Chaos inside FEMA as death threats distract from hurricane response
As a major storm rushed toward Florida last October, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the time faced a different kind of…
Trump administration increasingly places immigrants in solitary confinement, report finds
WASHINGTON — Use of solitary confinement in immigration detention is soaring under the Trump administration, according to a report published Wednesday by Physicians for Human Rights using…
Trump says he’ll designate antifa as a terrorist group but offers few details
WASHINGTON — President Trump said early Thursday that he plans to designate antifa as a “major terrorist organization.”Antifa, short for “anti-fascists,” is an umbrella term for far-left-leaning…
Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold his firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
WASHINGTON — President Trump appealed to the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook from the independent board that can raise or…
Judge blocks Trump administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Trump’s administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home…
Trump administration moves to make U.S. citizenship harder with revised civics test
The Trump administration moved again Wednesday to make it harder to gain U.S. citizenship, announcing a slate of changes to the core civics test that…
Contributor: The right now embraces cancel culture
In the days since Charlie Kirk’s killing, conservatives have embraced a phenomenon they previously called toxic: cancel culture.The impulse to cancel some voices this past…
Edison details how much it plans to pay Eaton fire victims
Southern California Edison hasn’t accepted responsibility for igniting the Eaton fire, but it is now offering each victim who lost their home hundreds of thousands…
FBI Director Kash Patel fights growing doubts over his competence
WASHINGTON — Of all the investigations underway by the FBI, the case of Charlie Kirk’s killing is one that President Trump’s allies expect the bureau to get…
Column: What came of Trump’s Putin summit? Nothing good
Remember the vaunted Trump-Putin summit? It was just a month ago this week, but Americans could be excused for having forgotten. Nothing good has come…
Israel faces global backlash as Gaza invasion deepens isolation
BEIRUT — Cascades of condemnation from friend and foe alike. An array of international organizations and rights groups leveling accusations of genocide and war crimes. Boycotts across…
Lawyer who sent L.A. whopping bill to get $4 million more
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a fivefold increase to its contract with a law firm that drew heated criticism for the invoices…
ABC drops ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ indefinitely over host’s Charlie Kirk remarks
Walt Disney Co.-owned broadcaster ABC said it is pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live” indefinitely following backlash over the host’s remarks about slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.The…
Trump’s redistricting push threatens minority representation
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III wants a second civil rights movement in response to President Trump and his fellow Republicans who are redrawing…
Fired CDC chief Susan Monarez warns senators that RFK Jr. is endangering public health
WASHINGTON — America’s public health system is headed to a “very dangerous place” with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his team of anti-vaccine advisors in…
Obama says U.S. is at ‘an inflection point’ after Kirk’s killing
Former President Obama says that the United States is at “an inflection point” following the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and that President Donald…
Trump’s chief Border Patrol agent testifies in protester assault trial
U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino — the brash agent who led a phalanx of military personnel into MacArthur Park this summer — was…
California, West Coast states roll out their vaccine recommendations
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law giving California the power to set its own immunization schedules based on state health experts and independent medical groups…
Charlie Kirk gave young men something to believe in. Newsom wants to do the same
Like many young men these days, Kamaldeep Dhanoa, a lanky 17-year-old, knew he wanted to do something with his life, be a part of something,…
Republican who defied Trump over 2020 election to run for Georgia governor
ATLANTA — Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state who rejected Donald Trump’s call to help overturn the state’s 2020 election results, said Wednesday that he’s…