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Los Angeles Times - Politics

They Changed Their Minds on Three Strikes. Can They Change the Voters'?

7 days ago

Maj. Gen. George S. Patton, 80; Famed WWII General's Son

1 month ago

Trump gained support in California. What does that mean for the so-called resistance?

7 days ago

Who is DJ Cassidy, the Californian who led that great (and strange) DNC playlist?

22 minutes ago

Head of the Federal Aviation Administration to resign, allowing Trump to pick his successor

4 hours ago

Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency

12 hours ago

Amid the chaos of Syria, an American family seeks to bring a missing son home

13 hours ago

Watchdog finds FBI intelligence missteps before Jan. 6, but no undercover agents at riot

2 hours ago

Trump invites China's Xi to his inauguration even as he threatens massive tariffs on Beijing

8 hours ago

Trump, named Time's person of the year, rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell

8 hours ago

Trump taps immigration hard-liner Kari Lake as head of Voice of America

18 hours ago

House approves $895-billion defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors

3 hours ago

California Sen. Alex Padilla urges Biden administration to protect immigrants before Trump takes office

1 day ago

Trump team agrees to work with Biden team on world crises

1 day ago

Metropolitan Water District board member censured for racist remark

6 hours ago

Column: Gavin Newsom's failure to close Aliso Canyon is hurting us all

10 hours ago

California water agency votes to spend $141 million on Delta tunnel project

2 days ago

California lawmaker questioned in sprawling cannabis corruption investigation

2 hours ago

In leaked tape, probation official says L.A. County could defy order to close juvenile hall

13 hours ago

Column: Amid Trump Latino gains, is it time to let Republicans into California Latino Legislative Caucus?

7 hours ago

Trump names California Republican Harmeet Dhillon for top civil rights post

1 day ago

Column: California produced a female House speaker and vice president. So why are women losing ground?

1 day ago

The United States of California, a series exploring the state's vast impact on the nation

7 months ago

Trump names Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece

1 day ago

Schiff opposes a preemptive pardon from Biden as Trump again threatens sending him to jail

3 days ago

Analysis: Assad was a brutal dictator. Will Syria's new leaders be any better?

4 days ago

Trump's own unorthodox rise, focus on loyalty loom large as nominees face headwinds

4 days ago

Laphonza Butler, 1st LGBTQ+ Black U.S. senator, exits office as Democrats question identity politics

4 days ago

Policy, Issues and Agencies

7 months ago

Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump's mass deportation effort

1 day ago

Abcarian: This is why Donald Trump just doubled down on mass deportation of millions of immigrants

1 day ago

A day without Mexicans in Mammoth? Locals mull how to get a message to Trump

2 days ago

Opinion: Why California's Latino voters are shifting toward Trump and Republicans

2 days ago

Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt, Sandoval and the Apollo get Kennedy Center honors

3 days ago

Trump calls for 'immediate' cease-fire in Ukraine, says U.S. withdrawal from NATO is possible

4 days ago

Boiling Point: Trump can't stop clean energy. But he can slow it down

2 days ago

Trump promised he won't cut Social Security. Should you trust him?

2 days ago

On L.A.'s Eastside, a new City Council member eyes a lobbyist to run her office

5 days ago

Column: L.A.'s massive new solar farm is cheap and impressive. More, please

7 days ago

Calmes: Christopher Wray just broke a prime rule of dealing with Donald Trump

32 minutes ago

Opinion: South Korea needs a stronger response from the U.S. to help save its democracy

1 day ago

FBI Director Christopher Wray says he intends to resign at end of Biden's term in January

1 day ago

After reducing deficit, Newsom proposals bring extra costs to California

1 day ago

Report on attempts to kill Trump urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders

2 days ago

Mitch McConnell falls and sprains his wrist after GOP luncheon; colleague says he is fine

2 days ago

Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump's way — or his

2 days ago

Supreme Court may sharply limit the scope of environmental impact statements

2 days ago

Once strongly liberal, Pico-Robertson surged for Trump in 2024. Why?

2 days ago

It's hard to admit you voted for Trump in 'the Mexican Beverly Hills'

2 days ago

Column: With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering

2 days ago

Security contractor can seek damages from CNN over Afghan war profiteer report

3 days ago

Will Kamala Harris run for California governor in 2026? The question is already swirling

2 days ago

Column: In Trump she trusts. Here's one supporter's hopes for a second term

11 days ago

Why Donald Trump still could not conquer Orange County

14 days ago

Some Democrats are disturbed by the Hunter Biden pardon

10 days ago