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Politics
This psychologist claims Google search results steer voters to the left. Conservatives love him
Los Angeles Times - Evan Halper
The idea that Google is subtly pushing masses of voters to the left has the ring of conspiracy, and thus the work of Robert Epstein is warmly embraced by conservative lawmakers — as well as a president
Politics
Mississippi governor signs law banning most abortions once a heartbeat can be detected
Los Angeles Times - Jenny Jarvie
Mississippi on Thursday became the latest state to sign into law a ban on most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, usually about six weeks into pregnancy, despite criticism from opponents
Politics
Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’
Los Angeles Times - Molly O'Toole
The commandant of the Marines has warned the Pentagon that deployments to the southwest border and funding transfers under the president's emergency declaration, among other unexpected demands, have posed
Assault Weapons
As U.S. struggles to pass modest gun curbs, New Zealand swiftly bans assault weapons
Los Angeles Times - Jaweed Kaleem
On Thursday afternoon, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced an immediate ban on all “military-style semiautomatic weapons” and assault rifles. She also said the government intended to launch
Natural Gas
Trump might limit states’ power to have a say in offshore drilling. Here’s how
Los Angeles Times - Anna M. Phillips
When President Trump proposed opening nearly the entire U.S. coastline to more offshore oil and gas drilling, the backlash from states seeking exemptions was swift. Governors, Republican and Democratic,
U.S. Marines
Read the internal memos from Marine Corps Commandant Robert Neller
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Politics
Trump lashes out at McCain, but has curbed attacks on other Republicans. Can it last?
Los Angeles Times - By Jennifer Haberkorn and Noah Bierman
On one recent Sunday Twitter tirade, President Trump scolded the autoworkers union, Hillary Clinton, “Saturday Night Live,” MS-13, three Fox News anchors, a lawyer working on special counsel Robert S.
News
When will Robert Mueller file his report? (And other burning questions)
Los Angeles Times - Chris Megerian
There are signs that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is wrapping up his Russia investigation, and will soon file his report to the Justice Department. Here’s what we know and don’t know about the
Business
Major U.S. research universities are cutting ties with Chinese telcom giant Huawei
Los Angeles Times - Don Lee
First Congress threatened to cut off federal funds to universities using components made by telecom giant Huawei. Next came a classified FBI briefing last fall for University of California research chiefs
Las Vegas, NV
Police release more documents connected to the Las Vegas mass shooting
Los Angeles Times - David Montero
Some days, Stephen Paddock left an impression. Like the time he walked into the Sportsman’s Warehouse in St. George, Utah, to buy guns wearing white gloves. Other times, he barely registered in a store
News
Trump goes to Ohio to tout jobs and then attacks McCain at length
Los Angeles Times - Eli Stokols
President Trump flew to Ohio on Wednesday to claim credit for keeping a government tank plant open, but distracted from his economic message with his harshest, lengthiest attack yet on Sen. John McCain,
Politics
Border Patrol says detention centers are full — and starts releasing migrants
Los Angeles Times - Molly Hennessy-Fiske
The Border Patrol released 250 migrants here on Tuesday and Wednesday and expects to free hundreds more in coming days because there is no room to hold them. Normally, the agency would transfer the migrants
News
Bernie Sanders, at UCLA, highlights his longtime support for organized labor
Los Angeles Times - Melanie Mason
Bernie Sanders’ first appearance in California as a 2020 presidential candidate was not at a mega-rally like the ones that defined his previous bid, but at a speech before sun-baked picketers in front
Business
Fed downgrades U.S. growth forecast and signals no more rate hikes until 2020
Los Angeles Times - By Jim Puzzanghera
Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday poured some chilly water on President Trump’s assertion that the U.S. economy is red hot. They downgraded their estimate for U.S. economic growth this year to just
African-American News
Supreme Court appears set to overturn Mississippi murder case based on racial bias
Los Angeles Times - David G. Savage
The Supreme Court justices sounded ready on Wednesday to overturn a Mississippi murder conviction because of racial bias in selecting jurors. It marked the latest chapter in an extraordinary case involving
Robert Mueller
As Washington awaits Mueller's report, here's what we know about the investigation
Los Angeles Times - By Del Quentin Wilber and Chris Megerian
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III appears close to turning in his final report after a historic investigation that initially sought to determine if President Trump or his advisors had illegal dealings
HBCUs
Did you attend a historically black college or university? Tell us about your experience
Los Angeles Times - Jaweed Kaleem
Howard. Spelman. Florida A&M. Since the establishment of Cheyney University in 1837, millions of students have received degrees from historically black colleges and universities. Most of the schools were
Bill Clinton
Most 2020 Democrats say capitalism is a system that needs fixing
Los Angeles Times - Doyle McManus
In these early weeks of the presidential campaign, Democratic candidates have faced a battery of unusual questions, prompted partly by President Trump’s dark warning in his State of the Union address “new
Sanctuary Cities
Supreme Court upholds government’s authority to detain and deport immigrants for past crimes
Los Angeles Times - David G. Savage
A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday bolstered the Trump administration’s power to arrest and jail legal immigrants indefinitely if they committed past crimes that could trigger deportation, including those
Brazil
Trump embraces Brazil’s Bolsonaro, another brash president enmeshed in scandal
Los Angeles Times - By Eli Stokols and Noah Bierman
President Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, the new Brazilian leader dubbed the Trump of the Tropics, pledged cooperation Tuesday in opposing Venezuela’s socialist government, even as both took aim at a pillar
Michael Cohen
Search warrants provide an inside look at the investigation into Michael Cohen
Los Angeles Times - By Chris Megerian
The USB drive was black and red, and its white label seemed inscrutable — Tracking #: 180208140208. But on Feb. 8, 2018, the tiny digital storage device helped change history when special counsel Robert
Social Media
Rep. Nunes sues Twitter for $250 million over parody account of his disgruntled ‘cow’
Los Angeles Times - By Sarah D. Wire
A parody Twitter account purporting to be owned by an unhappy cow living on one of Rep. Devin Nunes’ Iowa farms attacked the California Republican as a “treasonous cowpoke” and “udder-ly worthless” during
African-American News
Warren supports a study on reparations and elimination of the electoral college
Los Angeles Times - Associated Press
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Monday embraced a congressional proposal to study a framework for reparations to African Americans hurt by the legacy of slavery as the best way to
Howard University
A political awakening: How Howard University shaped Kamala Harris’ identity
Los Angeles Times - Evan Halper
The war on drugs had erupted, apartheid was raging, Jesse Jackson would soon make the campus a staging ground for his inaugural presidential bid. Running for student office in 1982 at Howard University
Orange County, CA
Meet the blue wave now representing Orange County in Congress
Los Angeles Times - By Sarah D. Wire
Long a bastion of Republican power, Orange County is now represented entirely by Democrats. Four of the newest members defeated Republicans in November to secure their seats. They joined Rep. Lou Correa
Politics
Progressive or moderate? New Orange County Democrats in Congress carve different paths
Los Angeles Times - By Sarah D. Wire
Winning a Republican seat in Orange County is hard enough for a Democrat. Holding it is a whole different matter. And the four Democratic freshmen who won seats in the historically Republican county in
Politics
Pentagon discloses military projects in California that it could tap for Trump’s wall
Los Angeles Times - Sarah D. Wire
Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center picks former Michelle Obama aide to investigate workplace complaints
Los Angeles Times - Matt Pearce
The Southern Poverty Law Center has tapped Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff to lead a “top-to-bottom” examination of its workplace culture, less than a week after the anti-hate nonprofit fired co-founder
Business
Boeing’s legal liability for 737 Max hinges on crash and oversight investigations
Los Angeles Times - Jim Puzzanghera
The fatal crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets and the fleet’s worldwide grounding have triggered a complicated scramble regarding legal liability involving the manufacturer, airlines and the victims'