Veteran L.A. County politician to challenge Kenneth Mejia for city controller
Isadore Hall, a former state legislator and Compton City Council member, launched a campaign Monday to challenge Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia. Mejia, a…
After Charlie Kirk shooting, how will public event security change?
Less than 24 hours after a bullet whizzed across a Utah college campus and claimed the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, polarizing figures from…
Commentary: Against the backdrop of the Hollywood sign, the Border Patrol takes a hellaweird group photo
The Hollywood sign has been blown up in movies, altered by pranksters to read “Hollyweed,” “Jollygood” and “Hollyboob” and saw Tom Cruise staple some Olympic…
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear goes national with podcast, the hot format for aspiring politicians
NEW YORK — If Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vaults into national prominence as a Democratic leader, he may one day look back at Thursday as a key…
Prominent Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy shot dead in Lviv
Tom BennettBBC News andJaroslav LukivBBC NewsGetty ImagesParubiy was a former secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence CouncilThe former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy…
Court transfers Bolivian politician Luis Fernando Camacho to house arrest | Courts News
A court in Bolivia has transferred a high-profile opposition leader, Luis Fernando Camacho, to house arrest amid outcry over the length of his pretrial detention.On…
Israeli politician forcibly removed from Knesset podium
Ofer Cassif is an Israeli politician who was removed from the Knesset podium for genocide remark. Source link
Hefin David, Welsh Labour politician and MS for Caerphilly, dies suddenly
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has led tributes to Welsh Labour politician Hefin David, who has died suddenly, aged 47.Mr David had been Member of…
Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe dies 2 months after being shot during a rally
BOGOTA, Colombia — A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful whose shooting at a political rally in June recalled some of the darkest chapters of the country’s drug-fueled…
Commentary: The state sets lofty goals in the name of a brighter future. What’s a vision and what’s a hallucination?
In April of 2006, I watched a posse of politicians gather at Skid Row’s Midnight Mission to introduce, with great fanfare and unbridled confidence, a…
Trump order gives politicians control over federal grants, alarming researchers
NEW YORK — An executive order signed by President Trump this week aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by…
Texas may rig election maps. Should California too?
In a brazen move, Republicans in Texas have set out to redraw the state’s congressional map — an effort to boost President Trump and the…
Newsom redistricting threat fits a pattern of ignoring voters
In 2010, California voters drove the foxes from the henhouse, seeing to it that lawmakers in Washington and Sacramento would no longer have the power…
Why an L.A. County politician hit up ‘cholos’ to fight ICE
In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s…
California contests Trump administration claim that the state obstructs immigration law
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office sent a letter on Friday requesting that the Trump administration remove California from its list of sanctuary jurisdictions that obstruct the…
Contributor: The U.S. credit downgrade is not the problem. Our reckless spending is
America’s debt-addicted government just lost its triple-A credit rating from Moody’s, as it previously had from fellow rating agencies S&P and Fitch. Many in Washington…
Former Ukraine politician Andriy Portnov shot dead outside school in Madrid | News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Andriy Portnov was previously a senior aide to removed former President Viktor Yanukovych and had been the subject of US sanctions.A Ukrainian…
China allegedly tried to influence this politician. She says she’s not going anywhere
After being sworn in as second-in-command of the Arcadia City Council, Eileen Wang addressed a controversy that has taken a back seat in the months…
Former Vice President Kamala Harris slated to deliver a pointed critique of Trump
Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to offer a pointed critique of President Trump and his policies on Wednesday in her first major speech since…
Drag superstar Tiara Skye talks politics with the ‘UK’s sexiest politician’ Carl Cashman
Trans drag superstar Tiara Skye treated fans to one of her most unhinged and hilarious interviews yet. Over the last few years, the self-proclaimed “street…