Politics

It has been painfully obvious, ever since the presidential election last November, that the Democratic Party’s brand is in tatters.This...

Contributor: Trump’s MAGA spell is broken. Even his base knows he is a lame duck

For an entire decade now, Donald Trump has been immune to alienating his supporters — a base so loyal they’d...

Trump wants to hire 10,000 new ICE agents. Is that goal doable?

WASHINGTON — President Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol...

Fox News’ Jesse Watters admits mistake in program claiming Newsom lied about Trump call

Fox News host Jesse Watters acknowledged Thursday that his program made a mistake in reporting on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s phone...

CBS to end ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ next year

CBS said it is canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” at the end of the upcoming television season in...

ICE is gaining access to trove of Medicaid records, adding new peril for immigrants

The Trump administration is forging ahead with a plan that is sure to fuel alarm across California’s immigrant communities: handing...

The Senate voted to defund NPR and PBS. How will local stations cope?

Public media outlets around the country were preparing for the worst. Early Thursday morning, the worst arrived.The U.S. Senate voted...

Rep. Garcia of Long Beach asks RFK Jr. to explain targeting of HIV/AIDS funding for cuts

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) is calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to explain why...

National Guard came to L.A. to fight unrest. Troops ended up fighting boredom

They were deployed by the Trump administration to combat “violent, insurrectionist mobs” in and around Los Angeles, but in recent...

Commentary: The forgotten godfather of Trump’s scorched earth immigration campaign