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Eric Swalwell exits California governor race apologizing for past judgment while denying claims

Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped his bid for California governor after a growing number of Democrats called on him to step aside following a bombshell report.

Trump brilliantly calls Iran’s bluff — with his own Strait of Hormuz blockade

Trump’s blockade and plans to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz aim to...

You never know what will happen at Mar-a-Lago — I stumbled into an Andrea Bocelli concert

Over hill and over dale I just hit the sunny trail. To Mar-a-Lago and...

LAUSD folds to unions to avoid strike in election year

The only good news about the weekend deal between Los Angeles Unified School District...

LA’s Skid Row a painful monument to failure of ‘Housing First’ policy

Skid Row in Los Angeles stands as a stark example of what happens when ideology overrides...

Obama, Newsom congratulate UCLA for winning first NCAA women’s basketball championship

The women’s basketball program at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) captured its first NCAA title on Sunday, receiving praise from former President Obama and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) after the victory. The No. 1-seed Bruins, led by head coach Cori Close, completed a 37-1 season by defeating No. 1-seed South Carolina 79-51...

Netanyahu says he spoke with Trump, congratulated him on rescuing downed pilot

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he spoke with President Trump about the mission to rescue a U.S. service member whose aircraft was downed by Iranian forces. “I spoke earlier with President @realDonaldTrump and personally congratulated him on his bold decision and a perfectly executed American mission to rescue the downed pilot from enemy...

Iran says US aircraft destroyed during recovery mission for missing service member

An Iranian news outlet on Sunday reported that multiple U.S. aircraft were destroyed during the mission to rescue a stranded American service member in Iran. The Iranian Fars News Agency, which is close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported that two C-130 aircraft and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were destroyed during the mission. ...

Savannah Guthrie returns to ‘Today’ after search for mother passes 2 months

Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC’s “Today” show on Monday, the day after Easter, more than two months after the disappearance of her mother, Nancy Guthrie. “It’s hard to imagine doing it because it’s such a place of joy and lightness, and I can’t come back and try to be something that I’m not,” she...

Republican divisions, Trump’s detachment stymie GOP efforts to reopen DHS

House and Senate Republicans scrambling to end the longest federal shutdown in U.S. history keep running into themselves.  Within the House, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team haven’t found a formula for containing their rebellious conservative wing. Between the chambers, Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) have been at odds over...

House Republican says he doesn’t think ground troops will be needed to open the Strait of Hormuz

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Sunday said he doesn’t think a ground invasion will be needed to open the Strait of Hormuz as the critical choke point has remained closed for more than a month.  Iran has planted mines in the waterway and threatened to shoot any “enemy” ships attempting to travel through, effectively halting...

Marjorie Taylor Greene rails against ‘insane’ Trump after Easter Iran threat

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday slammed President Trump’s message to Iran earlier in the day, saying he is “insane” and “not a Christian.” Early Sunday morning, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran." "There will be...

Moore: Ending foreign wars ‘best thing that we could do’ to lower gas prices 

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said during an interview broadcast Sunday that ending foreign wars is “the best thing that we could do” to lower gas prices — comments that come amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran. “There's been some conversation in this state, at least, about possibly waiving the gas tax for a little...

NASA administrator defends Trump’s proposed budget cuts

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman on Sunday backed the Trump administration’s proposed budget cuts to his agency, as the Artemis II mission continues. “Yes, of course I do,” Isaacman said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” when host Jake Tapper asked whether he supported the administration’s proposed budget cuts for fiscal 2027. On Friday, the Office...

Khanna: Those saying ‘don’t engage’ with personalities like Hasan Piker ‘will cost us future elections’

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that those who push to not “engage” with popular Twitch streamer and left-wing political commentator Hasan Piker “will cost us future elections.” “The lesson of the last election is we've got to be out there. We've got to engage. It's a complex, messy, multiracial democracy. I will defend...

Gallego on possible 2028 presidential run: ‘We have to look at it’

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) floated a possible 2028 presidential run in a Sunday interview touting his ability to resonate with Latino voters and regain support from the working-class population for the Democratic party.  “Obviously, like any other elected official, especially ones that won red states in 2024, we have to look at it,” Gallego told...

Trump says to not expect Cabinet shake-up after Bondi, Noem firings

President Trump warned against reading into reports of an impending Cabinet shake-up during a brief phone interview on Sunday. Trump told The Hill that reports of staffing shake-ups should not be read into, saying the country was on the right track.  His comments come after Attorney General Pam Bondi was ousted from her post Thursday,...

Top Armed Services Democrat says Iran war ‘mistake in large part because of the cost’ 

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Sunday slammed the war in Iran for swallowing money allocated to military defense and said repeated strikes are only hardening the regime overseas. “I think this war was a mistake in large part because of the cost and also because of what we talked about earlier in terms of the...

Trump declines to rule out ground troops if Iran doesn’t make a deal

President Trump said in a brief phone interview with The Hill on Sunday that he is not ruling out ground troops in Iran if Tehran does not make a deal. "No," Trump told The Hill when asked if he would rule out sending ground troops to the country. "Normal people would make a deal. Smart...

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