Musk railed against spending bill. But he spread misinformation
President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government…
Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor
SAN FRANCISCO — On a recent Sunday on the far edge of the Outer Sunset, a cozy oceanfront neighborhood with rows of pastel bungalows, hundreds of…
Column: How Trump can win
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s campaign for a second term has stalled. In public opinion surveys, he has trailed Democratic nominee Joe Biden, sometimes by a wide…
Reagan to Make Appeal to Soviets in L.A. Speech
President Reagan will make another plea for U.S.-Soviet cooperation in a speech here today and suggest new steps that the Soviets could take to signal…
News Analysis: Europe feels Musk’s political impact. How far will it go?
In the six weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Europe has been bracing for a U.S. administration that could strain traditional transatlantic alliances.That…
U.S. holds first meeting with rebels in charge of Syria
WASHINGTON — Senior U.S. diplomats traveled to Damascus Friday and held a first-ever meeting with the rebels who toppled longtime dictator Bashar Assad. Washington officially regards…
THE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY : Race for Senate Shifting Out of Low Gear
Now that the primary is over, the Senate race is shifting out of low gear as Republican Sen. Pete Wilson campaigns with growing confidence on…
Trump adds Europe to U.S. trade partners he threatens with tariffs
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday added the 27 countries that make up the European Union to the list of trade partners…
Democratic governors once blasted Trump. Now they aim to work with him
ALBANY, N.Y. — They warned about him. Now they’ll have to work with him.A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect…
Canada’s Trudeau reshuffles his Cabinet as resignation calls mount
TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chances of staying in power have become more tenuous after the opposition party that backed his government for years…
Trump: Put debt ceiling increase in budget or let government shut down
WASHINGTON — Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be…
Supreme Court hears free-speech case involving cheerleader
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear its most important case in decades on the 1st Amendment rights of students, and ultimately is expected…
LAPD reviews scores of bomb threats a year. Did deputy mayor send one?
At Los Angeles International Airport last spring, a dispatcher received an anonymous call suggesting that a Spirit Airlines flight to Las Vegas was “going to…
How fighting housing nearly bankrupted one of America’s richest towns
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif. — On a Sunday afternoon a few years ago, about a dozen neighbors held a meeting with Craig Hughes, who was then the…
State’s stem cell agency seeks more time, money
When millionaire Silicon Valley real estate developer Bob Klein launched his ballot drive to create a $3-billion state fund for stem-cell research in 2004, he…
Many Black women feel disheartened, betrayed by Kamala Harris’ loss
The day Joe Biden faced reality, stepped aside and cleared the way for Kamala Harris to replace him atop the Democratic ticket, Teja Smith felt…
Court removes Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump
ATLANTA — A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County Dist. Atty. Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others…
Government shutdown at risk as Trump’s demands put Speaker Johnson in a bind
WASHINGTON — A government shutdown at risk, House Speaker Mike Johnson is fighting to figure out how to meet President-elect Donald Trump’s sudden demands — and…
Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto departs in cost-cutting move
Neal Cavuto, the first anchor hired by Fox News in 1996, is leaving the network, another casualty of cost-cutting in the TV news business.Cavuto, 66,…
Calmes: A peaceful transfer of power — you can thank Harris and Biden
Did you miss it? On Tuesday, the electoral college made official what we’ve known for six weeks: Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris for the presidency.Americans…