After militarizing U.S. streets, Trump turns guns on the drug trade
WASHINGTON — The F-35 is the most advanced fighter jet on the planet, capable of waging electronic warfare, of dropping nuclear weapons, of evading the surveillance and…
3 LAPD shootings in three days: Chief grilled on officers opening fire
After Los Angeles police officers shot at people on three consecutive days late last month, the LAPD’s civilian bosses turned to Chief Jim McDonnell for…
Column: Trump’s brand of war is killing more civilians than before
WASHINGTON — The United Nations mission in Afghanistan reported recently that U.S. airstrikes and Afghan security forces killed more civilians in the first half of 2019 than…
Perot Campaign Asks Electors for Loyalty Oaths
WASHINGTON — The campaign of likely independent presidential candidate Ross Perot on Sunday confirmed that it has asked electors running on Perot tickets to sign notarized oaths…
Reagan to Ask Budget Cuts Rejected by Congress in ’85
WASHINGTON — More than half the deficit reduction that President Reagan will propose for fiscal 1987 will represent recycled proposals that Congress rejected last year, and about…
Supreme Court asked to shield Sonoma County deputy who killed a 13-year-old carrying a pellet gun
Reporting from Washington — It was an October afternoon when 13-year-old Andy Lopez, wearing shorts and a blue sweatshirt, walked down a sidewalk in Santa Rosa, Calif.,…
Patriotic Gore – Los Angeles Times
Fred Anderson teaches history at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the author of "A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven…
After a day on message, Trump slips back into old habits
Reporting from Washington — For a president prone to distraction, Donald Trump was unusually disciplined — for a time.In the hours following the shooting of a Republican…
Burton Bounces Back – Los Angeles Times
SAN FRANCISCO — John Burton walks through North Beach, five cappuccinos under his belt, a swing in his step. It’s a fine sunny morning in the city.An…
Most Federal Judges Get Outside Income
WASHINGTON — The majority of America’s federal judges have six-figure investment portfolios and many make more money off the bench than on, according to a comprehensive study…
Trump executive order aims to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War
WASHINGTON — After months of campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump sent a sharply different message Friday when he signed an executive order aimed at…
In a week of stumbles, Trump faces setbacks in court and abroad
WASHINGTON — Facing viral rumors of his imminent death, President Trump emerged in the Oval Office on Tuesday alive and scowling. Core tenets of his economic policies…
Judge blocks Trump administration’s ending of legal protections for 1.1M Venezuelans and Haitians
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from ending temporary legal protections that have granted more than 1 million people from Haiti…
U.S. hiring stalls, with employers reluctant to expand in erratic economy
The American job market, a pillar of U.S. economic strength since the pandemic, is crumbling under the weight of President Trump’s erratic economic policies.Uncertain about…
CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’ will no longer edit taped interviews after Kristi Noem backlash
CBS News’ “Face the Nation” will no longer edit taped interviews after U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained about how her remarks…
Judge tosses lawsuit against Fox News. But Newsmax can try again
A federal judge has rejected Newsmax’s lawsuit alleging Fox News violated U.S. antitrust laws by squeezing out rival conservative news networks.The court’s decision came two…
Contributor: America wants Trump to fight crime
Donald Trump’s recent floated proposal to deploy the National Guard to crime-overrun blue cities like Chicago and Baltimore has been met with howls of outrage…
Norwalk agrees to repeal homeless shelter ban, AG says
The city of Norwalk will repeal a local law passed last year that banned homeless shelters as part of a settlement that will end a…
475 people detained in immigration raid at Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Georgia
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Some 475 people were detained during an immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles, according…
Meet Young Kim, an Asian American immigrant woman running for Congress under Trump’s Republican Party
Some other year, under some other president, Republican Young Kim might have been a shoo-in to represent a majority-minority congressional district containing pieces of Orange,…