Politics

Dear Minneapolis: We are sorry for what you are going through. We get it. One day you’re living in a...

Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act Thursday as part of his immigration crackdown, blaming politicians in Minnesota who...

Column: Trump celebrates our nation’s founding while imitating tyrant King George III

It’s a measure of President Trump’s lack of self-awareness — a superpower, really, for authoritarian demagogues like him who otherwise...

L.A. unions push new tax on companies with ‘overpaid’ CEOs

A group of Los Angeles labor unions is proposing a ballot measure they say would combat income inequality in the...

Newsom rejects Louisiana effort to extradite abortion doctor

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday rejected a request to extradite a California physician accused of providing abortion medication to a...

California, L.A. brace for Trump’s new threats to cut funds over immigration stance

WASHINGTON — State and local officials are once again on the defensive after President Trump renewed threats Wednesday to strike federal dollars...

Former Huntington Beach city attorney, a Newsom critic, to run for state attorney general

Michael Gates, the former Huntington Beach city attorney who spent his tenure as a staunch antagonist to California’s liberal politics,...

Federal court upholds California’s new congressional districts in a victory for Democrats

In a major victory for Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democratic Party, a federal court in Los Angeles ruled Wednesday...

California launches investigation into child porn on Elon Musk’s AI site

SACRAMENTO — California announced an investigation into Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI on Wednesday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom saying that the...

Iranian Americans in SoCal watch Iran protests with a mix of hope and ‘visceral dread’