Mitt Romney derides Putin and Republican Party crackpots
Mitt Romney has been several things in his political career. The socially moderate governor of Massachusetts. The “severely conservative” 2012 GOP nominee for president. The…
Fate of Political Magazine George Clouded Before Loss of JFK Jr.
Since he launched his political magazine, George, nearly four years ago, John F. Kennedy Jr. occupied a dual space in American culture: a member of…
L.A. County’s budget is taking hit after hit. Trump could make things worse
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Rebecca Ellis, with an assist from my colleague David Zahniser,…
Trump Drive Hits a Rough Patch
Donald Trump, a Republican presidential candidate and the front-runner for the nomination, has real estate interests in Southern California. This story originally appeared in The…
Citing threats, DWP seeks to spend up to $700,000 on private security for CEO
The chief executive of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has asked the utility’s board to spend around $700,000 on private security for…
Will Californians need to save the coast again, half a century later?
In 1972, thousands of Californians came together in what was a defining moment in state history. They were united by fears that the spectacular coast…
Axed federal workers face relatives who celebrate their firing
NEW YORK — Scrambling to replace their health insurance and find new work, some laid-off federal workers are running into another unexpected unpleasantry: relatives cheering their firing.The…
Why should U.S. worry about Trump? Try egg prices, some Democrats say
NEW YORK — As their party struggles to navigate the early days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, some Democrats are convinced that their road to recovery lies…
Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts
WASHINGTON — Rural cancer patients may miss out on cutting-edge treatments in Utah. Therapies for intellectual disorders could stall in Maryland. Red states and blue states alike…
Newsom stymies implementation of landmark California plastic law
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week stymied implementation of landmark state environmental legislation that would have limited the amount of single-use plastics sold and distributed in…
Hundreds of scientists from UCLA, USC protest Trump policy changes
Hundreds of scientists marched under sunny skies in front of federal offices in Los Angeles on Friday as part of a day of nationwide protests…
California lawmakers urge congressional leaders to continue federal wildfire aid
WASHINGTON — California’s lawmakers urged their leaders in Congress on Friday to continue funding federal aid in the wake of the L.A. fires, amid a congressional budget…
Was Bass incommunicado while returning from Ghana? Or is her office withholding texts?
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…
Contributor: Democrats drift dangerously out of sync with the public
Yogi Berra, the mid-century New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher known for his pithy and often-humorous life observations, once famously quipped: “When you come…
Homeland Security ends TSA collective bargaining agreement
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it is ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the…
Canada to name a new leader while dealing with Trump trade war
TORONTO — 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…
Interior Secretary Burgum eyes national monuments for energy resources
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has directed his staff to review and possibly alter national monuments as part of a push to expand U.S. energy production,…
Trump’s erratic trade policies are baffling businesses, threatening investment and economic growth
WASHINGTON — Marc Rosenberg, founder and CEO of The Edge Desk in Deerfield, Illinois is getting ready to introduce a fancy ergonomic chair designed to reduce customers’…
Trump says he sent letter to Iran supreme leader over nuclear program
DUBAI — President Trump sent a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, seeking a new deal with Tehran to restrain its rapidly advancing nuclear program and…
1988 Democratic National Convention : Democrats Still Struggling Over Who Will Address the Delegates
ATLANTA — 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.…