- — Lopez: L.A. mayors have long promised to end homelessness. Can Raman break the cycle of failure?
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at 11/7/26 6:00amMayor-elect Raman says she will cut homelessness in half by 2028, end it by 2030. Can she deliver?- — As Stephen Miller rises, California hopes it can blunt his force with Democratic gains
- at 11/7/26 4:00amPresident Trump's appointment of Stephen Miller — the architect of the administration's extreme crackdown on immigration — to White House chief of staff has sparked alarm among immigrant advocates and politicians in California.
- — Trump, weighing new Iran strikes, faces a divided party and a ticking clock
- at 11/7/26 4:00amA sudden bipartisan push to oust Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth could constrain President Trump's ability to resume the fight with Iran before Democrats take control of Congress.
- — Arab parties hold the key as Israel struggles to form a government
- at 11/7/26 4:00amGadi Eisenkot, who leads the center-right Yashar party, appears to have the advantage in forming a coalition government in Israel that would oust long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- — Trump taps Stephen Miller as chief of staff, doubling down after midterm rout
- at 11/6/26 12:33pmPresident Trump on Friday announced his appointment of Stephen Miller as his chief of staff to replace Susie Wiles.
- — Meghan Markle's estranged father arrested in California child pornography investigation
- at 11/6/26 8:17amMeghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, was arrested Friday on a child pornography charge after federal authorities raided two storage units he allegedly rents in California.
- — 'An extinction-level event': How the GOP's midterm collapse upends 2028 race for White House
- at 11/6/26 4:00amDemocratic upsets in this year's midterms could reshape the electoral map, and the fight for the White House in 2028.
- — Trump vows to fight on as clock ticks on permanent daylight saving time bill
- at 11/6/26 4:00amTrump has vowed to 'keep fighting' for permanent daylight saving time. A bill to accomplish that passed the House this summer but has stalled in the Senate with weeks left before recess.
- — Chabria: Newsom wants to empty death row. Most politicians wouldn't bother — or dare
- at 11/5/26 12:27pmNewsom's decision, as he ponders a run for the White House, is a self-inflicted test of political endurance from a savvy politician who didn't need to go there.
- — Harmeet Dhillon, California attorney who radically reshaped DOJ civil rights unit, resigns
- at 11/5/26 11:47amDhillon has been a powerful and divisive figure inside the Justice Department since her confirmation last year as assistant attorney general.
- — Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault in U.K. trial
- at 11/5/26 9:32amRussell Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault charges in a London courtroom on Thursday, years after a damning investigation by British media.
- — Martin Luther King Jr.'s only grandchild, Yolanda Renee King, is a first-time voter: 'Full circle'
- at 11/4/26 9:44pmYolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, voted for the first time. 'I want to lead the way they did.'
- — How Latino voters helped secure blue victories
- at 11/4/26 3:50pmIn Texas, voters in majority-Latino districts near San Antonio and along the border helped Democrats break Republicans' longstanding grip on the state to win the races for governor, lieutenant governor and senator.
- — 'Lawyer up': Democrats seize Congress, plot ways to rein in Trump
- at 11/4/26 12:56pmCongressional Democrats vowed to put the Trump administration on the defensive with subpoenas and hearings, but said their priority is to make life more affordable.
- — Democrats' historic rout was fueled by massive voter swing to the left
- at 11/4/26 10:47amNot since voters were repulsed by President Nixon after the Watergate scandal half a century ago has the popular vote swung so decisively in a single election cycle.
- — Wins and losses: Sports figures turned politicians have mixed results in midterm elections
- at 11/4/26 9:50amFormer athletes NFL linebacker Colin Allred, MLB slugger Mark Teixeira, and Paralympian Josh Turek are a few of the sports figures who participated in the midterm elections and won.
- — Lopez: Trump, who so bitterly divided us, was awful enough to unite us. At least temporarily
- at 11/4/26 7:41amTrump once said he could shoot someone and not lose any voters. He's lost them now.
- — 'Not a hit on me': Trump faults candidates and Fox News, not himself, for Republican losses
- at 11/4/26 5:33amReflecting on the losses, Trump largely put the onus on the candidates, some of whom he said he only endorsed for the good of the party.
- — Persian Gulf leaders fear a renewed U.S.-Iran war as diplomacy sputters
- at 11/4/26 4:00amDiplomats and business leaders fear that, with the U.S. election now over, the war pitting the U.S. and Israel against Iran could escalate.
- — SoCal Outback Steakhouse franchisee files for bankruptcy, citing California's labor costs
- at 11/4/26 4:00amSan Diego-based Cerca Trova Restaurant Group, which once operated nearly 100 Outback Steakhouse restaurants, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday.
- — Supreme Court considers whether a state's preschool funding rules are discriminatory
- at 11/3/26 3:22pmThe high court's conservatives say states need not fund private schools but if they do, they may not discriminate against some based on religion.
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