Essential Politics: Are Karen Bass and Kamala Harris frenemies?
WASHINGTON — I was first introduced to the concept of frenemies in sixth grade after a girl, who I thought was a friend, told my crush…
Biden announces new student debt relief for 150,000
U.S. News // 15 hours ago Biden, Netanyahu discuss Gaza cease-fire negotiations Jan. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Supreme Court denies oil industry plea to block California climate suit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court dealt a major setback to the oil industry on Monday, refusing to block lawsuits from California and other blue states that…
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to ACA’s preventative care mandate
1 of 3 | The Supreme Court indicated on Friday it will hear a case challenging the constitutionality of preventative healthcare coverage now mandated under…
Trump could ignore TikTok ban, solicitor general suggests
1 of 3 | The Supreme Court on Friday heard oral arguments on the law to force TikTok's parent company to divest from the platform…
Company memo reveals social media giant Meta rolling back DEI program
Social media giant Meta is rolling back its corporate diversity, equity and inclusion program, according to a leaked internal company memo published on Friday. File…
TikTok faces Supreme Court hearing with business, politics, freedom of speech implications
1 of 5 | The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments over the ban or forced sale of TikTok by its Chinese…
Appeals court ruling leaves Jack Smith's report on Trump in limbo
A federal appeals court has blocked a move by Donald Trump's lawyers to stop the Justice Department from releasing Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report…
Appeals court declines to block Trump sentencing in hush money case
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s highest court on Thursday declined to block Donald Trump’s upcoming sentencing for his felony conviction, leaving the Supreme Court as the…
Supreme Court turns down Trump plea to block New York sentencing
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down President-elect Donald Trump’s plea to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday on his felony…
‘The mountain is screaming at you’: L.A. fires become a collective trauma
More than 1,100 homes, businesses and other buildings have been lost in the L.A. fires, and many more thousands of people have been displaced. It…
Trump asks Supreme Court to block sentencing in New York criminal case
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to block a New York judge from sentencing him Friday over his felony conviction in…
Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to block hush-money sentencing
Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block criminal sentencing in his hush-money case in New York set for…
Newsom’s new budget sounds more Republican than radical left
Hello and happy Tuesday. There are 13 days until the inauguration and folks, my vacation was not long enough. But here we are, and I’m…
Judge denies Trump’s request to delay hush money sentencing
1 of 2 | New York Judge Juan Merchan on Monday denied President-elect Donald Trump's (pictured in May) request to delay this week's sentencing in…
Congress to certify Trump’s election win under heavy security, blizzard conditions
1 of 4 | Congress on Monday will certify President-elect Donald Trump's election win amid blizzard conditions in Washington. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI. | License…
Justice Department urges Supreme Court not to delay law banning TikTok
1 of 3 | The U.S. Justice Department is petitioning the Supreme Court not to entertain President-elect Donald Trump’s attempts to influence the court’s decision…
Judge in Trump’s ‘hush money’ case signals he won’t impose any punishment
President-elect Donald Trump likely won't face any legal punishment in his New York "hush money" case after a ruling issued by Judge Juan Merchan on…
Chief Justice John Roberts decries threats to judges, defiance of rulings
1 of 2 | Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts penned his year-end report on the federal judiciary, published on New Year’s Eve, recounting a…
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him time to negotiate TikTok terms
President-elect Donald Trump says he is uniquely positioned to negotiate a deal resolving national-security issues and other problems with TikTok and on Friday asked the…