A day after President Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on three of the country’s biggest trading partners, many California farmers, who produce the largest share of the nation’s food, were worried the move could hurt their operations.

The state’s rich fertile ground is a major global supplier of produce and its farmers could be hit hard as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Mayor Michelle Wu touted Boston as the “safest major city” in the country and took a swipe at the federal administration for spreading fear and undermining police work in her opening remarks before a congressional committee probing sanctuary cities.

Wu came out swinging at a highly anticipated hearing of the Republican-led ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s tariff and immigration policies create uncertainty about California’s economy that’s “very much elevated,” a new UCLA Anderson forecast said Wednesday.

The forecast cited “unique challenges” because of a “disruption of the previous functioning of national government.“

It specifically ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A divided U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s foreign-aid freeze, reinstating a lower court order that requires the quick disbursement of as much as $2 billion owed to contractors for already completed work.

Over four dissents, the justices on Wednesday rejected Trump’s request to toss out the order. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts turned down an appeal from President Donald Trump's lawyers on Wednesday, keeping in place a judge's order that requires the government to disburse nearly $2 billion in foreign funds.

Last week, Roberts put this dispute on pause in response to a late-evening appeal from...Read more

WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts turned down an appeal from President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday, keeping in place a judge’s order that requires the government to disburse nearly $2 billion in foreign funds.

Last week, Roberts put this dispute on pause in response to a late-evening appeal from ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Donald Trump’s foreign-aid freeze, reinstating a lower court order that requires the quick disbursement of as much as $2 billion owed to contractors for already completed work.

Over four dissents, the justices on Wednesday rejected Trump’s request to toss out the order, which ...Read more

The Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of nearly all foreign aid, including the work carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has upended the government agency’s longtime strategic role in implementing American foreign policy.

The Trump administration said at the end of February 2025 that it is freezing...Read more

Vice President JD Vance’s wise words to Europe about U.S. commitments to free speech are on a collision course with some of what’s happening stateside. The Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission are headed in the opposite direction of Vance’s prudent remarks.

On Feb. 11, Vance valiantly informed an artificial ...Read more

If Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people want to keep fighting, that’s their decision.

It’s not up to President Donald Trump or Ukraine’s European allies to chart the future course for a people who have fought valiantly for three years to repel a detestable invader intent on bringing their nation into its evil empire.

At the same ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Has Rep. David Valadao “jeopardized health care coverage for millions of Americans with a cruel budget blueprint?”

Has Rep. Adam Gray voted to “keep health care costs high?”

So say their political opponents. But those opponents’ claims are wildly exaggerated.

Gray and Valadao, both from California, are among a handful...Read more

If you learned only about the three branches of government, the Congressional Review Act may seem rather obscure. Yet, it’s a valuable tool in gradually restoring constitutional norms. Republicans now have an opportunity to use it liberally.

The Constitution gives Congress the power to make laws, stating, “All legislative Powers herein ...Read more

Donald Trump’s freezing all military aid to Ukraine is perfectly in line with his spouting ludicrous Kremlin propaganda at Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

“The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations, this largely aligns with our vision” said Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s press secretary (a job...Read more

SEATTLE — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Saturday making English the official language of the United States. Many other countries have an official language, but the U.S. had never had one until now.

According to the White House, designating English as the official language "promotes unity, establishes efficiency in ...Read more

If there are any limits to a president’s power, it wasn’t evident from Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025.

In that speech, the first before lawmakers of Trump’s second term, the president declared vast accomplishments during the brief six weeks of his presidency. He claimed to have “...Read more

After the U.S. House passed a Republican-backed budget resolution Feb. 25 with $880 billion in cuts proposed for the agency overseeing Medicaid, U.S. Rep. Andy Barr went on television with advice for low-income people whose health coverage may be on the line.

They need to get jobs, the Lexington Republican said.

“No, look, Medicaid is a big ...Read more

In a case that centered on unusual alliances and unpleasant descriptions of raw sewage being released into San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean during rain storms, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed San Francisco a victory in a long-running legal battle with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Handing down a 5-4 decision, the ...Read more