Riverside County Sheriff Bianco enters California governor’s race
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on Monday launched his campaign for California governor, painting himself as a law-and-order conservative who can right a state in…
Trump administration tries to bring back fired nuclear weapons workers in DOGE reversal
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs, in an…
Anti-Musk protest movement expected to ramp up with Congress on recess
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is the president, but billionaire Elon Musk is the focus for thousands of Democratic activists launching a protest campaign this week to…
Column: California’s race for governor is getting interesting
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…
Analysis: Trump vowed to take politics out of prosecutions. Eric Adams case tells another story
WASHINGTON — On her first day as President Trump’s attorney general, Pam Bondi promised to remove politics from criminal prosecutions and to restore the “integrity and credibility”…
Column: Democrats belatedly wake up to start fighting Trump, Musk
WASHINGTON — A president’s first few weeks in office were once expected to be a “honeymoon,” a pleasant if brief period of bipartisanship and good feeling.President Trump’s…
Opinion: Extend Trump’s 2017 tax cuts to promote growth, but cut spending too
America approaches a critical juncture. Many provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 are set to expire this year. Congress could let…
California officials detail Trump funding freeze ‘chaos,’ warn another could cripple state
Maricela Ramirez was at an education conference in Washington, D.C., at the end of January when she and other attendees heard the startling news: Federal…
Should Democrats fight Trump all out or pick their battles?
These are times that try Democratic souls.Shut out of power in Washington and facing an unbridled president taking a sledgehammer to parts of the federal…
Dan Osborn wants ‘working-class heroes’ to shake up U.S. politics
Omaha, NE — Dan Osborn, a mechanic by trade, has been rebuilding a 1988 Pontiac Firebird in his garage. He plans to drop in a fuel-injected V-8…
No, Sen. Ted Cruz is not the ‘Zodiac Killer.’ But he finally just tweeted about it.
Is Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, the “Zodiac Killer,” the infamous Northern California serial killer from the late 1960s and early 1970s?Not. A. Chance.But the internet…
Pasadena shelter closes, Duarte shelter opens for Eaton fire victims
Eaton fire victims who were living at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium complex moved to a shelter in Duarte on Friday, American Red Cross officials said.Managers…
Trump checks out Boeing hardware, complains of new Air Force One delay
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump toured a Boeing airplane to check out new hardware and technology features and highlight the aircraft maker’s delay in delivering…
EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, per Trump order
Signaling a major shift in civil rights enforcement, the federal agency that enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws has moved to dismiss six of its own cases…
Hungary’s move into ‘electoral autocracy’ has parallels to Trump term
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hours before President Trump was sworn in to begin his second term, promising a “golden age” for America, the leader of a Central European…
Red states’ targeting of NY doctor over abortion pills is shield law test
DALLAS — A New York doctor’s alleged decision to send abortion pills to patients in Texas and Louisiana has pitted the blue state’s shield law against the…
Trump Justice Department fires 20 immigration judges
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration fired 20 immigration judges without explanation, a union official said Saturday amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal…
Trump moves with speed and brute force on to-do list in first month
WASHINGTON — As President Trump approaches the first-month mark in his second term, he has moved with dizzying speed and blunt force to reorder American social and…
California AG in ‘League of Justice’ preparing for Trump court battles
High above Hollywood Boulevard, overlooking the iconic TCL Chinese Theater and the masked marvels prowling the Walk of Fame, an elite “League of Justice” assembled…
Sources: IRS to lay off thousands of workers in tax season
WASHINGTON — The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and…