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Los Angeles Times - Politics

'This is chaos': What it's like to be a brand-new L.A. representative amid the McCarthy speaker madness

2 months ago

Montana becomes first state to ban TikTok

13 days ago

Column: He's their brother. They want him kicked out of Congress

6 months ago

Democrats optimistic ahead of California recall election; GOP divided over its front-runner

19 minutes ago

Why McCarthy and Biden both stand to gain from the debt deal — if they can get it passed

15 hours ago

Will the GOP block McCarthy's debt limit deal with Biden?

3 hours ago

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter Center says

23 hours ago

A year after outbreak, Africa waits for its share of mpox vaccines

1 day ago

Here's what's in Biden-McCarthy's deal to raise the debt limit

1 day ago

Senate candidates who hope to replace Feinstein try to define themselves as they court Democratic activists

2 days ago

Nancy Pelosi had her ups and downs with California Democrats. Now it's a love fest

3 days ago

Poll: Trump takes big lead over DeSantis among California Republicans

3 days ago

Republicans are crowding the 2024 race. It boosts Trump, but may help the GOP in the end

3 days ago

Biden and McCarthy reach last-minute deal to raise U.S. debt limit

3 days ago

L.A. on the Record: Bass starts a new tussle over Inside Safe

4 days ago

Poll: California voters expect debt standoff to be solved, fear economic damage if it isn't

5 days ago

California Politics: Feinstein's popularity plummets

5 days ago

Democratic lawmakers press Newsom to spend millions from health insurance fines

5 hours ago

Times accuses L.A. County supervisors of violating open-meeting law

14 hours ago

Manson follower Leslie Van Houten could be freed after court overrules Newsom

19 hours ago

In downtown L.A., Bass' plan to clear encampments faces crime, addiction and resistance

1 day ago

Santa Barbara County officials launch investigation into in-custody jail death

1 day ago

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

1 year ago

Supreme Court limits EPA protection for wetlands, favoring property rights over clean water

5 days ago

Column: Ron DeSantis faces a sobering lesson on ambition, hubris and big talk

6 days ago

News Analysis: Does announcing for president on Twitter prove Ron DeSantis is too online?

6 days ago

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launches 2024 GOP presidential bid in glitchy Twitter appearance

6 days ago

Column: Lawmakers in states are handcuffing voters and ignoring election results

7 days ago

California to step up efforts to find boxers owed pensions following Times report

5 hours ago

Half of U.S. public approves of continued weapons deliveries to Ukraine

7 days ago

Citing migrant influx, New York mayor asks court to suspend 'right to shelter'

7 days ago

Biden wraps up G-7 summit with more aid for Ukraine, confusion on Bakhmut, optimism on China

9 days ago

$3-billion accounting error means the Pentagon can send more weapons to Ukraine

12 days ago

Why border crossings have fallen since Trump-era rules expired last week

12 days ago

McCarthy forces Biden to the table

7 days ago

As staff shield Feinstein from the press, a picture really is worth a thousand words

7 days ago

L.A. on the Record: Where to draw the line on cops

11 days ago

Young voters powered Democrats' wins in 2022. Will they show up for Biden?

12 days ago

Opinion: The debt ceiling deal's 'work requirements' really just take food away from poor people

6 hours ago

Opinion: A Supreme Court ruling is a warning for Prop. 13 — tax law should be fair

7 hours ago

Abcarian: There's a reason for the LGBTQ+ backlash. And it isn't all bad news.

7 hours ago

Nevada's Republican governor approves abortion protections in a cross-party move

8 hours ago

Opinion: The Supreme Court was enabling corruption well before the Clarence Thomas scandal

1 day ago

Goldberg: Why 'Bud Lighting' isn't stopping anytime soon

1 day ago

Column: Newsom's budget math doesn't add up

2 days ago

Nicholas Goldberg: Don't fall for any third-party baloney. It's the last thing we need in 2024

2 days ago

Calmes: Don't call the debt-ceiling deal a success. It shouldn't have been a crisis at all

2 days ago

Column: DeSantis is waging a 'battle for reality' with his anti-trans, anti-Black book bans

3 days ago

Even in blue California, attempts to regulate controversial antiabortion centers continue to fail

3 days ago

GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton

3 days ago

So your employer is monitoring you. What you should know

1 year ago

Vice President Harris withdraws from MTV event near L.A. that would have forced her to cross writers' picket line

21 days ago

Abcarian: By helping Kamala Harris, Biden can help himself to a second term

1 month ago

In Zambia, Kamala Harris explores her family's roots

1 month ago

Vice President Kamala Harris says Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

3 months ago

Column: Here's why Joe Biden won't be dumping Kamala Harris as his running mate

3 months ago