Column: Trump’s true motive for renaming Gulf of Mexico
Before President Trump, the most high-profile call to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico came from Stephen Colbert, who joked on his Comedy…
Column: California’s race for governor is getting interesting
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…
Fernanda Torres on ‘I’m Still Here,’ Oscars, Brazilian fans
Speaking to The Times in 2019, Brazilian acting legend Fernanda Montenegro described receiving an Academy Award nomination 20 years earlier for her role in Walter…
“This is the largest breach in American history”
A lawsuit was filed to stop the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing US Treasury Department records. Source link
Serbia 1835 and 2025: Will history repeat—or rewrite itself?
Kragujevac, Serbia—15 February 1835 marked a fleeting moment of audacity. In this unassuming city, then Serbia’s capital, enlightenment-inspired reformers presented the Sretenje Constitution—a radical document…
U.S. Park Service erases ‘transgender’ from Stonewall riot website
References to transgender people were removed Thursday from a National Park Service website for the Stonewall National Monument, a park and visitor center in New…
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…
French troops to exit Senegal by end of 2025 | History News
Senegal distances itself from colonial past, following trend sweeping across West and Central Africa since 2022.France and Senegal are setting terms for a withdrawal of…
Timothée Chalamet: Forever young in the record books?
Timothée Chalamet, nominated for playing music legend Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” could take the Oscar — and a milestone — from a close…
Lincoln Had Nagging Reason to Succeed : History: Author says Mary Todd Lincoln made their home life so miserable that the future 16th President busied himself with politics just to get out of the house.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — His life with a nagging, potato- throwing wife may have helped propel Abraham Lincoln to the White House, according to a new psychobiography of…
The search for rare flowers lost from history
Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent•@hbriggsGetty ImagesYellow trumpet-shaped daffodils are a familiar sight in spring Rare British daffodils may be hiding in plain sight in gardens and…
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…
President Donald Trump makes history as first U.S. sitting president to attend Super Bowl
1 of 5 | President Donald Trump greets first responders before the Kansas City Chiefs face the Philadelphia Eagles during Super Bowl LIX at Caesars…
‘Denying our truth’: Fighting residential school denialism in Canada | Indigenous Rights News
While Indigenous communities have long known about deaths at residential schools and the existence of unmarked burial sites, for much of Canada’s history, the residential…
Coup or no coup? It may not matter
Hello and happy Thursday. Week three, day four. Chaos seems like an insufficient term to grasp the confusion and fear that has overtaken many of…
Trump vows to ‘take over Gaza Strip’ & ‘level it’ before redeveloping as Netanyahu says Don’s plan will ‘change history’
PRESIDENT Donald Trump has vowed to take over the devastated Gaza Strip and "level" the site before looking to redevelop it.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Grammy Awards bombshells as Beyonce makes history and fans fume at Bianca's 'nude' outfit
The 2025 Grammy Awards were a night to remember as history was made, outfit choices left little to the imagination, and a huge sum of…
Charli XCX fans say X-rated Grammys performance is ‘best in show’s history’ – but critics blast the star’s ‘lip-syncing’
CHARLI XCX fans are praising her X-rated Grammys performance as the ‘best’ in the show’s history while others are criticizing the star for allegedly lip…
The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925 | History
When Dr Curtis Welch checked on a very sick three-year-old patient who had been admitted to his tiny hospital on January 20, 1925, his worst…
More than half of women in poll don’t like Trump, or his policies
Hello and happy Thursday. The whirlwind continues. On Wednesday, the White House further backed away from its sweeping and potentially devastating freeze on federal funding…