Story after story is emerging from local and national media about the impact of homelessness on LA — including crime, decay, and fear. The California Post has found that...
Abdul El-Sayed warned Monday in the final debate with Rep. Haley Stevens that a vote for her in next week's primary is a vote for the same corporations, billionaires and special-interest groups that he says have left the working class suffering.
A FINAL LINDSEY GRAHAM MOMENT IN DC, SOUTH CAROLINA. There will be funerals this week in Washington and in South Carolina for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly from a heart condition on July 11. The fact that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have traveled to Washington for Graham’s national funeral […]
The Supreme Court’s final opinion day was full of landmark decisions, in a term marked by them. The justices handed down major rulings that rejected a core facet of President Trump’s immigration agenda, upheld statewide bans on transgender athletes in sports and dismantled a federal law enacted in the wake of the Watergate scandal that capped...
President Trump’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, said not enough “reasonable” Democrats like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) are there to save the Democratic Party from a takeover by socialists. “Look at what's happening. Look at these socialists winning primaries across America. That is very serious. So, I do think that there are a few, at least, reasonable...
The Trump administration has terminated millions of dollars in teen pregnancy prevention grants that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said were no longer aligned with the agency’s priorities. HHS cut 53 grants worth about $67 million two years before they were set to expire. The cuts hit university, community and public health...
A new report released on Tuesday found that 12 percent of successful scams last year involved artificial intelligence or deepfakes. The analysis, which was conducted jointly by Gallup and the Stop Scams Alliance, acknowledged that this reported number could be lower than the reality, as the use of AI or deepfakes can be difficult to...
The House on Tuesday adopted a resolution from Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) that would direct the House Ethics Committee to preserve and release records related to monetary settlements paid out by lawmakers in connection with cases of sexual misconduct. The vote was near-unanimous, with 420 lawmakers voting in favor and one Republican voting "present." Massie...
The Supreme Court blunted the Trump administration’s offensive on immigration on Tuesday with a ruling affirming that almost everyone born in the United States is an American citizen. The ruling, underscoring the concept known as ‘birthright citizenship,’ was a major defeat for a president who has sought not only to curb numbers on illegal immigration...
Darializa Avila Chevalier on Saturday said she would need to check with the community before backing House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for the speakership if Democrats regain the majority. The democratic socialist, who defeated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) by winning her primary last week, said she has close ties to New York’s 13th...
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, is seeking to bar Pentagon funds from being used for the construction of President Trump’s White House ballroom. Garamendi will introduce a floor amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to fully restrict at least $150 million in military funds to be...
The Supreme Court of Alaska on Monday ruled that a man with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) can remain on the ballot in the state’s Senate primary. The state’s highest court affirmed a lower court’s ruling, which overturned the decision by Alaska Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to remove Daniel J....
President Trump met with former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters on Tuesday following her release from state prison earlier this month, about two years after she became the first local official convicted over efforts to subvert the 2020 presidential election. "'FREE TINA!' became the rallying cry of the Republican Party over the past two years. Tina Peters...
