Newsom’s dilemma after providing Medi-Cal to undocumented immigrants
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…
Column: Trump’s demonization of Biden is not normal
WASHINGTON — After almost four years of Donald Trump in the White House, it has become all too easy to forget how abnormal his presidency has been…
Joe Biden and Mike Pence will receive COVID-19 vaccine soon
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence are set to receive the COVID-19 vaccine soon.According to two transition officials familiar with the matter, Biden…
Trump targets Biden, Harris in US security clearance purge | Politics News
The executive order also targets Hillary Clinton and Antony Blinken, former state secretaries, and some Republicans.US President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of…
Will California save Tesla? – Los Angeles Times
Hello and happy Thursday. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, which I’ll say again is not a real government entity, is continuing its…
Biden’s prisons chief tapped to fix California prison mental health care
SACRAMENTO — Following through on intentions broadcast a year ago, a federal judge is putting control of California’s troubled inmate mental health programs into the hands of…
Schiff dismisses Trump assertion that Biden pardons for Jan. 6 committee are ‘void’
Sen. Adam B. Schiff on Monday rebuffed as a baseless threat a weekend broadside from President Trump in which Trump alleged that Schiff and others…
Column: Katie Porter has a shot at being California’s next governor, but there’s a big hitch
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…
If universities fall, democracy is one step closer to demise
Hello and happy Thursday. Today we’re starting with a quiz. Which American political leader said, “The professors are the enemy”? That would be Richard Nixon,…
Column: Newsom’s money grab targets bond funds for climate projects
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…
Hunter Biden seeks to toss lawsuit after rental home damaged in Palisades fire
Citing financial problems, Hunter Biden this week asked a federal judge to drop the laptop hacking lawsuit he filed against a former Trump administration aide…
L.A. fires, financial woes force Hunter Biden to seek laptop lawsuit dismissal
Hunter Biden with his wife, Melissa, walk on the South Lawn of the White House. On Wednesday, he asked a federal judge to dismiss his…
Boredom and terror meld in Trump address
Hello and happy Thursday. President Trump addressed Congress — and America — Tuesday night in a speech that was both painfully long and studded with…
Trump’s address to Congress revived false immigration claims
WASHINGTON — During Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including that then-President Biden had secretly flown migrants into…
Column: Many Californians fear that democracy is in peril
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…
Here is what Joe Biden actually did in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Four days before President Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, the outgoing vice president, Joe Biden, was in Ukraine — his sixth visit in…
Biden, facing his own challenges, to host Ukraine’s Zelensky
WASHINGTON — When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the White House on Wednesday, he became just the second European head of state to sit with President…
If Trump loved families, he wouldn’t cut Medicaid
Hello and happy Thursday. MAGA Republicans love babies, as they are quick to claim — the more the better! As long as they don’t have…
Trump nixes Venezuelan oil concessions granted by predecessor Joe Biden | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has cancelled oil production concessions granted to Venezuela under his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden. In a social media post on…
Column: President Trump acts like Russian dictator Putin’s wingman
WASHINGTON — Last week, President Trump abruptly shoved U.S. foreign policy off one of its cornerstones.For nearly 80 years since the end of World War II, the…