How Jack Smith is trying to get Trump’s Jan. 6 trial moving
Special counsel Jack Smith’s latest brief to the Supreme Court on Donald Trump’s immunity claim strives to ensure that the justices’ decision puts the Jan.…
Appeals court rejects Trump’s third request to delay hush money trial
NEW YORK — Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming hush money…
Kari Lake walks back support for Arizona’s 1864 abortion law
1 of 2 | U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake of Arizona arrives at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 24, at National Harbor, Md.…
Trump says leave abortion to the states. What does that mean?
Former President Trump released his 2024 stance on abortion Monday, saying he supports leaving it up to states to determine abortion access — in essence…
Trump and the problem with being an extremist on abortion
Good morning. There are 209 days until the election, and Donald Trump is feeling the heat. But not from the sun, which disappeared Monday. And…
Special counsel tells Supreme Court that Trump’s claim of absolute immunity unfounded
Special Counsel Jack Smith in a Monday night filing asked the Supreme Court to reject former President Donald Trump's claims of absolute immunity from criminal…
Donald Trump says states should dictate abortion laws
1 of 2 | Former President Donald Trump waves after a press conference in New York on March 25. On Monday, he updated his stance…
The 2025 tax fight driving billionaires to support Trump
Many of the nation’s richest people said after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that they would never again back former President…
N.Y. AG skeptical of Donald Trump’s bond posting that one legal expert calls ‘financial chicanery’
1 of 2 | Former President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom where he attended a hearing in his criminal case on…
Hiltzik: Antiabortionists attack a federal emergency medical mandate
Here’s how the legal departments of two hospitals, legislators in two states and even the Supreme Court turned a pregnancy emergency for Mylissa Farmer into…
Newsom closed death row. He’s not exactly hyping that.
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Jan. 6 committee members preparing for retribution by Trump
WASHINGTON — Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former…
Judge will not delay Trump’s hush-money trial over presidential immunity claim
Former President Donald Trump speaks from the hallway outside a courtroom during a hearing in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid…
Trump could gut abortion access in California if elected. Here’s how
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter cover the legislation, players and politics you need to know in 2024.…
Florida high court approves November ballot questions on abortion, adult-use marijuana
1 of 3 | Abortion rights supporters rally at Orlando City Hall before marching through the streets of downtown Orlando in May 2022. File Photo…
Analysis: Supreme Court’s far right could grow if Trump wins
WASHINGTON — At the U.S. Supreme Court these days, judicial liberals don’t have much clout. The real fights mostly take place between the court’s far-right and…
Harvard applications drop 5% for class of 2028
Harvard saw applications decrease 5% for the class of 2028 amid allegations of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on campus and the Supreme Court overturning affirmative action.…
Without Supreme Court ruling, South Carolina forced to use ‘unconstitutional’ congressional map
Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., holds her dog after the 11th round of voting for U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2023. A three-judge…
What the Supreme Court’s abortion pill case could mean for California
Lee had just been dumped when she found out she was pregnant. With no car, no job and no support, the 23-year-old — who asked…
Anti-abortion justices could restrict abortion pills sent by mail
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s anti-abortion majority is set to consider whether to order a reversal in U.S. drug laws and restrict women from obtaining abortion…