L.A. County will redact racist restrictive covenant language
The requirements to live on the San Fernando Valley lots were clear in 1915. Any building, including the roof, must have two coats of paint.…
Tucker Carlson confirms he’s interviewing Vladimir Putin – POLITICO
News of Carlson’s visit first broke at the weekend after the Mash Telegram channel, rumored to have links to Russian law enforcement, reported he’d been…
Hate the storm? Start getting serious about climate change
You know how oil and gas pollution is supposed to bring not only hotter heat waves, drier droughts and bigger wildfires, but also more intense…
King Charles III’s cancer ‘caught early,’ says PM Rishi Sunak – POLITICO
Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening that hospital tests carried out on Charles during treatment for an enlarged prostate had identified a form of cancer. The…
ICE kept a California immigrant in solitary for two years
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement used solitary confinement at its detention facilities more than 14,000 times between 2018 and 2023, including one California immigrant…
King Charles has cancer. So what happens next?
Britain’s ‘unwritten’ constitution is unusually clear on the political arrangements if a monarch is too sick to work. Source link
D.C. appellate court rejects Trump’s immunity claim
WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia appellate court panel on Thursday unanimously rejected former President Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution on criminal charges…
Biden confuses Macron with Mitterrand (who died in 1996) – POLITICO
U.S. President Joe Biden confused Emmanuel Macron, the current French president, with François Mitterrand, who led France from 1981 to 1995 and died in 1996.…
Newsom to send 120 CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland
Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to announce Tuesday that he’s sending 120 Highway Patrol officers to Oakland under a new state law enforcement campaign targeting an…
EU capitals fear Russian retaliation and cyberattacks after asset freezes – POLITICO
The EU's unrelated effort to funnel cash to Ukraine from its central budget faced serious political resistance, prompting governments to look at alternative sources of…
House Speaker Johnson should be shamed by a Ukrainian’s example
I wonder whether my friend Maksym Butkevych knows the name of House Speaker Mike Johnson. Maksym is a defender of Ukraine and prisoner of war…
Antony Blinken returns to Mideast in push for hostage deal and postwar plan for Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said the military would continue to conduct operations in northern Gaza for many months and press ahead with its main…
NLRB orders union election for Dartmouth men’s basketball team
Dartmouth argues that the financial assistance it offers athletes is need-based and disputes that it is compensation. Dartmouth, like all schools in the Ivy League,…
Where’s Biden? A bit off stage from the main attraction.
The low key approach is one the White House has adopted before, at times worrying some in his party who say it’s critical that he…
Trump meets with Ronna McDaniel — then says he’ll be recommending RNC changes
“Ronna is now Head of the RNC, and I’ll be making a decision the day after the South Carolina Primary as to my recommendations for…
Why California homeowners still aren’t buying flood insurance
Last winter’s atmospheric rivers did $4.6 billion in damages and wrecked thousands of homes, most of them without flood insurance. But in the months after,…
A pro-Israel super PAC is wading into the fierce fight for Katie Porter’s seat
The mail piece from United Democracy Project echoes Weiss’ campaign in slamming Min for his drunk driving arrest last spring. The group’s television ad has…
EU mum as solar industry time bomb ticks – POLITICO
Not only does the bloc need Chinese imports, but any trade measures against China’s solar industry could prompt retaliation. Europe has a “crucial dilemma when…
This time, the far-right threat is real – POLITICO
In 2024, the right wing surge in the polls seems bigger and bolder, with one predicting the nationalist right and far right could pick up…
Can California’s new Senate leader harness his extreme energy?
HEALDSBURG, Calif. — On a foggy January morning in his hometown nestled in Northern California wine country, state Sen. Mike McGuire was at an elementary school…