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GOP lawmakers, Trump surrogates tread carefully on president’s inflammatory remarks over the Fourth of July weekend, denounced by Democrats.
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Statues designed to reinforce white supremacy should be taken down. Other monuments, erected to memorialize history, as at Gettysburg, deserve to stay.
Biden’s pledge to attack racial injustice contrasts with Trump’s stoking of white resentment at Mt. Rushmore.
President Trump accuses his opponents of wanting to “end America” and vows to protect statues and monuments.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. were in South Dakota to hold fundraisers for President Trump’s reelection campaign.
Politics and the Pandemic
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vice President Mike Pence discuss the state’s efforts to combat COVID-19.
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Why has the U.S. done so much worse than Europe in controlling the coronavirus? Preferring medical miracles, Americans reject simple public health steps.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom restricts indoor dining, tasting rooms, entertainment centers, movie theaters, zoos, museums and card rooms in California counties struggling to control the coronavirus.
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After an initial rush of applications, interest in the Paycheck Protection Program waned, leaving about $135 billion on the table
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Gov. Gavin Newsom warns that he plans to announce new coronavirus restrictions ahead of the July 4 weekend in California as community spread grows.
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A decade of 911 calls to the LAPD reviewed by The Times helps explain the possibilities and challenges of reimagining police.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom again Wednesday threatened more enforcement for businesses that fail to follow coronavirus guidance, but how it would work remains unclear
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A former official at the L.A. Department of Building and Safety alleges that he was ousted after raising concerns about fraud and other issues.
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California Senate passes a bill to provide job protections to employees of small businesses. But some say the protections will hurt those businesses.
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More Californians will vote by mail this year because of the coronavirus. Here’s how it works.
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California voters will be asked in November whether to erase Proposition 209, which banned the use of race and gender as consideration for government contracts and in college admissions.
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With COVID-19 cases rising in red states, Republican officials are caught between taking a hard line to tamp down the outbreak or staying consistent with Trump.
Joe Biden’s surge in fundraising comes amid dismal poll ratings for President Trump.
Joe Biden is coy about his vice president list, but his consideration of women of color is a milestone. Experts say it shows progress and the need for more representation.
Unlike the initial wave of the pandemic, the current surge is hitting red states hard. Joe Biden’s charge that it’s Trump’s fault is resonating.
The police killing of George Floyd and resulting protests have led white Americans to reckon with racism more vigorously than at any moment in recent history.
Could Supreme Court rebukes of Trump policy cost him critical support from white evangelical voters?
Could Supreme Court rebukes of Trump policy cost him critical support from white evangelical voters?
Evangelical voters backed Trump with an eye on shaping the Supreme Court for decades. But recent rulings could undermine that support.
In 2016, Trump held the support of a key group — white women without college degrees. This spring, they’ve turned against him.
President Obama was the featured guest at Joe Biden’s most lucrative fundraising event so far.
The Los Angeles congresswoman and chair of the Congressional Black Caucus is being vetted as a potential running mate for Biden.
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Washington’s envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, touted the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, which has run into obstacles.
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Pentagon officials warned that a complete withdrawal over the next five months could plunge Afghanistan into crisis, prompting Trump to alter his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops by November.
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A government watchdog says the Commerce Department is trying to block the findings of an investigation into the agency’s role in rebuking forecasters who contradicted Trump’s inaccurate claims about the path of Hurricane Dorian last year.
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Moscow and Washington are intertwined in a complex and bloody history in Afghanistan, with both suffering thousands of dead and wounded in conflicts lasting for years.
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The White House claims President Trump was never briefed on intelligence that Russia had put a bounty on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan because there wasn’t corroborating evidence.
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Hospitals in Texas and Arizona are straining, and caseloads are soaring nationwide, but Trump continues to downplay the coronavirus and advocate reopening.
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A small but growing number of Republican congressional candidates have links to the far-right conspiracy theory known as QAnon.
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Supreme Court blocks House Democrats from seeing more of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report while it considers the case.
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Employers add almost 5 million new jobs in June as jobless rate drops to 11.1%. But businesses are already shutting back down as coronavirus spikes.
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“He is the real-life version of Hannibal Lecter,” Sacramento County Dist. Atty. Anne Marie Schubert told reporters
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A New York appeals court has cleared the way for a publisher to distribute a tell-all book by President Trump’s niece over the objections of the president’s brother.
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Eight measures earned a spot on the Nov. 3 ballot through the collection of voter signatures. Four were added by the California Legislature.
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Former George W. Bush officials have launched a super PAC supporting Joe Biden, the latest Republican group to back Biden over President Trump.
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Trump wanted to run for reelection as an international dealmaker with a record of great deeds. Unfortunately for him, none are panning out.
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The hotly contested four-way GOP primary in the race for Utah governor ended Tuesday, but no winner was immediately declared as vote-counting continued.
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Lauren Boebert said last year, ‘Everything that I’ve heard of Q, I hope that this is real.’ Former Gov. John Hickenlooper wins Democratic Senate primary.
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New York Democrats Eliot Engel and Carolyn Maloney both must wait for mail-in ballots to be counted to learn whether they will serve another term.
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Former Marine pilot Amy McGrath has overcome a bumpier-than-expected Kentucky primary to win the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination.
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GOP lawmakers, Trump surrogates tread carefully on president’s inflammatory remarks over the Fourth of July weekend, denounced by Democrats.
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Joe Biden is coy about his vice president list, but his consideration of women of color is a milestone. Experts say it shows progress and the need for more representation.
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Biden’s pledge to attack racial injustice contrasts with Trump’s stoking of white resentment at Mt. Rushmore.
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President Trump accuses his opponents of wanting to “end America” and vows to protect statues and monuments.
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Pentagon officials warned that a complete withdrawal over the next five months could plunge Afghanistan into crisis, prompting Trump to alter his plan to withdraw all U.S. troops by November.
