Hunter Biden seeks to toss lawsuit after rental home damaged in Palisades fire
Citing financial problems, Hunter Biden this week asked a federal judge to drop the laptop hacking lawsuit he filed against a former Trump administration aide…
L.A. fires, financial woes force Hunter Biden to seek laptop lawsuit dismissal
Hunter Biden with his wife, Melissa, walk on the South Lawn of the White House. On Wednesday, he asked a federal judge to dismiss his…
Boredom and terror meld in Trump address
Hello and happy Thursday. President Trump addressed Congress — and America — Tuesday night in a speech that was both painfully long and studded with…
Trump’s address to Congress revived false immigration claims
WASHINGTON — During Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including that then-President Biden had secretly flown migrants into…
Column: Many Californians fear that democracy is in peril
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…
Here is what Joe Biden actually did in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Four days before President Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, the outgoing vice president, Joe Biden, was in Ukraine — his sixth visit in…
Biden, facing his own challenges, to host Ukraine’s Zelensky
WASHINGTON — When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House on Wednesday, he became just the second European head of state to sit with President…
If Trump loved families, he wouldn’t cut Medicaid
Hello and happy Thursday. MAGA Republicans love babies, as they are quick to claim — the more the better! As long as they don’t have…
Trump nixes Venezuelan oil concessions granted by predecessor Joe Biden | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has cancelled oil production concessions granted to Venezuela under his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. In a social media post on…
Column: President Trump acts like Russian dictator Putin’s wingman
WASHINGTON — Last week, President Trump abruptly shoved U.S. foreign policy off one of its cornerstones.For nearly 80 years since the end of World War II, the…
Column: Trump, GOP budget cuts criticized as ‘cruel’ to Californians
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…
Trump revels in mass firings, jeers Biden before conservative crowd
OXON HILL, Md. — President Trump on Saturday evening praised his administration’s sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees, congratulating himself for “dominating” Washington and sending…
Could conservatives save democracy in the United States?
Hello and happy Thursday. Welcome to the “Is reality dead?” edition of this column, in which Vladimir Putin is our friend, egg prices don’t matter…
Leonard Peltier leaves prison after Biden commuted his sentence in the killing of two FBI agents
SUMTERVILLE, Fla. — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his…
Column: California’s race for governor is getting interesting
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…
Bonta: We’re not in a constitutional crisis — yet
Hello and happy Thursday. Organic eggs are $9.99 a dozen and have become so valuable people are stealing them — in Pennsylvania, 100,000 eggs worth…
Column: California farmers bought Trump election pitch — at what cost
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…
Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board members and naming himself chairman
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Friday that he is firing members of the board of trustees for the Kennedy Center and naming himself chairman.He also indicated that…
Trump says he’s ending Biden’s classified intelligence briefings in payback move
PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump said Friday that he’s revoking former President Biden’s access to government secrets and ending the daily intelligence briefings he’s receiving, in…
Trump strips Biden of security clearance, access to intelligence briefings | Donald Trump News
BREAKINGBREAKING, US president says ‘no need’ for predecessor to have access to classified information.United States President Donald Trump has announced that he is stripping former…