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It was bracing to see William Taylor and George Kent, actual statesmen, in action.
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A proposed EPA rule to require public release of data behind health studies would undermine the role of science in forming policy. That’s dangerous. -
Republicans mount a shotgun attack on serious allegations against Trump.
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California leaders shouldn’t undermine their own mandate for solar on new homes by allowing utilities and developers to rely on far-off farms.
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Twin religious doctrines — about caring for God’s creation and asserting mankind’s dominion over it — fight it out in our public policy and our foundational ideas.
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The Trump-Netanyahu alliance has left a large share of Democratic voters, including Jews, outraged that their support for Israel has been used to endorse a headlong march toward apartheid.
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Republicans argued that impeachment witnesses refused to let Trump set foreign policy. But falling in line to serve Trump’s political interests isn’t part of the job.
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While other Trump administration figures look to the courts for guidance, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney just said no to a House subpoena.
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The Supreme Court allows a long-odds lawsuit to proceed against Remington Arms over use of its Bushmaster rifle in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
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Rep. Adam B. Schiff is acting more like a prosecutor than a congressman.
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The GOP seeks to call impeachment witnesses who will back their theory that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election and Burisma was corrupt.
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Is there a line Trump could cross that would lead Republicans to put national interest ahead of party? That question looms larger than his abuses.
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After the first day of hearings, the folks who have wanted to impeach Trump since he won the presidency still do, and the folks who don’t still don’t.
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It was bracing to see William Taylor and George Kent, actual statesmen, in action.
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Southern California’s survival does not require snuffing out salmon, Stocktonians or our neighbors in other parts of the state.
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Devin Nunes, a co-sponsor of the Stop Frivolous Lawsuits Act, seems to have discovered a new fundraising tool: frivolous lawsuits.
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California leaders shouldn’t undermine their own mandate for solar on new homes by allowing utilities and developers to rely on far-off farms.
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We sometimes characterize the law as a clear set of rules, but the law isn’t always so straightforward. This is as true of DACA as it was for slavery.
Turkey may target the Kurdish military leader in Syria for assassination, using the U.S. drone program its model.
Student journalists at Northwestern University apologized for printing the names and photos of student protesters. They shouldn’t have.
Trump administration’s proposed rules changes are designed to deter immigrants legally in the U.S. from becoming citizens. Application fees would jump.
The college admissions scandal uncovered illegalities. The question is not whether but how frequently money should influence admissions decisions.
The new state labor law for contractors may cause publishers to avoid California-based freelance writers.
Veterans Day is for the living, not the dead, so support our veterans by learning more about the wars they are fighting with no victory in sight.
Among homeless, a small minority of the severely mentally ill could be best served in public mental health hospitals that offer more intensive care.
Let’s treat housing our homeless fellow Angelenos with the same urgency we’ll treat housing Olympic athletes.
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All presidential elections are uniquely consequential, but a good case can be made that the next one is the most important of our lives. The time has come to undo the great mistake of 2016 and drive Trump out of office at the ballot box.
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Our six-part series of editorials about the 45th president.
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The Supreme Court weighs whether it’s ‘reasonable’ to stop a car because the owner’s license was suspended.
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Mike Bloomberg’s record as mayor of New York City prepared him to be a better president than Donald Trump. But can he excite Democratic voters?
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The House impeachment inquiry is gathering proof that Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, but not that he demanded a quid pro quo.
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Pro-gun control Democrats won control of the Virginia legislature, paving the way for ground-shifting legislation in a state with a gun-friendly history.
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Five decades after Hoffa’s disappearance, his story is still used to justify efforts to curb union power.
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My parents saw Los Angeles as a place of opportunity. But New Orleans always loomed large.
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The charges that did in President Nixon should apply, and the House may want to add two more: one for the egregious Ukraine scandal and an “omnibus” article to capture the daunting whole of this corrupt presidency.
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As long as the financial returns of a social platform align with outrage, the site will be optimized for distributing disinformation.
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A plan by Southern California governments to locate more housing in cities closer to the coast does not address the real threats posed by climate change.
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A BART rider allegedly broke the rules about eating while on a train platform, but it’s he who is getting the public’s sympathy.
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It is not true that “everyone” in California is from somewhere else. Also, people in other states need to get used to more Californians in their midst.
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A professor of education at UCLA says school districts must use the best research to know what programs boost outcomes for kids and deserve more funding.
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The House Intelligence Committee is set to begin the public portion of the House’s impeachment inquiry. President Trump’s supporters will attempt to shift the focus away from the president, but the public should not be distracted from the core questions about Trump’s conduct.
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No matter how the Supreme Court rules on Trump’s efforts to end DACA, Congress should pass permanent protections for so-called Dreamers.
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This year, states have executed 19 people despite lingering questions over the guilt of several of them. Why do we cling to this system?
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Veteran homelessness in L.A. didn’t go up since last year. But with all the resources being poured in, shouldn’t it have gone down?
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