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Gen. Lloyd J. Austin becomes the first Black secretary of Defense and the second member of President Biden’s Cabinet to be approved by the Senate.
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Impeachment, the COVID-19 relief bill, the future of the filibuster — all are being shaped by the fight for long-term control of the Senate.
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Sending the article of impeachment could mark the start of a trial against Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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As a 50-50 tiebreaker, the vice president will have a chance to raise her profile and show loyalty to Biden.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy offers dizzying statements about the president’s role in the riot at the Capitol
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Seven Democratic senators have asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley “to fully understand their role” in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by supporters of former President Trump.
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The Senate seemed likely to approve retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin as Defense secretary, waiving law requiring nominees be out of military for seven years.
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The White House says President Biden has proposed to Russia a five-year extension of a nuclear arms treaty that is set to expire in February.
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Senate Republicans hope to give Trump time to put together a legal defense before his impeachment trial begins.
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In his first full day as president, Joe Biden signals a more assertive federal role in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rather than stay on the sidelines, business leaders condemned the attack, withdrawing funds supporting enablers of Trump and his followers.
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President Biden plans to keep Christopher Wray as his FBI director, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.
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The Times’ coverage of Vice President and former California senator Kamala Harris.
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The lead plaintiff in a 2015 lawsuit against the L.A. Department of Water and Power, is suing the city again over the agency’s billing errors.
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Rich Californians pay a lot in taxes, but if you’re in the middle class, our state compares very favorably to other states.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom said 1 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine would be administered in California over the course of 10 days. But due to the state’s data collection issues, it is unclear whether he met that goal.
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Biden was inaugurated in a city that depressingly resembled an armed camp — as did California’s state Capitol and statehouses around the country.
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Review of allergic reactions linked to a specific lot of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine found “no scientific basis” for withholding it
For a while, Donald Trump seemed like a new breed of human predator. But as he slinked off the national stage, even his last-gaspers had to concede they were licked. And so was he.
Reporters’ glee over a non-abusive press secretary is understandable. But Psaki is no TV character, and she’ll shape the narrative the way her boss wants.
Deprived of the normal pomp surrounding Inauguration Day, President Biden gave a speech that felt more like a heart-to-heart between friends than an inaugural address. And it was just what we needed.
Yellow! Purple! Turquoise! Here’s who designed the winter looks seen on Michelle Obama, Ella Emhoff, Amanda Gorman and others at the inauguration.
Combining the familiar and the novel, the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris sought to reassure the nation — and then to forge ahead.
Politics and the Pandemic
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After surviving nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former President Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci is back
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President Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and tests, reopen schools and businesses, and increase mask use.
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The former management consultant is tasked by President Joe Biden to overhaul vaccination program.
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A Covid-19 surge at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has sickened hundreds of longshore workers, a disruption that could stymie the flow of goods - including pandemic supplies - through the nation’s largest port complex. Port and local officials are calling for urgent vaccination of dockworkers.
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The state auditor concluded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration divvied up federal coronavirus relief overly generously to more populous counties.
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Critics say Newsom frequently hypes announcements and keeps local government and public officials in the dark about his coronavirus plans.
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After four years of Trump, the question is no longer how much damage the government can do. It’s whether the government is living up to its promises.
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After a tumultuous transition, the Biden administration begins today, and with it a new effort from the Los Angeles Times to cover a historic administration.
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Amazon won’t be forced to immediately restore web service to Parler after a federal judge ruled Thursday against a plea to reinstate the fast-growing social media app favored by followers of former President Trump.
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The 2020 census has been battered by criticism that it was politicized by the administration of former President Donald Trump
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While bold admissions and digital forensics played a key role in the fast effort to bring Capitol rioters to justice, so too has an army of tipsters.
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The 60-day moratorium could be the first step toward an eventual goal to ban all leases and permits to drill for oil, gas, coal and minerals on federal land.
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Southern Californians arrested in the assault on U.S. Capitol include a doctor, salon owner, and actor/model.
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Kamala Harris has shattered many glass ceilings, but she has great company in Alpha Kappa Alpha and other Black Greek-letter sororities and fraternities.
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President Biden’s inauguration has sown a mixture of anger, confusion and disappointment among believers in the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory.
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Few along the border, from asylum seekers to U.S. agents, have answers for how President Biden will confront the challenge left to him by Trump, with about 30,000 migrants waiting in limbo and thousands more heading north.
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In his presidential proclamation, Biden is calling on Congress to adopt legislation that gives DACA recipients permanent legal status and a path to citizenship.
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Grove, who once described herself as a “gun-carrying, tongue-talking, spirit-filled believer,” will be succeeded as Senate Republican leader by state Sen. Scott Wilk of Santa Clarita.
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Biden is halting construction to review contracts and how wall money might be redirected.
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In one of his first moves in office, President Biden reversed the immigration restriction put in place by the Trump administration covering Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
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As a 50-50 tiebreaker, the vice president will have a chance to raise her profile and show loyalty to Biden.
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy offers dizzying statements about the president’s role in the riot at the Capitol
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Gen. Lloyd J. Austin becomes the first Black secretary of Defense and the second member of President Biden’s Cabinet to be approved by the Senate.
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Sending the article of impeachment could mark the start of a trial against Trump for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
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President Trump tried to marginalize California. He failed. Now, with Joe Biden and Democrats taking power, no state is more influential in setting a policy agenda.
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President Biden’s inauguration marked a return to a more traditional, unifying politics. But it was a surreal experience amid a pandemic and waves of political violence, which the ceremonies were forced to reflect.
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Washington, D.C., was prepared for the worst ahead of Inauguration Day. But the worst stayed home.
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After half a century as a senator and vice president, Biden assumes the presidency at a time when the country faces health, economic and societal crises.
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Improbable as it sounds, this politician of modest talents and limited eloquence may have exactly the gifts he needs to succeed.
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As he exits the White House President Trump is disrupting many of the most critical and cherished traditions of handing power from one president to another.
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Tens of thousands of National Guard troops are protecting the city, but there’s tension in the air and Inauguration Day attendees are feeling it.
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As Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas would oversee immigration as well as counter-terrorism, emergency management and cybersecurity.
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in Wednesday. Here’s everything to know about Inauguration Day events.
