Politics

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, pictured in February. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) When flames erupted in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was more than 7,000 miles away, on a diplomatic mission to Africa. Bass headed home shortly thereafter and was in transit for nearly 24 hours as the fire ravaged … Read more

Nine months ago, Edward K. Waters was the politically unknown son of outspoken liberal Assemblywoman Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles). With a virtual blank check from his mother and the financial support of her political mentor, Assembly Speaker Willie Brown (D-San Francisco), Waters moved into southeastern Los Angeles County’s 54th Assembly District and in June won … Read more

The House of Representatives on Saturday approved the most sweeping healthcare legislation since the creation of Medicare 44 years ago, giving a boost to President Obama’s campaign to guarantee health coverage to almost all Americans. The gargantuan Democratic measure passed 220 to 215, with a single Republican vote, capping a contentious daylong debate that underscored … Read more

Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Mark Carney addresses supporters in Calgary, Alberta, on Tuesday. (Jeff McIntosh / The Canadian Press via Associated Press) Canada looks set to pick a measured former central banker to deal with the threats President Trump’s tariffs pose against a pillar of Western free trade. Mark Carney, 59, could become … Read more

A photo showing model Donna Rice sitting on the lap of former presidential candidate Gary Hart was sold to the National Enquirer by a friend of Rice for $25,000, a published report said Sunday. The New York Times, quoting unidentified sources, said the Enquirer obtained the rights to publish the photo in its June 2 … Read more

As House Republicans move toward a vote to roll back the Affordable Care Act, nearly every major organization representing patients and doctors now opposes the legislation. The American Cancer Society’s advocacy arm warned in a letter to lawmakers this week that the House bill threatens patients’ ability “to afford insurance that covers the healthcare services … Read more

Beneath President Bush’s hard-line law and order stance toward the Los Angeles riots there is a deep-seated division within the Administration and the Republican Party over what some see as Bush’s failure to address the underlying causes of the most violent outbreak of racial unrest in this century. Urged on by Vice President Dan Quayle, … Read more

Over 1,000 migrant families separated at border near San Diego since September, advocates say Nearly 1,100 migrant families have been separated while being processed at the U.S.-Mexico border near San Diego since September, immigrant advocacy groups said in a letter sent Thursday to the Department of Homeland Security that seeks an investigation into the matter. … Read more

Dr. Adrienne Hatchett gives a checkup to Samuel Camon at the East Arkansas Family Health Center in West Memphis, Ark. (William DeShazer / For The Times) Dr. Susan Ward-Jones observed something remarkable not long after the East Arkansas Family Health Center opened a new clinic in this small city by the Mississippi River. “People used … Read more

Democratic Party leaders have moved to resolve one of the big struggles of their upcoming national convention. No, not the jostling between Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, but the battle over which other Democrats will address the convention and which will get to do it on live television. Under a … Read more