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After 9/11, Rudy Giuliani tried to extend his term as New York mayor despite term limits, and failed. He apparently learned nothing.
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President Trump is claiming victory even as he enables the transition to President-elect Joe Biden.
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This could be the weirdest Thanksgiving ever since random family and friends will show up via Zoom, and they’ll all be starved for human interaction.
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Could shutting down outdoor dining have the unintended consequence of driving people inside and lead to more cases? We’re worried it will.
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A lesson in why it’s silly to fixate on who appointed a federal judge.
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The Trump administration’s two new rules for prescription drugs could save money for taxpayers and many consumers, but it doesn’t have the courage of its convictions.
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As George Costanza famously said on ‘Seinfeld’: “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” Trump supporters seem to be operating on the same principle
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The energy I’ve seen from young Black people who went to the polls came from a desire to oust a far-right president who shows no respect for American democracy. But that energy cannot be taken for granted.
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Alito’s speech may not have been unethical, but it was injudicious
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Will Trump stick around to witness the swearing-in of Joe Biden as his successor? Or will he skip it and tweet from self-exile at Mar-A-Lago?
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The Catholic Church didn’t take abuse of vulnerable adults seriously.
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Democrats can either protect Americans from coronavirus or not. They can prevent catastrophic global warming or not.
Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more.
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What you do — how we ALL act in the next six weeks — will make the difference between an inconvenient fall and a disaster that will take years to overcome.
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To pretend that there is anything approaching moral equivalency between Joe Biden and Donald Trump represents an appalling failure to exercise ethical judgment.
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President Trump is claiming victory even as he enables the transition to President-elect Joe Biden.
The repeated allegations with little proof is reminiscent of the McCarthy era.
Nursing is among America’s most trusted professions. Yet not a single nurse is on Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board. There’s time to change that.
The U.S. foundation of democracy can withstand Trump. But his tactics will be imitated by leaders in countries where they are more likely to succeed.
My normally crowded Thanksgiving will have only two people this year due to COVID-19. But we’re making the best of it.
James Madison was right. The electoral college is a shoddy piece of work that keeps coming back to haunt us.
When I get most disillusioned with the system we have, I remember the people I’ve met around the world who are struggling to gain rights we consider basic.
A red-state Republican and a blue-state Democrat discuss the state of politics and the world.
The highway between the financial industry and high-level Washington appointments has harmed ordinary Americans and benefitted elites.
Thanksgiving is the mother of all family dinners and a potent ritual. Figuring out how to celebrate it during the pandemic requires inventing alternative traditions.
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As the country grapples with the role of systemic racism, The Times has committed to examining its past.
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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Ideas and commentary on building a livable, sustainable Los Angeles.
A six-part series from the editorial board on the humanitarian crisis unfolds in our streets.
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As of Sunday, Trump and his lawyers were 0 for 10 in their pursuit of court-facilitated battleground victories.
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While the nation’s attention was consumed and our president becoming more unhinged and despotic, coronavirus cases hit record highs.
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The onslaught of angry white faces I see on Twitter evokes an indescribable fear that Black America may once again endure the brunt of white violence.
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The parallel results: Many Americans have gone back to work, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.9%; and many Americans have contracted COVID-19.
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It shouldn’t surprise anyone: What moved Latino voters in 2020 was grassroots organizing on local issues and needs, not narrow partisan agendas.
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As Trump’s lame-duck period drags on, General Services Administration leader Emily Murphy has refused to declare that her patron is in fact lame.
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A lawsuit might result in a loss that would only legitimate Trump’s appalling hijack of the government.
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America’s civic infrastructure, which enables a nation to solve its communal problems, has been allowed to crumble. Here’s how Biden can fix it.
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President Trump isn’t getting what he wants, and like a spoiled child he is ruining his toy -- the presidency -- because he cannot keep it.
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President Trump has openly conveyed his bad faith in withholding transition funds. President-elect Joe Biden should take the White House to court.
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A politician like Newsom who preaches shared sacrifice should know better than to flout his own words on the pandemic.
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Small gatherings are driving the surge in COVID-19, so why should restaurants have to shut down in-person dining again?
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One of the most frustrating aspects of the pandemic has been watching school districts try to figure out remote schooling, with so little guidance from above.
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On the busiest shopping day of the year, we won’t be able to crowd into stores for hours.
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The state’s enhanced COVID-19 precautions are appropriate in the face of the third wave of infections, contrary to what the county supervisors seem to believe.
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For utter base cruelty, the Trump administration’s intentional inhumane treatment of migrant children stands out.
