SCOTUS says if you build it, it’s still a gun
Hello and happy Thursday.On Nov. 14, 2019, a 16-year-old student with a homemade “ghost gun” walked onto the campus of Saugus High School in Santa…
UN official backs call for FIFA action on gender oppression in Afghanistan | Football News
The UN special rapporteur on Afghanistan urges ‘strong stand’ from FIFA for nation’s women to make return to international football.Afghanistan’s national women’s football team have…
Transgender Americans aim to block Trump’s passport policy change
BOSTON — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine.But more than two months…
Newsom’s dilemma after providing Medi-Cal to undocumented immigrants
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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…
Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says
Cancer screenings have been missed and criminal convictions overlooked because of how data is collected about people's biological sex and gender identity, an independent review…
Veterans Affairs to phase out gender dysphoria medical treatments
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins announced Monday the VA will phase out medical treatments for gender dysphoria to comply with President Donald Trump's "Defending…
Column: Katie Porter has a shot at being California’s next governor, but there’s a big hitch
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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
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Column: Trump’s reversal of race and gender progress faces an obstacle
The Trump administration is hell-bent on “restoring” this country to an entirely fictional time when white people succeeded based purely on merit, people of color…
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…
The Hundred: England captain Heather Knight says gender pay gap ‘looks bad’
England captain Heather Knight has criticised the disparity between men's and women's salaries in The Hundred. The gap in pay between the top men's and…
Column: Many Californians fear that democracy is in peril
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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…
Column: Trump, GOP budget cuts criticized as ‘cruel’ to Californians
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Could conservatives save democracy in the United States?
Hello and happy Thursday. Welcome to the “Is reality dead?” edition of this column, in which Vladimir Putin is our friend, egg prices don’t matter…
Column: California’s race for governor is getting interesting
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Bonta: We’re not in a constitutional crisis — yet
Hello and happy Thursday. Organic eggs are $9.99 a dozen and have become so valuable people are stealing them — in Pennsylvania, 100,000 eggs worth…
Column: California farmers bought Trump election pitch — at what cost
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…