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Two years after Huntington Beach residents voted to effectively ban Pride flags from being displayed on city property, the conservative coastal city could be represented by a gay member of Congress and outspoken critic of President Trump — Rep. Robert Garcia. That twist of fate came after last year’s unprecedented mid-decade rejiggering of California’s congressional…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Israeli war against Iran entered its ninth day Sunday with no clear path toward de-escalation, as the U.S. announced a seventh American service member had been killed and Iranian state TV reported the selection of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son as his successor. Meanwhile, the price of oil surpassed $100 a…

I know a lot of people who suffer from a chronic malady that gets worse each time there’s news out of Washington. Supporters of the current president of the United States might refer to this condition as a side effect of Trump derangement syndrome, but it’s more like Trump fatigue syndrome. Symptoms can include a…

WASHINGTON — Signs of division emerged in Iran’s leadership Saturday as U.S. and Israeli strikes continued battering targets throughout the country, with Tehran sending mixed signals on whether it would keep attacking Washington’s Arab allies entering the war’s second week. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian began the day offering an apology “on behalf of Iran to the neighboring…

In recent days, tensions over the U.S. war in Iran have steadily mounted. Polls have shown the campaign is widely unpopular. An entire flank of Trump’s MAGA base has criticized it as a clear departure from the “America First” mantra Trump has long espoused. Leaders within the Trump administration have pushed against claims it was…

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 “Tehrangeles” area of Westwood this week — the epicenter of L.A.’s sprawling…

As the deadline approaches to file to run for office, veteran Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has decided not to run for reelection in his newly-configured congressional district in San Diego and Riverside counties, according to two GOP strategists familiar with his plans. An Issa spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment, but the congressman’s…

WASHINGTON — Sens. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called for the Department of Homeland Security to return a California woman with DACA who was recently deported a day after her green card interview. DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is the Obama-era program that since 2012 has shielded certain immigrants brought to the U.S….

SACRAMENTO — Despite a plea from the head of the California Democratic Party for underperforming candidates to drop out of the governor’s race, all but one of the party’s top hopefuls spurned the request. Party leaders fear the growing possibility that the crowded field will split the Democratic electorate in the state’s June top-two primary election and…

BEIRUT — The Israeli military issued evacuation orders for entire neighborhoods of Beirut’s southern suburbs, sparking pandemonium as hundreds of thousands of people joined a panicked exodus out toward Lebanon’s north. On Thursday afternoon, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman told residents of the Dahieh — the Hezbollah-dominated southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital — to “save your…