What has a 2018 law done to ‘Trump-proof’ California on immigration?
WASHINGTON — Two days after Donald Trump won the 2016 election, California state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León canceled a flight to Germany and called…
Palisades could rebuild with more affordable housing. But many oppose the idea
On the ashes of his family’s Shell gas station along Pacific Palisades’ main commercial corridor, Justin Kohanoff envisions one of the grandest apartment buildings in…
Mexico makes case to avoid U.S. tariffs as it awaits Trump’s decision
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday that her administration is waiting to see if President Trump makes good on his threat to impose 25%…
Walesa says Trump’s treatment of Zelensky filled him with ‘horror’
WARSAW — Poland’s democracy hero Lech Walesa and dozens of other former political prisoners in Poland have written a letter to President Trump, telling him that his…
Column: Many Californians fear that democracy is in peril
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…
MSNBC begins post-Joy Reid era by hiring Politico vet Eugene Daniels
Eugene Daniels, a White House correspondent for Politico, is joining MSNBC full-time as a host.The Comcast Corp.-owned news channel announced Monday that Daniels, 36, will…
Column: Trump cheers Musk, but if disaster hits it will be president’s problem
WASHINGTON — For the last six weeks, President Trump’s demolition man Elon Musk has rampaged across the federal bureaucracy — freezing payments, firing workers and disabling entire…
Demand for governor to intervene over pesticides in weed
Criticism that California is failing to fully address contamination in its weed crop has prompted a push for the governor and lawmakers to step in…
Trump is destroying U.S. global standing in a matter of weeks
Donald Trump didn’t invent the American tradition of ditching our friends like a bad prom date (ask the Kurds, Afghan interpreters or anyone who sat…
Clinton Budget Kills 115 Programs, Slashes Others
WASHINGTON — President Clinton will ask Congress on Monday to kill 115 federal programs--and make sharp cuts in hundreds more--as part of an austere 1995 budget that…
Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring impact of DOGE cuts
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday that government spending could be separated from gross domestic product reports, in response to questions about…
Year-round daylight saving time? More dark mornings is just one downside
Reporting from Sacramento — We’d be better off on the Fourth of July if daylight saving time were eliminated. It would get darker earlier, and we wouldn’t…
Beyond the slogan, ‘Medicare for all’ vexes Democratic presidential candidates
As Democratic candidates leap into the presidential fray, many have latched onto a catchy political rallying cry: “Medicare for all.”But don’t assume they’re all talking…
British leader says Europe faces singular moment as leaders discuss Ukraine
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told leaders gathered Sunday for a summit on the war in Ukraine that they need to step up and continue…
What U.S. lawmakers are saying about clash between Trump, Zelensky
WASHINGTON — Key Republicans and Democrats in Congress have been stalwart supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but the blowup between the Ukrainian leader and President Trump…
Communities that border Canada worry U.S. tariffs have personal cost
DETROIT — At the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, a quote from former President Reagan is engraved on one wall. “Let the 5,000-mile border between Canada and the…
Anti-DOGE protests at Tesla stores target Elon Musk’s bottom line
BOSTON — Demonstrators gathered outside Tesla stores across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the automaker’s billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, and his push to slash government spending…
Trump’s next first speech to Congress likely won’t sound like his last first one
WASHINGTON — The nation will hear a new president sing a far different tune in his prime-time address before Congress on Tuesday night. Some Americans will lustily…
Newsom wants companies collecting personal data to share the wealth with Californians
Reporting from Sacramento — With a legislative battle underway in California over a landmark 2018 law that allows consumers to control what online personal data companies collect…
Photos from Romney VP Paul Ryan’s past
Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin confronts President Obama’s budget with an alternative GOP budget plan that he is pushing in the House. Ryan, the…