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WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his findings that President Trump βwillfully broke the lawβ in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, telling lawmakers that Republican efforts to discredit the probe are βfalse and misleading.β βNo one should be above the law in our country, and the law…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Last September, the Department of Homeland Security started advising unaccompanied immigrant children that they could either self-deport or expect to face long-term detention. But a federal judge in Los Angeles on Mondayordered the government to stop using such βblatantly coerciveβ language, ruling that the new advisals, as they are known, violated a 40-year-old court order…
Sir Keir Starmer is straining his diplomatic sinews to simultaneously praise Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, while repeating calls for a completely different approach – one which ends the cosy bonhomie with Vladimir Putin, threatens the Russians with sanctions, and puts the Ukrainians back centre stage. If that’s a message which…
CIF City Section and Southern Section high school boys’ and girls’ basketball scores for Friday’s games.
Welcome to Black History Month, 2026 style. President Trump posted a video Thursday to his social media site that contains animated images depicting former President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. The White House took down the post Friday, and after first calling it nothing more than a meme, they dubbed it a…
As the U.S. and Israel continue their bombardment of Iran, Iranian Angelenos are turning to a patchwork of communication apps, social media and cable news for updates on their loved ones some 7,500 miles away. The Times spoke with several people in the βTehrangelesβ area of Westwood this week β the epicenter of L.A.βs sprawling…
At California universities Monday, the ceasefire in Gaza β and the accompanying hostage and prisoner exchange β emerged as an inflection point for the future of a student-led protest movement that for two years has roiled campuses. The activism, along with its contentious aftermath, continues to reverberate as pro-Palestinian organizers and Jewish community leaders reckon…
The leaders of seven states announced Friday, one day before a Trump administration deadline, that there is still no deal to share the diminishing waters of the Colorado River. That leaves the Southwest in a quagmire with uncertain repercussions while the riverβs depleted reservoirs continue to decline. Former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt said in…
Sir Keir Starmer will face accusations he misled the Commons over his appointment of Peter Mandelson if there is not “absolute consistency” between what he told MPs and government files, Harriet Harman has said. The former Labour deputy leader’s comments on Sky’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast come after the government published documents detailing the vetting process…
The government has announced a new definition of anti-Muslim hate that includes violence, harassment and prejudicial stereotyping – as it insisted the move will not curtail free speech. Ministers say it is a working definition and a “tool for government and organisations to better understand, measure, prevent and address anti-Muslimβ―hostility”. Crucially, the definition is non-statutory…
