Broadcast television is in trouble. Stations are asking Washington for help
As television station owners gathered in Las Vegas this week for the annual National Assn. of Broadcasters convention, they sent an urgent message to Washington…
Schiff’s first Senate bill proposes tax credit for hardening homes against fire, disasters
For his first bill in the U.S. Senate, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has joined a Republican colleague to propose a federal tax credit for certain homeowners…
Capitulate or resist? Trump threats spur different responses, and alarm for democracy
Alarmed by President Trump’s unprecedented effort to punish law firms he doesn’t like, UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky emailed nearly 200 fellow law…
Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON — Shortly before he was forced to resign, the nation’s top vaccine regulator says he refused to grant Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s team unrestricted…
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block order to return Maryland man from El Salvador
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a court order requiring it to return a Maryland man who was sent to…
Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love honored in Utah after brain cancer death
SALT LAKE CITY — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor her life and legacy after she…
Hiltzik: What will Trump do next?
You can’t take your eyes off your 401(k) account, you’re riveted on the real-time charts of the stock market indices, you’re wringing your hands over…
Appeals court restores DOGE access to sensitive information at U.S. agencies
BALTIMORE — An appeals court on Monday cleared the way for billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to once again access people’s private data at three…
After bomb threat allegation, Bass names new deputy mayor for public safety
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has named a new deputy mayor for public safety, installing former FBI official Robert Clark as her top aide overseeing…
Supreme Court upholds Trump’s war power to deport Venezuelan gang members
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday the Trump administration may use a wartime law to deport alleged members of a foreign crime gang, but only if…
Amid economic chaos, some Republicans want control of tariffs back in Congress
WASHINGTON — As the fallout over President Trump’s tariffs continues to roil the world economy, a few Republicans in Congress have begun discussing how to curb the…
Trump digs in on tariff plan and threatens stiffer China levies as trade crisis deepens
WASHINGTON — Mixed messages on trade from the Trump administration threw markets into further turbulence on Monday, leaving investors, foreign governments and the president’s own allies desperate…
Trump says the U.S. will hold direct talks with Iran as he insists Tehran can’t get nuclear weapons
WASHINGTON — President Trump said Monday that the U.S. will hold direct talks with Iran about its nuclear program, while warning Tehran it would be in “great…
Supreme Court pauses wrongful deportation case at behest of Trump lawyers
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court granted a temporary pause Monday on a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported…
Justice Department seeks to restrict testimony of fired pardon attorney
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is attempting to use executive privilege to prevent its fired pardon attorney from telling Congress about the circumstances of her departure, and…
Contributor: Republicans want to fool you into thinking a massive tax cut has zero costs
Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a budget this week with a massive tax cut that they say isn’t a tax cut — sleight-of-hand that…
Trump ends some USAID contracts providing lifesaving aid in Middle East
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has notified the U.N. World Food Program and other partners that it has terminated some of the last remaining lifesaving humanitarian programs…
Nations puzzle over how to respond to U.S. trade war as global markets implode
BRUSSELS — America’s trading partners wrestled with responses to President Trump’s blast of tariff hikes and some planned to send negotiators to Washington, while the head of…
Appeals court reverses Trump firings of 2 board members in cases likely headed for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — Two board members fired by President Trump can go back to their jobs for now, a split appeals court ruled Monday ahead of a likely…
Column: Instead of bashing other Democrats, Newsom needs to look inward
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…