Putin and Trump will speak on Tuesday about the war in Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a possible pivot point in efforts to end the war in Ukraine and…
Newsom to ask California Legislature for another $2.8 billion to cover Medi-Cal cost overruns
SACRAMENTO — Days after telling lawmakers that he took out a $3.4 billion loan to pay for Medi-Cal costs through March, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office said Monday…
Column: The Trump administration has a free-speech problem
I have to wonder: When will Vice President JD Vance condemn his own administration?Last month, Vance, a self-described foreign policy “realist” who scorns the practice…
Mayor and LAPD chief tout declines in homicides and shootings
Los Angeles leaders are touting the latest batch of crime data as proof that the city is safe and getting safer — at least on…
Schiff dismisses Trump assertion that Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee are ‘void’
Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Trump in which Trump alleged that Schiff and others…
From France comes a call for Trump’s America to return Lady Liberty
PARIS — Hey, America: Give the Statue of Liberty back to France. So says a French politician who is making headlines in his country for suggesting that…
Tesla’s steep fall from California’s green darling to hated target
They say they’ve been flipped off in traffic, called Nazis and even punched in the face.Charging stations have been defaced and burned too, and local…
Trump warns Iran of ‘consequences’ if Yemen’s Houthi rebels continue attacks
DUBAI — President Trump on Monday explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran would “suffer the consequences” for…
Trump administration says South African ambassador has to leave the U.S. by Friday
WASHINGTON — The State Department says South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, who was declared “persona non grata” last week, has until Friday to leave the…
A judge ordered a Brown University professor not be deported. She was sent back to Lebanon anyway
BOSTON — A federal judge wants to know why a doctor from Lebanon with a U.S. visa was deported after he ordered that she not be removed…
Column: Katie Porter has a shot at being California’s next governor, but there’s a big hitch
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Chicago Mayor Fires Controversial Aide
CHICAGO — Acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer on Thursday fired a top aide whose repeated anti-Christian, anti-Semitic lectures triggered a week of controversy that immobilized Chicago government and…
Contributor: Democrats have four theories to beat Trump. Good luck
Donald Trump’s presidency has all the stability of a flaming garbage truck careening down a mountain. Yet, somehow, he’s still behind the wheel, grinning like…
Trump and recent gains give the California Republican Party hope
SACRAMENTO — A caravan of pickup trucks waving large President Trump flags circled the California Republican Party’s convention this weekend, with drivers occasionally hopping out to dance…
Angst pervades Republican town halls in Trump country, swing state
EVANSTON, Wyo. — In two congressional districts and vastly different political environments, two Republican congressmen were met with far different reactions at public meetings they held late…
Confusion clouds the fate of two new California monuments
The Trump administration touched off consternation and confusion over the weekend, issuing, and then apparently rolling back, an announcement implying the president had rescinded his…
Alien Enemies Act: What is the 1798 law Trump invoked for deportations
President Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law…
Trump and Putin will speak this week on Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. envoy says
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to speak this week as the U.S. tries to broker a cease-fire in…
Trump administration deports migrants despite judge’s order halting removal
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador despite a federal judge’s order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime…
Elon Musk brings a rash Silicon Valley approach to Washington
Washington has never seen anything like the rule-breaking, power-taking, government-torching, protocol-scorching force of delighted havoc and gleeful mayhem that is Elon Musk.Margaret O’Mara has.The University…