A plan to shoot 450K owls, to save a different owl, could be in jeopardy
An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl…
Activist who ‘reclaimed’ state-owned home dies amid eviction protest
Benito Flores, who more than five years ago seized a state-owned home in El Sereno to protest against homelessness in Los Angeles, has died.A 70-year-old…
Column: Eliminating national holidays is a promising idea. Start with the racist ones
Believe it or not, France has had a form of social security since the 1600s, and its modern system began in earnest in 1910, when…
Early Data for Kerry Proved Misleading
WASHINGTON — Even as the presidential campaign ended with a triumph for President Bush on Wednesday, armchair strategists and capital insiders were still scratching their heads over…
Man who used Biden photo for target practice pleads guilty to stockpiling bombs
NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia man pleaded guilty Friday in a federal case that accused him of stockpiling the largest number of finished explosives in FBI history…
Trump releases frozen school grants with conditions; most funds for California still in limbo
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will release an estimated $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for schools nationwide, but has warned states that it will rescind…
Trump sues Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch over alleged Trump letter to Epstein
WASHINGTON — President Trump sued Dow Jones and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, for libel on Friday, striking back against the publication of a bombshell story in the…
What to know about President Tump’s ‘chronic venous insufficiency’
Earlier this week, President Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, or CVI, after he noted mild swelling in his lower legs. White House physician…
Hegseth tells lawmakers about plan to detain immigrants at military bases
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says bases in Indiana and New Jersey can house detained immigrants without affecting military readiness — a step toward potentially detaining…
Is late night dead? Stephen Colbert’s CBS cancellation raises troubling questions
The shocking cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” is a sign that time is running out for one of TV’s most beloved formats.The…
Trump’s birthright citizenship order remains blocked as lawsuits march on after Supreme Court ruling
BOSTON — President Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship for the children of people who are in the U.S. illegally will remain blocked as an order from…
Jury orders L.A. to pay nearly $50 million to man hit by city sanitation truck
The city of Los Angeles must pay nearly $50 million to a man who has been in a coma since he was hit by a…
Contributor: Democrats are spiraling into irrelevance. Good riddance
It has been painfully obvious, ever since the presidential election last November, that the Democratic Party’s brand is in tatters.This week, a Quinnipiac University poll…
Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable?
WASHINGTON — President Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, but experts and the…
Giant pandas and the ugly fight to control the San Francisco Zoo
Molting peacocks squawked in the distance and a Pacific breeze whispered through the eucalyptus as flamingo keeper Liz Gibbons tidied her station at the San…
Contributor: If Haiti has become more violent, why end Haitians’ temporary protected status in the U.S.?
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced last month that temporary protected status for about 5,000 Haitians would end Sept. 2, five months earlier than planned.…
Contributor: Trump’s MAGA spell is broken. Even his base knows he is a lame duck
For an entire decade now, Donald Trump has been immune to alienating his supporters — a base so loyal they’d drink bleach if he told…
Fox News’ Jesse Watters admits mistake in program claiming Newsom lied about Trump call
Fox News host Jesse Watters acknowledged Thursday that his program made a mistake in reporting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s phone conversation with President Trump during…
Rep. Garcia asks RFK Jr. to explain targeting of HIV/AIDS funding
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to explain why the Trump administration has repeatedly…
Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in…