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Heading into the second tumultuous week of public impeachment hearings, Democrats home in on Trump’s personal involvement in pressuring Ukraine.
Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old president was “anticipating a very busy 2020” and wanted to take advantage of “a free weekend.”
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick talks about his decision to run for president, a move that shook up the Democratic primary field when he announced his candidacy Thursday.
The first witnesses to the House impeachment hearings offered a cogent, damaging portrait of President Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Ukraine to investigate Democrats. Some of next week’s witnesses may offer a rebuttal.
The impeachment scandal is no longer just about Trump’s actions in Ukraine. The question now is why and how much he also helped Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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A dozen Democratic presidential candidates, including newcomer Deval Patrick, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, descend on Long Beach for a state party convention and Latino forum.
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Bernie Sanders holds an L.A. rally as part of his strategy to mobilize Latinos, particularly younger voters, to help him win California’s Democratic primary. -
President Obama warns Democratic presidential candidates veering too far to the left could alienate persuadable voters, a clear caution about Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
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Michael Bloomberg got a lot of news coverage when he entered the Democratic race. He got a lot less commentary from our letter writers.
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Managed-care and hospital stocks jumped after presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren described her plan to fundamentally change how Americans get healthcare coverage.
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A proposal to divert high-speed rail money from the Central Valley to California’s big cities has split the state’s political leadership.
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Since Proposition 187, the California GOP has been in freefall and still is. Today, Democrats hold a supermajority in each of California’s legislative houses and Republicans are essentially irrelevant.
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Betting on sports would be legal in California under an initiative proposed Wednesday by a coalition of Native American tribes.
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The letter from Local Records Office highlights how private companies try to dupe people into paying big bucks for public services they can accomplish themselves for free or a fraction of the cost.
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City Atty. Mike Feuer alleges that developer Michael Hakim owes the city more than $220,000 for legal bills racked up during a court battle over his 27-story project.
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Los Angeles County donors have given more than $13 million to the field of Democratic challengers in 2020. Here’s what we know.
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Data released this week provide the most detailed look yet at who funds the Democratic contenders. We mapped more than 4.5 million donations. Here’s what we found.
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Democratic dollars are largely split between Kamala Harris, the only major candidate of Indian descent, Tulsi Gabbard and Cory Booker. President Trump brings in more than $1 million.
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Former California Gov. Pete Wilson is the face of Proposition 187, making him public enemy No. 1 for Latinos who suffered the consequences.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards will keep his job as the Deep South’s only Democratic governor. The result is another defeat for President Trump, who campaigned heavily for the GOP challenger.
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Kamala Harris is endorsed by the United Farm Workers labor group. Bernie Sanders wins the backing of the Los Angeles teachers union and nationwide nurses union.
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President Trump has pardoned a former U.S.
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New Trump rules would require hospitals and insurers to disclose upfront the prices of common tests and procedures. The healthcare industry is already pushing back.
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President Trump files an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court asking it to stop a House committee from ordering financial records held by his accountants.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a March 3 special election to pick a successor to former Rep. Katie Hill in California’s 25th Congressional District.
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Republicans have tested out two roads in the impeachment hearings so far. One engages with the reality of the case; the other relies more on the fantastical.
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President Trump’s associate Roger Stone was found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his attempts to contact WikiLeaks.
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It is the latest salvo in the White House struggle to blunt Democrats’ contention that Trump abused the power of the presidency.
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Kamala Harris is headed to a gay bar, and Bernie Sanders will get on stage with East L.A. punk-funk band Ozomatli ahead of a Democratic convention in Long Beach.
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The impeachment scandal is no longer just about Trump’s actions in Ukraine. The question now is why and how much he also helped Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Heading into the second tumultuous week of public impeachment hearings, Democrats home in on Trump’s personal involvement in pressuring Ukraine.
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Here are key dates and events on the the 2020 presidential election calendar, including dates of debates, caucuses, primaries and conventions.
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In collaboration with the radio program “This American Life,” The Times takes an exclusive, front-line look at a much-criticized Trump administration policy to restrict asylum -- the Migrant Protection Protocols -- from the perspective of the asylum officers implementing it.
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Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick talks about his decision to run for president, a move that shook up the Democratic primary field when he announced his candidacy Thursday.
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