Xavier Becerra has built no institutions, advanced no distinctive governing philosophy, and left little bearing his signature. He’s California’s next governor.
There’s a new scandal in the travel industry: Airlines are offering slight discounts to families and other groups that buy tickets together. “BREAKING: As if flight prices weren’t ugly enough, two major U.S. airlines are still charging solo passengers higher fares than groups of two or more,” reported travel writer Kyle Potter. “United & especially […]
At one point, it was the campus of a small charter high school serving hundreds of students, but as the number of school-age children in Los Angeles continued to decline, the school could never break even. Now the building sits empty, marred by holes punched in the walls, widespread water damage, and char marks from […]
The final countdown has officially begun. As President Donald Trump goes into his last two years as president, he is only one of six presidents to have entered his last two years following the ratification of the 22nd Amendment, and therefore constitutionally precluded from running again. Like Trump, every one of those predecessors experienced midterm […]
Everytown for Gun Safety has spent more than a decade building itself into one of the country’s most influential gun-control organizations. Founded in 2014 through the merger of Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action, the organization has used political spending, litigation, research, and lobbying to advance stricter firearms laws. Its efforts have included […]
The poorest households in Tuesday’s electorate and the richest voted the same way. Families earning under $30,000 went Democratic by 59 to 39, and families earning over $300,000 went Democratic by 61 to 39. Between those two brackets lies everything politics is supposed to be about, and the poll found two points of daylight. It […]