Supreme Court limits judges’ power to block Trump’s birthright citizenship ban
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has limited the power of federal district judges to hand down orders that apply nationwide.By 6-3 vote, the justices said Friday that…
Meet Wilbur Ross, who once bailed out Trump in Atlantic City and is now his pick for Commerce secretary
Wilbur Ross became rich investing in faltering businesses like steel mills and coal mines, finding a fortune in blue-collar industries that others dismissed as beyond…
Contributor: Trump’s strike against Iran was ‘America First’ in action
My young family and I were in Israel when the military and the Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on Friday, June 13, commencing…
Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump have a lot in common. California should pay attention
Zohran Mamdani is a stylish, millennial, African-born Muslim with a Hollywood pedigree who just won the Democratic primary in the New York City mayor’s race.…
Trump administration restores funds for HIV prevention following outcry
The Trump administration has lifted a freeze on federal funds for HIV prevention and surveillance programs, officials said, following an outcry from HIV prevention organizations,…
Average Income Shrank in 1991 : Economy: The Commerce Department reports the first inflation-adjusted decline in per capita income since 1982. California fared worse than most states.
WASHINGTON — Americans’ per capita income--after adjustment for inflation--declined in 1991, the first drop in nine years, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.The fall in real personal income…
New Speaker Is Off to Fast Start With Schools Deal
SACRAMENTO — The news clips say Bob Hertzberg was sworn in as Assembly speaker April 13. But ask Hertzberg and he’ll tell you he really didn’t become…
Column: Defund police? Let’s start with reform
WASHINGTON — Anybody remember “Abolish ICE?”That was progressives’ impassioned cry last year after Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents imprisoned undocumented immigrant children in cages. It was a…
A decade on from Obergefell, setbacks prompt a reckoning among LGBTQ+ groups
Leaders in the LGBTQ+ rights movement are taking stock and looking for lessons after a difficult few years. When the Supreme Court ruled in the…
Asian American leaders urge communities to stand by Latinos, denounce ICE raids
As federal immigration raids continue to upend life in Los Angeles, Asian American leaders are rallying their communities to raise their voices in support of…
Mother of L.A. boy battling leukemia files lawsuit to stop deportation
A Central American asylum applicant arrested outside an L.A. immigration court is suing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security and the Trump administration for her…
Bill Moyers dead: PBS journalist and former White House aide dies
Bill Moyers, a soft-spoken former White House aide turned journalist who became a standard bearer of quality in TV news, died Thursday in New York.…
New audit flags more than $200,000 in spending by former LAFD union president
The parent organization of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union has doubled down on allegations that the union’s top official failed to properly document…
Federal judge orders U.S. Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday granted a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Labor from shutting down Job Corps, a residential program…
Native leaders blast construction of Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ on land they call sacred
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is racing ahead with construction of a makeshift immigration detention facility at an airstrip in the Everglades over…
U.S. plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that’s not El Salvador, prosecutor tells judge
President Trump’s administration plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a country that’s not his native El Salvador after he’s released from jail in Tennessee,…
Iran’s supreme leader resurfaces to warn against future U.S. attacks in first statement since ceasefire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Thursday that his country had delivered a “slap to America’s face” by striking a U.S.…
Kennedy says U.S. is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi
LONDON — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the country is pulling its support from the vaccines alliance Gavi, saying the organization has “ignored the…
Some Israelis unnerved by Trump vow to ‘save’ Netanyahu from corruption trial
JERUSALEM — President Trump’s call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial to be thrown out has plunged the American leader into one of Israel’s most heated…
Federal lawsuit adds to allegations of child sexual abuse in Maryland youth detention centers
BALTIMORE — A federal lawsuit could open a new chapter in an escalating legal battle in Maryland, where officials are struggling to address an unexpected onslaught of…