California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging Oakland officials to change a policy that restricts when cops can pursue a criminal suspect, saying it allows "criminals to act with impunity."

The creator of the popular HBO political comedy series “Veep” said the current political reality is "madder" than that portrayed in the comedy series in an opinion piece published Friday in The New York Times. “What’s going on? The stuff happening out there right now is madder than ‘Veep’ and deadly serious,” Armando Iannucci said...