Top senator criticizes Pentagon on possible troop reductions in Europe
WASHINGTON — The chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized Pentagon “mid-level” leadership for what he said Thursday was a misguided plan to reduce the number…
L.A. budget shortfall close to $1 billion; layoffs ‘nearly inevitable’
L.A.’s financial problems exploded into a full-blown crisis on Wednesday, with the city’s top budget official announcing that next year’s shortfall is now just shy…