Politics

When high-level USC officials pulled out of hosting a mayoral debate last month, they cited “the escalating tension in modern...

Column: No, Tucker Carlson, armed IRS agents won’t come for Americans’ money

My dad was an armed IRS agent, gun-toting for good reason. He helped bust mob figures across northern Ohio for...

Biden takes aim at Trump, ‘MAGA Republicans’ in prime-time speech

WASHINGTON — President Biden delivered an urgent call to the country Thursday night, asserting in a prime-time speech that American democracy remains...

What’s the TV schedule for the next round of Jan. 6 committee hearings?

The House Jan. 6 select committee is expected hold at least one more hearing in September. But it has raised...

What the end of the Pelosi era could cost California

WASHINGTON — California could be on the cusp of losing one of the most effective national political allies it’s ever had.Now...

Editorial: Give fast-food workers some say on the job

Labor unions are having a moment.Following high-profile efforts over the last year to organize workers at Starbucks coffee shops and...

Column: Newsom skipped meeting with UFW leaders. Now he should sign California’s farmworker union bill

SACRAMENTO — In 1966, Gov. Pat Brown made a politically tone-deaf mistake with Cesar Chavez’s farmworkers union. This year, Gov. Gavin...

Bills aimed at creating California abortion sanctuary headed to Newsom

SACRAMENTO — California is on the verge of making it easier for nurse practitioners to provide abortions, barring coroner investigations after...

Trump’s storage of documents was no ’cause for alarm’ by Justice Department, his lawyers say