Thousands of L.A. County workers poised to strike, disrupting services
About 55,000 L.A. County workers are poised to walk off their jobs Monday night, disrupting public services from healthcare and social work to libraries and…
Rep. Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor, dies at 70
HOUSTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner of Texas has died two months after taking office and hours after attending President Trump’s address before Congress in Washington,…
Harris joins a decades-old tradition for vice presidents
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, in one of her last public appearances in the role, signed her ceremonial desk drawer at the White House on…
Jimmy Carter dies: California leaders recall ‘a man of rare character’
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers expressed their condolences Sunday after former President Carter’s death at 100. He was remembered for the role he played in a post-Watergate…
Opinion: Romney’s exit marks an end to the bipartisanship Washington needs
Mitt Romney delivered his farewell speech before the U.S. Senate in early December. It isn’t hyperbole to say it marked the end of an era.Romney’s…
Race too close to call for Calvert and Rollins in California’s 41st Congressional District
The highly competitive U.S. House race in Riverside County between Republican Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving GOP member of California’s congressional delegation, and Democrat Will…
Trump vow to eliminate ‘deep state’ alarms good-government advocates
After one term as president in which his promise to remake the massive federal government mostly came up short, Donald Trump again is raining fury…