient … Read more
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to act last year on more than 200 age discrimination cases before the statute of limitations expired, EEOC Chairman Clarence Thomas told a hostile congressional hearing on Monday, a year after he had promised to improve the agency’s performance. “It is troubling that . . . the agency charged … Read more
Jennifer Vasquez Sura, the wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, speaks at an April 4 news conference. (Jose Luis Magana / Associated Press) The Trump administration’s claim that it can’t do anything to free Kilmar Abrego Garcia from an El Salvador prison and return him to the U.S. “should be shocking,” a federal appeals court said … Read more
A bill introduced by U.S. Reps. Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park) and Brad Sherman (D-Sherman Oaks) would require provide up to a year of forbearance on federally backed mortgages in disaster zones. (Gina Ferazzi/Los Angeles Times) The Southern California lawmakers who represent the Eaton and Palisades fire zones introduced a bill in Congress on Thursday that … Read more
In a rare public appearance, former First Lady Barbara Bush spoke Friday at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, saying that her prayers were with the 37th President. Bush, whose appearance and speech had been scheduled long before Nixon’s Monday stroke, entertained 1,200 people with anecdotes from her four years in the White House. But … Read more
The departure of the Pentagon spokesman is the fourth this week from the inner circle of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, shown Wednesday. Three other senior officials were escorted from the building after being implicated in an ongoing investigation into information leaks. (Nathan Howard / Associated Press) Former Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot was asked to resign … Read more
About once a week, usually on Thursday afternoons, half a dozen top White House and Justice Department officials meet to perform a little-noticed but profoundly important task: selecting, from among hundreds of candidates, those who will be recommended to President Reagan for nomination as federal judges. It is not an idle job. By 1989, when … Read more
Biden supporters in golf carts caravan to an elections office in The Villages, Fla., to cast their ballots during early voting. (Associated Press) Sara Branscome’s golf cart whizzed down the smooth asphalt path that winds through The Villages, the nation’s largest retirement community, an expanse of beautiful homes, shops and entertainment venues that bills itself … Read more
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
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