News Trump announces deal with Democratic and GOP leaders on budget and debt ceilingLos Angeles Times - Jennifer HaberkornWhite House officials and congressional leaders reached a deal Monday evening to lift the nation’s debt limit and boost federal spending by about $320 billion over caps set to take effect under a 2011
Robert Mueller Democrats and Republicans gird for Mueller testimony but with competing goalsLos Angeles Times - Chris MegerianAs a senior Justice Department official and then FBI director for 12 years, Robert S. Mueller III carefully guarded his reputation as a straight shooter in the midst of political upheaval and partisan
Homeland Security Homeland Security's cuts in counterterrorism programs assailedLos Angeles Times - David WillmanA senior House member said Monday that he will explore legislation to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from diverting funds from critical research and programs on tracking nuclear material could
Al Franken Al Franken says he regrets resigning from SenateLos Angeles Times - Associated PressFormer Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota told the New Yorker magazine in a story published Monday that he “absolutely” regrets resigning from the Senate after several women accused him of unwanted
News (U.S.) Trump administration to expand quick deportations anywhere in U.S.Los Angeles Times - Molly O’TooleImmigration and Customs Enforcement officers will be able to more quickly arrest and deport undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States without going before an immigration judge under a new released
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Read the document from the Department of Homeland SecurityLos Angeles TimesICE can more quickly arrest and deport undocumented immigrants anywhere in the United States — without going before an immigration judge — under a new policy announced by the Trump administration. Congressional
Indian-American News Indian Americans, a rising political force, give $3 million to 2020 presidential campaignsLos Angeles Times - Seema MehtaIndian Americans are a sliver of the nation’s population but a growing political force. They have contributed more than $3 million to 2020 presidential campaigns — more than the coveted donors of Hollywood.
California Supreme Court Newsletter: Trump's tweets, Mueller's testimony dominate the nation's political conversationLos Angeles Times - John MyersSurely someone by week’s end will have laid out a careful contrasting study of the two men who will dominate political headlines in the days to come, offering a clear look at the vastly different personalities
Robert Mueller Democrats hope Mueller's testimony will boost support for impeachmentLos Angeles Times - Jennifer HaberkornHouse Democrats hope to boost public support for impeaching President Trump when former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III testifies to Congress for the first time Wednesday about his investigation
Human Rights Under Trump, the U.S. emphasis on human rights abroad is shifting toward religious protectionsLos Angeles Times - Tracy WilkinsonLittle by little President Trump and America’s top diplomat, Michael R. Pompeo, are revamping the nation’s approach to advocating for human rights abroad, cozying up to some of the world’s worst offenders
News Trump renews attack on minority congresswomen; congressman offers sharp rebukeLos Angeles Times - Laura KingAs President Trump launched a fresh Twitter attack Sunday on four minority congresswomen he said were “not capable of loving our Country,” a senior Democratic congressman who was active in the civil rights
Democrats Column: Democrats are in danger of falling into Trump’s trap on immigrationLos Angeles Times - Doyle McManusPresident Trump is running for reelection the same way he won in 2016, dividing the country into hostile camps and telling white voters he’s their only protection against black and brown immigrants. So
Trump Tower Moscow Here’s what to expect when Robert S. Mueller III testifies about the Russia investigationLos Angeles Times - Caroline S. EngelmayerRobert S. Mueller III wanted to keep a low profile. The former special counsel — who famously avoided cameras for nearly two years when he led the Russia investigation — made clear he did not want to to
The White House Trump, playing with fire on racial issues, already getting burnedLos Angeles Times - David LauterIn a different world, with a different president, an incumbent presiding over 3.6% unemployment and steady, if weakening, economic growth would be running a variation on President Reagan‘s “Morning in
Mike Gravel More than 700 people have filed to run for president. Why?Los Angeles Times - Melissa GomezThere is just about every shade of politics you can imagine represented by the people who run for president. There is Vermin Supreme, the perennial candidate who wears a boot for a hat and wants to give
Mike Gravel More than 700 people have filed to run for president. Why?Los Angeles Times - Melissa GomezThere is just about every shade of politics you can imagine represented by the people who run for president. There is Vermin Supreme, the perennial candidate who wears a boot for a hat and wants to give
Kamala Harris Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to square off at debate, and Kamala Harris and Joe Biden get a rematchLos Angeles Times - Matt PearceOn Thursday night, on cable television, for reasons ostensibly having to do with election transparency, CNN held a live, televised drawing to determine which 20 Democratic presidential candidates will
Antonin Scalia Trump to nominate Eugene Scalia for Labor secretaryLos Angeles Times - Associated PressEugene Scalia, left, son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, with then-U.S. Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.). President Trump says he will nominate lawyer Eugene Scalia to be his new Labor secretary.
Ilhan Omar Q&A: Rep. Ilhan Omar is in Trump's crosshairs. What's going on?Los Angeles Times - Caroline S. EngelmayerRep. Ilhan Omar has been in Congress less than seven months, but the Minnesota Democrat has become a major target of President Trump’s ire. Trump’s attacks on Omar escalated sharply in the last week. Omar’s
Ilhan Omar Trump seeks to disavow 'send her back' chant at his rallyLos Angeles Times - Noah BiermanThe morning after chants of “Send her back” rang across one of his campaign rallies, President Trump sought to disavow it, insisting that he “was not happy with it.” Trump made no effort to stop the chanting
Joe Biden Trump's attacks on Ilhan Omar and other congresswomen are 'despicable,' Joe Biden says in L.A.Los Angeles Times - Matt PearceFormer Vice President and Democratic front-runner Joe Biden called President Trump “despicable” Thursday for his racist remarks about four Democratic congresswoman of color. At a breakfast event with than
Ron Wright House OKs minimum wage hike but Senate chances are dimLos Angeles Times - Associated PressA coalition of workers, business and civic leaders rally outside Los Angeles City Hall on Jan. 30 to push for an increase to the minimum wage. The House has approved legislation to raise the federal minimum
Michael Cohen Court documents show close contact between Cohen and Trump during hush-money arrangementsLos Angeles Times - Chris MegerianMichael Cohen was in close contact with Donald Trump in 2016 as he arranged for hush money payments to women who said they’d had affairs with the future president, according to court documents released
Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren pitches private equity regulations, taking aim at 'legalized looting' - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Associated PressWhite House hopeful Elizabeth Warren is proposing new regulations on the private equity industry, pitching constraints designed to end what she decries as “legalized looting” by investment firms that over
Senate Finance Committee House passes repeal of Obamacare tax on high-cost plans - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Associated PressThe House passed, 419-6, legislation Wednesday to repeal the so-called Cadillac tax, pleasing health insurers, unions and a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who have long pushed to scrap the levy. The
Rand Paul GOP Sen. Rand Paul slows bill to boost 9/11 victims fund - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Associated PressRepublican Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday blocked fast-track approval of a bipartisan bill that would ensure a victims’ compensation fund related to the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. Paul objected
Homeland Security Homeland Security has gutted programs aimed at stopping WMD terrorism - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - David WillmanThe Trump administration has quietly dismantled or cut back multiple programs that were created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to help detect and prevent terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction,
Joe Biden Hollywood donors handing out cash to multiple 2020 candidates in effort to beat Trump - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Tina DauntWhen former DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg agreed to co-host a high-wattage Hollywood fundraiser this week for Joe Biden’s presidential bid, people may have assumed the former vice president
Joe Biden How Joe Biden won friends in Hollywood by helping studios get their movies into China - Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times - Evan HalperWhen then-Vice President Joe Biden hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a five-day diplomatic blitz in 2012, a Hollywood Democratic mega-donor kept popping up with them. There was Jeffrey Katzenberg, the
