Page Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2026 1:00 PM ET

Los Angeles Times - US News

OAS warns Haiti needs help as it prepares to hold elections for the first time since 2016

14 minutes ago

Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead FDA

14 minutes ago

Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in broader criminal case against group

6 days ago

Rescuers in Indonesia recover 6 more bodies in earthquake aftermath, raising death toll to 53

2 days ago

The buck stops elsewhere: When things go awry, Trump deflects blame

3 days ago

Lawyers in Reflecting Pool case say Justice Department knew case was flawed

14 days ago

Commentary: A culture war over trans athletes invades the WNBA, and ratings soar

15 hours ago

Inconclusive autopsy adds to mystery of Los Alamos lab worker found dead in remote forest

15 hours ago

The fake L.A. mayor poll adds to challenges facing the public opinion industry

15 hours ago

Supreme Court is urged to block Trump's huge new ballroom so Congress can decide

20 hours ago

'Brazen act of self-dealing': Democrats seek to block a Trump-linked crypto bank

20 hours ago

War was supposed to crush Iran's 'Axis of Resistance.' Instead, it's bloodied but unbroken

1 day ago

House Ethics Committee announces sexual misconduct investigation into Rep. Jimmy Gomez

1 day ago

'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

35 minutes ago

North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing

35 minutes ago

National security question trips up Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina debate

51 minutes ago

From deadly floods to twin quakes, a Venezuelan coast wonders how much more it can bear

5 days ago

'The Yellow Line is a quiet thief': How Israel's moving border is erasing Gazans' lives

10 days ago

How Colorado became the unlikely epicenter of American yak ranching

11 days ago

Bones, flags, and faded hope: Gaza City bids farewell to 112 killed in airstrike

13 days ago

A kidnapping, a capture and a life sentence: Inside the downfall of cartel boss 'El Mayo'

29 days ago

Congresswoman says target of ICE operation in fatal Maine shooting wasn't up for removal

14 hours ago

ICE pitches legal insurance to help shield local officers who make immigration arrests

15 hours ago

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.

3 hours ago

Justice Department pushes to revive criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

19 hours ago

As global waterways are squeezed, Mexico pitches a 'dry canal' land corridor

2 days ago

Colombian president asks Trump to suspend tariffs to help earthquake recovery

2 days ago

'Coordination, not subordination': Sheinbaum attacks U.S. 'meddling' in Mexico's politics

4 days ago

Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Palestinian child and paramedics

51 minutes ago

Israel's deadly Gaza strikes cast more doubt on ceasefire progress days after Kushner visit

2 hours ago

Trump says U.S. has no talks planned with Iran as ships in the Strait of Hormuz still face attacks

22 hours ago

Zelensky fires a top aide amid a graft probe as Ukraine's ex-defense minister demands elections

2 hours ago

Ukraine aims a drone blitz at Moscow as Russian missiles kill 10 in a Ukrainian village

1 day ago

Russian court jails a Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine

1 day ago

Jason Arday's death sparks U.K. debate over academic rigor, racism after media 'frenzy'

1 hour ago

Americans have elected only 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot

51 minutes ago

How to save $2,000 a month in L.A.: Rent

1 hour ago

California voters favor progressive candidates, split over democratic socialism, poll finds

7 hours ago

Becerra pledges to debate Hilton — more than once — between now and Nov. 3

7 hours ago

Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A. could face new challenge after appellate ruling

7 hours ago

Penn State fraternity pledges were made to cut, bag cocaine for drug ring, authorities say

20 hours ago