Top Headlines
The Biden administration has withdrawn a Trump-era proposal to expand the amount and types of biometric data collected by U.S. immigration authorities.
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López Obrador’s barb risked embarrassing Harris and disrupting the Biden administration’s strategy on immigration and other issues in Latin America.
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Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing
Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing
The divide between left and right is a lot bigger in the U.S. than in western Europe, and it’s widening, a major new study finds.
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Employers added only 266,000 jobs in April, down from March and far short of expectations. That could give Biden’s stimulus spending plans a boost.
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President Biden stops in Lake Charles and New Orleans, in a state dogged by water-control issues, to seek GOP support for infrastructure spending.
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GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Elise Stefanik personify the choice facing the party: Remain defined by Trump or return to traditional conservative values.
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Vice President Kamala Harris holds her first virtual meeting Friday with Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador as Biden’s Central America envoy.
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In 2019, the national maternal mortality rate for Black women was 44 deaths per 100,000 live births, more than twice the rate for white women.
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Republicans grabbed both runoff slots in a district trending away from the GOP.
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Secretary of State Blinken in Ukraine to assure President Zelensky, who played role in Trump impeachment, of U.S. support against Russian hostilities.
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Congressman Ted Lieu introduced the 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project act on May 6. It all started with an article by David Kipen in the L.A. Times
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The immigration debate poses a moral dilemma for America.
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Cruz Reynoso, a child of migrant workers who worked in the fields as a child and went on to become the first Latino state Supreme Court justice in California history, has died.
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Though many courts were operating under restrictions because of the pandemic, courts received petitions for the orders at a greater rate than the year before.
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Speaking with The Times on Thursday, Jenner fleshed out some of her proposals on governing the fifth biggest economy in the world.
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Jenner talks about who she thinks is her natural political base and how she might fix some of California’s problems.
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Federal appeals court rejects challenge to a California program that provides retirement savings for workers who don’t have a pension or 401(k).
In Depth
Federal plans would complement California’s initiative to conserve 30% of land and 30% of coastal waters by the end of the decade.
What began as a Republican vendetta against Facebook, Google and Twitter has morphed into something far more worrisome to big business.
Efforts by Texas Republicans to pass voting restrictions tests the enduring relationship between the party and big business in the state.
Biden visits Louisiana, going over the heads of Republican foes in Congress, to seek bipartisan voter support for his infrastructure and jobs plan.
Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the suspension of ex-President Trump’s social media account and asked the company to revisit the decision in six months.
Politics and the Pandemic
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The pandemic’s “shecession” could set back decades of progress on workplace equality, especially among Latina, Black and Asian women.
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Every Republican in Congress voted against President Biden’s $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief plan, but that hasn’t stopped some from promoting it.
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Biden supports relaxing global trade restrictions for COVID-19 vaccines so that more countries can produce them and bring a faster end to the pandemic.
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After early success, U.S. vaccination rates have dropped by a third in the last three weeks, challenging Biden’s effort to end the pandemic.
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Pandemic brought home to managers the high cost of unforeseen disruptions, so they are turning more to automation.
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There is no limit on how much a company or individual can donate on behalf of an elected official. Newsom helped secure $226 million last year.
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Conservationists and dam operators have some ideas for President Biden’s infrastructure plan.
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A president’s first 100 days set the tone for the country — and online. Just look at Trump and Biden’s internet search data.
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California Democrats close ranks to support Gov. Gavin Newsom with a historic recall election on the horizon.
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Every 10 years, states must redraw congressional districts. Republicans control that process in more states than Democrats, giving the GOP the advantage.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a sweeping elections bill that Republicans said would curb fraud, though they acknowledged none occurred in November.
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Newsom critics say the recall campaign must tap into discontent over homelessness, housing costs and other issues if the effort hopes to succeed.
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A federal judge ruled the CDC has no authority to declare a nationwide eviction moratorium during the COVID-19 pandemic. What does this mean for renters?
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Rep. Steve Scalise delivers the first explicit call from GOP leadership for the ouster of Rep. Liz Cheney from the party’s No. 3 job in the House.
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An Assembly panel recommended against creating a new department at a hearing where lawmakers noted a backlog of delayed claims has increased.
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Joe Biden has had a first 100 days relatively free of catastrophes. Don’t expect that to last.
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A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation.
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One Republican opponent posed for photos with a bear and another sought to leverage her celebrity status on national television. These events woke up what has so far been a quiet march toward a historic election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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N.C. Republican lawmakers advance a bill making it illegal for doctors to perform abortions because of the fetus’ race or a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has indicated there isn’t room in GOP leadership anymore for Rep. Liz Cheney. What the feud means for the party.
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There are three reasons why we know the Justice Department’s Giuliani investigation is righteous.
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Employers added only 266,000 jobs in April, down from March and far short of expectations. That could give Biden’s stimulus spending plans a boost.
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What are the backgrounds of President Biden’s Cabinet members and which nominees await Senate confirmation?
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President Biden, in his address to Congress, frames a vast expansion of government as crucial to democracy’s survival.
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López Obrador’s barb risked embarrassing Harris and disrupting the Biden administration’s strategy on immigration and other issues in Latin America.
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Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing
Essential Politics: The left-right split is far bigger in the U.S. than in Europe — and it’s growing
The divide between left and right is a lot bigger in the U.S. than in western Europe, and it’s widening, a major new study finds.
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India’s coronavirus crisis has created diplomatic and humanitarian challenges for the Biden administration, but it’s also personal for Kamala Harris.
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The vice president visited Baltimore to mark the 100th day of the Biden-Harris administration with a tour of the mass COVID vaccination site.
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President Biden’s first speech to a joint session of Congress is being delivered to a nearly empty room as COVID-19 restrictions quell the normal pomp around the occasion.
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As the first vice president of color, Kamala Harris fills a void for the Biden administration, connecting with a nation rocked by racial injustice.
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How a photo of a child’s bed and a donation to a Long Beach book drive led to a false story and attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris.
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