Kilmar Abrego Garcia to remain in jail amid debate on deportation risk
NASHVILLE — Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain in jail for at least a few more days while attorneys in the federal smuggling case against him spar over…
White House sues Maryland judges over order blocking migrant removal
BALTIMORE — The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against federal judges in Maryland over an order that blocks the immediate removal of any detained immigrant who…
More than 1,600 immigrants detained in Southern California this month
WASHINGTON — Between June 6 and June 22, immigration enforcement teams arrested 1,618 immigrants for deportation in Los Angeles and surrounding regions of Southern California, according to…
Not just ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: Ron DeSantis floats building another immigration detention center
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida officials are pursuing plans to build a second detention center to house immigrants, as part of the state’s aggressive push to support the…
Trump offers relief to NATO allies: ‘We’re with them all the way’
THE HAGUE — President Trump offered robust support for Europe and a rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin at the NATO Summit in the Hague on Wednesday,…
Congresswoman pleads not guilty to assault charges stemming from immigration center visit
NEWARK, N.J. — U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges accusing her of assaulting and interfering with immigration officers outside a New Jersey…
Wary of Washington, Europe frets it will be left behind on an AI battlefield
THE HAGUE — Days before NATO was set to convene in the Netherlands, one of its top commanders, Pierre Vandier, tasked with transforming the alliance for the…
Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes
NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night after Andrew Cuomo conceded the race in a stunning upset, as…
Contributor: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles threw trans kids overboard
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the preeminent center for pediatric medicine in Southern California. For three decades, it’s also been one of the world’s leading…
Amid raids, Dodgers can’t separate sports from politics
Sports offer an escape, an oasis, a relief from the anxiety and troubles of day-to-day living. There’s the competition, of course. There’s also a reassuring…
How conflict with Iran could supercharge Trump’s domestic agenda
A tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Iran has slightly dampened the threat that the United States could be further dragged into an international conflict. But…
Trump’s attack on Iran pushed diplomacy with Kim Jong Un further out of reach
SEOUL — Since beginning his second term earlier this year, President Trump has spoken optimistically about restarting denuclearization talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom…
Cable channel C-SPAN looks for help as streaming takes a toll
C-SPAN, the nonprofit outfit that has brought live gavel-to-gavel congressional coverage to cable TV viewers for decades, is feeling the squeeze faced by the rest…
Who Will Keep the Liberal Flame, if Not Breyer? : Supreme Court: We need a jurist with a passion for justice, not another technocrat.
Stephen Reinhardt is a judge on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Los Angeles. This is intended as a personal appeal to a…
Newsom, Democrats announce $321-billion California budget deal
California leaders reached a tentative agreement Tuesday night on the state budget, which hinges on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s demand that the Legislature pass a housing…
A Republican plan to sell off public lands is no more — for now
A controversial proposal to sell off millions of acres of public lands across Western states — including large swaths of California — was stripped Monday…
Royal upgrade: Trump will stay at the Dutch king’s palace during his NATO visit
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — President Trump has a sleepover this week in the Netherlands that is, quite literally, fit for a king.Trump is visiting The Hague for…
Contributor: Tehran has only bad options. Trump and Netanyahu have golden opportunities
Following the U.S. attack on Iran’s primary nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, Tehran faces nothing but bad options. Militarily, Iran can escalate the…
Trump judicial pick suggested ignoring court orders on deportations
WASHINGTON — A top Justice Department official suggested the Trump administration might have to ignore court orders as it prepared to deport Venezuelan migrants it accused of…
LAPD allowed to use drones as ‘first responders’ under new program
Citing successes other police departments across the country have seen using drones, the Los Angeles Police Commission said it would allow the LAPD to deploy…