Los Angeles TimesCalifornia Politics California lawmakers taking a softer tone on restoring a tax break Californians lost under Trump verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Sarah D. WireConscious of how it could affect Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s stance in negotiations, California Democrats aren’t drawing the same red line as their East Coast colleagues who are demanding that President Biden’s...
Los Angeles TimesYoshihide Suga Japan’s Prime Minister Suga comes to U.S. for China-focused talks with Biden verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - MARI YAMAGUCHI and AAMER MADHANIJapanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrived in Washington on Thursday for talks with President Biden meant to show the strength of the two nations’ security alliance at a time when both are concerned...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Biden meets with Congress’ Asian American leaders as Senate takes up a hate-crimes bill verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Eli StokolsPresident Biden met Thursday with leaders of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, which has pushed for more Asian Americans in his administration and for a law to combat the sort of hate crimes...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Democrats begin long-shot push to expand the Supreme Court verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - KEVIN FREKINGA group of congressional Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to add four seats to the Supreme Court, a long-shot bid designed to counter the court’s rightward tilt during the Trump administration...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Months after SolarWinds hack, U.S. is poised to announce sanctions on Russia verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - AAMER MADHANI and ERIC TUCKERThe Biden administration is preparing to announce sanctions in response to a massive Russian hacking campaign that breached vital federal agencies, as well as for election interference, a senior administration...
Los Angeles TimesHouse Judiciary Committee In a year of reckoning, slavery reparations bill moves forward in the House verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Erin B. LoganA House committee late Wednesday advanced legislation, first introduced in 1989, that would study the issue of awarding reparations to the descendants of American slaves. The House Judiciary Committee...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics At climate summit, Biden will try to reassure a skeptical world that the U.S. is back verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Anna M. PhillipsMere hours after he was sworn in, President Biden signed an executive order committing the United States to rejoin the international accord designed to prevent the most catastrophic effects of climate...
Los Angeles TimesVisas Biden quietly reversed Trump’s ban on worker visas. Will it help or hurt the U.S. economy? verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Don LeePresident Biden has quietly relaxed one of former President Trump’s signature immigration bans against foreign workers with skills that U.S. employers say they cannot find in the domestic labor market....
Los Angeles TimesKamala Harris Kamala Harris faces diplomatic pitfalls in tackling migration from Central America verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Noah BiermanRepublicans have been pounding Vice President Kamala Harris for weeks, asking when she’ll travel to Central America and Mexico to begin face-to-face talks about curbing the flow of migrants seeking to...
Los Angeles TimesAfghanistan ‘It is time to end America’s longest war.’ Biden to announce U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11 verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - David S. CloudPresident Biden on Wednesday will formally announce a Sept. 11 deadline to end military involvement in Afghanistan, arguing that the 2001 terrorist attacks that led to the U.S. invasion can no longer staying...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Essential Politics: Kamala Harris’ online fans are intense. They’re just the beginning verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Noah BiermanThis is the April 14, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox three times a week. Former President Trump‘s banishment from Twitter...
Los Angeles TimesPandemics Column: The pandemic won’t end anywhere until it’s under control everywhere verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Doyle McManusDespite recent setbacks in Michigan and elsewhere, the United States is gradually approaching the day when we may be able to declare the COVID-19 pandemic under control — within our borders, that is. that...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics President Biden to address joint session of Congress for first time on April 28 verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Associated PressPresident Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time on April 28. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) extended the invitation to Biden on Tuesday, “to share your...
Los Angeles TimesHate Crimes Amid rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, Democrats move to beef up prosecution verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jennifer HaberkornDemocrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill are negotiating a modest bill designed to help law enforcement combat the rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans, a rare moment of potential bipartisan...
Los Angeles TimesCharles Rettig IRS chief expects new child payments to start this summer verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Marcy GordonIt will be a strain, but the head of the IRS said Tuesday he expects to meet the July 1 deadline in the new pandemic relief law for starting a groundbreaking tax program aimed at reducing child poverty....
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Biden administration moves to restore Obama-era housing rules rescinded by Trump verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Erin B. LoganHousing Secretary Marcia L. Fudge this week moved to restore two Obama-era fair housing rules that were rescinded under former President Trump. Throughout his presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe...
Los Angeles TimesStudents Can Biden really cancel student debt? Here’s where the debate stands verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Sarah D. WirePresident Biden has asked the Department of Education to study whether he can unilaterally forgive federally held student loan debt, raising hopes for roughly 45 million Americans who collectively owe...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Biden plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - David S. CloudPresident Biden is planning to withdraw all remaining troops from Afghanistan and will complete the pullout before Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that sparked the United States’...
Los Angeles TimesJoe Biden Biden warns Putin against Ukraine aggression, invites him to a summit meeting verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - David LauterPresident Biden spoke Tuesday morning with Russian president Vladimir Putin, warning him against aggressive moves against Ukraine but also inviting him to a summit meeting, the White House said in a statement....
Los Angeles TimesCivil Rights Supreme Court conservatives may reset balance between LGBTQ rights and religious liberty verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - David G. SavageThe Supreme Court is set to decide soon whether conservative Christians have a constitutional right to refuse to work with same-sex couples while participating in a city-funded foster care program that...
Los Angeles TimesCalifornia Column: There have been hundreds of attempts to break up California. Those forces are driving Newsom’s recall verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Mark Z. BarabakIn the 170 years that California has been a state, there have been more than 200 attempts to break it apart. In the rural north, residents have long chafed at the laws coming out of Sacramento and the...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Lifting kids out of poverty could be Biden’s legacy, but cost raises doubts verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - David LauterAs Vice President Kamala Harris toured a child-development center in West Haven, Conn., recently, she singled out a newly adopted program that has long been a goal of the area’s member of Congress, Rep....
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Democrats seek to undo Trump regulations on methane, healthcare verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Sarah D. WireCongress has a very short window to reverse regulations approved by President Trump’s administration before he left office, and at least two are expected to get Senate votes in the coming weeks. Like predecessors,...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Dept. of Defense Wormuth nominated for Army secretary, Cisneros for undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Robert BurnsPresident Biden plans to nominate Christine Wormuth, a former senior Pentagon official, to be the first woman to lead the Army, the White House said Monday. If confirmed by the Senate as Army secretary,...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Biden to name immigration officials amid migrant increase at border verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jordan FabianPresident Biden plans to announce nominations for two key immigration jobs as the administration confronts an influx of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a White House official. Biden has...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics White House issues reports on states’ infrastructure needs verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Josh BoakThe Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3-trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of roads, bridges, the power grid and housing...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Essential Politics: California’s elections official exodus verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - John MyersThis is the April 12, 2021, edition of the Essential Politics newsletter. Like what you’re reading? Sign up to get it in your inbox three times a week. If all politics is truly local, it should be huge...
Los Angeles TimesU.S. Politics Business faces tricky path navigating post-Trump politics verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - BRIAN SLODYSKO and JOSH BOAKFor more than a half-century, the voice emerging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s monolithic, Beaux Arts-styled building near the White House was predictable: It was the embodiment of American business...
Los Angeles TimesPassports Column: No shoes, no shot, no service. Why vaccine ‘passports’ are a good idea verified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Doyle McManusAfter a year of angry battles over lockdowns, mask mandates and vaccinations, a new front has opened in the coronavirus culture war: vaccine “passports.” If you travel overseas this summer, European countries...
