J.W. Marriott offers personal tribute to Romneys at church
BOSTON — As he gave his acceptance address at the Republican National Convention last week, Mitt Romney for the first time gave America an intimate…
Lawyers for 5 men deported to an African prison accuse Trump’s program of denying them due process
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Five men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation…
8 killed and 50 hurt in Chicago over weekend as Trump plans deployment
CHICAGO — Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago, where President Trump has seized…
Tariffs, migration and cartels will top Rubio’s talks in Mexico and Ecuador this week
MEXICO CITY — Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will…
Ruling on National Guard in L.A. won’t protect us from a ‘national police force’
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal, which the sane and democracy-loving among us…
Pentagon to tap 600 military lawyers as temporary immigration judges
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved sending up to 600 military lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, according to a…
Rudolph Giuliani leaves hospital after being injured in a car crash in New Hampshire
Rudolph W. Giuliani has been released from the hospital and “is progressing well” after being injured when the vehicle he was riding in was struck…
Padilla, Schiff request breakdown of military deployments in L.A.
U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff have sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth requesting a detailed breakdown of military deployments to Los…
Disney to pay $10 million over alleged violations of children’s online privacy
The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into alleged violations of child privacy laws. The…
ICE is showing up to interview parents hoping to reunite with their children who entered U.S. alone
McALLEN, Texas — President Trump’s administration has started requiring parents looking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to show up for interviews…
Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa confirms she will not run for reelection in 2026
DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection next year, confirming in a video post on social media that…
Putin says Trump administration is listening to Russia’s arguments on Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that President Trump’s administration is listening to the Kremlin’s justifications for its invasion of neighboring Ukraine and claimed that…
Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, AP source says
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s administration will announce on Tuesday that U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its…
Trump deployment of military troops to Los Angeles was illegal, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. military troops to Los Angeles during immigration raids earlier this year was illegal.U.S.…
California Republicans take donations from mogul after sex scandal
When billionaire casino mogul and top Republican donor Steve Wynn was accused of a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct in the midst of the #MeToo…
I got COVID and can’t smell. But RFK Jr.’s vaccine policies still stink
For five years, I dodged every bullet.I don’t know how I managed to beat COVID-19 for so long, even as family, friends and colleagues got…
Column: On immigration, California Republicans still haven’t learned
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…
Worried staffers unionize at Yosemite, Sequoia national parks
For two years, labor organizers tried to unionize employees at a trio of celebrated California national parks, but they couldn’t reach critical mass.Then came mass…
Trump wants to ax affordable housing grant; rural areas will be hurt
Heather Colley and her two children moved four times over five years as they fled high rents in eastern Tennessee, which, like much of rural…
3 teens committed ‘satanic’ murder. Why is only one still in prison?
It was a July evening when Elyse Pahler, 15, sneaked out her bedroom in the Central Coast town of Arroyo Grande, planning to get into…