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Tuesday’s debate between Trump and Biden could have used a mom -- someone who knows how to exert some discipline over a heedless child.
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In the history of American presidential debates, there never has been a spectacle of imprecations and interruptions like Tuesday night’s prize fight.
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Moderators must move climate change to the forefront in presidential debates. It is a global threat of historic magnitude.
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Declaring that you have a plan to provide great, affordable healthcare does not cause such a plan magically to exist.
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President Trump should have disavowed white supremacists in the debate with former Vice President Joe Biden.
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Those who want to defeat President Trump should focus on his concrete actions or lack of action in office rather than his character.
Enter the Fray
The Trump team, like the president himself, is working aggressively to make voters disbelieve what they see and hear from Joe Biden at the first debate.
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The San Gabriel Mountains are littered with ruins of past attempts to build permanent structures in a stubbornly inhospitable landscape.
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One person’s bold change is another person’s scary attack on American institutions.
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This time, Mitt Romney failed to strike a profile in courage.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a fearless fighter for abortion rights.
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Opinion: With Justice Ginsburg’s death, Mitch McConnell’s nauseating hypocrisy comes into full focus
Opinion: With Justice Ginsburg’s death, Mitch McConnell’s nauseating hypocrisy comes into full focus
Four years ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell didn’t believe a president in the final year of his term should appoint a new Supreme Court justice. How about now?
Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more.
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Here are the Los Angeles Times’ editorial board endorsements for president, California ballot measures and more.
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The Legislature had the chance to fix the problems faced by Uber and Lyft drivers who do not want to be classified as employees, but it whiffed. Sadly, Proposition 22 does too.
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In the history of American presidential debates, there never has been a spectacle of imprecations and interruptions like Tuesday night’s prize fight.
For the sake of democracy, the social platform needs to unplug the recommendation engine and algorithms that push users into extremist groups.
The Trump administration has deeply damaged our civil rights laws. Here are urgent actions a Biden-Harris administration should take to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement.
Poor Chris Wallace, the moderator from Fox News. He was not only asking questions but trying to manage the president’s logorrhea.
Judy Shelton embraces far-right economic ideas that have been debunked by painful experience.
Logging bills, like the one introduced by Sen. Feinstein, are being promoted as solutions. But removing trees could actually make wildfires worse.
Right-wing historic blocs tend to emerge when the left is strong and when the right decides to stop playing by the rules of liberal democracy.
The Wilshire Boulevard redo has its risks, but the track record of its architect and museum director gives it every chance of succeeding.
The most likely scenario for the Trump-Biden debate is that these two septuagenarian men will simply confirm what everybody already thinks about them.
Cancer screenings are down dramatically during the pandemic. By delaying tests, patients are delaying treatment — and putting their health at risk.
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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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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.
Our six-part series of editorials about the 45th president.
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The attorney general denounces prosecutors who act as ‘headhunters.’
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The trade body can shake its finger at the Trump administration and its improper tariffs, but good luck enforcing any sanctions.
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Trump’s myopic focus on forest management misses the big picture. Climate change is undeniably behind the worsening fires.
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There is, to my mind, a tragic arc that connects Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald J. Trump, one of endless war and relentless polarization and tumult.
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Living in Topanga means being prepared for fires. Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness, a volunteer group, has it down to a science.
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If Venusian phosphine is what we hope it is — well, that’s a spark of joy in hellish times.
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I’m terrified that the 90-minute encounter will reinforce the perception that our democracy is toxic and our political system is broken beyond repair.
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A veteran of the antiwar and civil rights movements of the 1960s urges Portland protesters to focus on changing minds, not burning down buildings.
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Trump was all his usual worst qualities at the debate: racist, bullying, dishonest and impatient. It was just stunning to see it all at once.
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The story of Holocaust survivor Dr. William Good stands in stark contrast to Americans who don’t want to make any sacrifices to beat COVID-19.
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A reader who drives electric vehicles says her home solar system provides more than enough energy to power her cars and her home.
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President Trump has threatened to stay in power even if he loses the vote. Why shouldn’t voters fear the worst after the election?
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Prop. 25 would end the bail industry in California and the use of wealth or poverty to determine whether a person accused of a crime stays in jail or goes home before trial.
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Any voter who watched Tuesday’s sad excuse for a debate had to conclude that Trump is a disaster and Joe Biden is the steady and sober leader we need.
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President Trump takes advantage of not just the lower tax rate on capital gains, but also a series of tax breaks unique to real estate investors that cry out for reform.
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George Gascón is the right candidate at the right time to lead the largest local criminal justice jurisdiction in the United States.
