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The Trump Department of Justice going after people who make the president mad or even sad is nothing new, in this dangerous age when the presidency is increasingly about placating the desires of the old man in the Oval Office. Leticia James, James Comey, Adam Schiff. Most recently, E. Jean Carroll, who sued President Trump…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Trump administration appeal and decide if βcriminal aliensβ may be held indefinitely while they fight deportation. The case to be heard in the fall could give the administration more power to arrest and hold immigrants, including green card holders, who have criminal records. The governmentβs lawyers say…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ President Trump said Sunday that the United States and Iran have reached a framework agreement to end the war in the Middle East, a breakthrough in months of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict. The deal, described by diplomats as a memorandum of understanding, commits Tehran to forgo the development or acquisition of nuclear weapons…
Iranβs World Cup team arrived in Tijuana last week bearing gold lapel pins on their jackets honoring the 168 victims, most of them schoolgirls, killed in a Feb. 28 U.S. missile strike on an elementary school in southern Iran at the outset of the war. The World Cup kicked off last week as that war…
Over the last decade, California became a national leader in voter accessibility and security, expanding options for when and how ballots can be cast while also strengthening election safeguards. But those reforms came at a cost: speed. And in a political climate where unsupported conspiracies about election fraud can run rampant on social media β…
Chinese authorities said they arrested a Northern California scholar earlier this month, accusing him of espionage and endangering national security. U Min Zin was taken into custody on June 3 at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, according to a New York Times report. Details about the arrest are still unknown. Min…
Los Angeles has one of the deadest downtowns in the world, according to a new survey. Out of 75 of the top cities around the world, L.A. ranked among the lowest for vibrancy in Genslerβs 2026 City Pulse report released this week. Around 65% of those surveyed found DTLA vibrant compared to more than 80%…
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore signs related to topics such as climate change, slavery and Indigenous and LGBTQ+ history that were removed under an executive order to purge language at national parks that allegedly cast America in a negative light. The order has prompted the removal of mentions of President…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ A year after the Trump administration kicked off its aggressive immigration enforcement tour with military-style raids across greater Los Angeles, federal officials have veered toward a less flashy but broader strategy: making immigrantsβ lives harder so they will leave. The changes range in scale and scope, from disqualifying immigrants from certain jobs to indefinitely pausing…
Federal Bureau of Investigation officers served a search warrant Wednesday at the Garden Grove chemical plant, where a compromised tank containing toxic chemicals threatened to leak or explode, resulting in the evacuation of nearby residents in May. βWe are cooperating with authorities at our Garden Grove facility and will continue to do so,β a spokesperson…