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LOS ANGELES -- Joe and Arline Halper loved their house, their neighborhood and their lifestyle in Pacific Palisades, and the plan was to stay there indefinitely.

Even as Joe hit 95 and Arline approached 89, neither of ...Read more

The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act puts so many people at risk of losing their health insurance and food assistance, it’s hard to focus on other fires set by the new law. And yet — there’s one ...Read more

Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, a lawless president is solidifying his law enforcement powers to create something most Americans didn’t vote for and don’t want: a police state increasingly robbing ...Read more

It’s not a good look for science when the most hyped, heavily marketed, and supposedly transformative discoveries are later discredited.

Among the more spectacular cases were claims that a team of scientists had ...Read more

Recently, my living room transformed into a Broadway stage. With my wife, kids, and I singing along to the Hamilton soundtrack, conversations inevitably spiraled from lyrics about revolution and ambition into discussions ...Read more

Before New York City opens government-run grocery stores, it should explore how the idea worked in Kansas City.

Socialist Zohran Mamdani remains the favorite to become NYC’s next mayor. He has campaigned aggressively ...Read more

Progressives reflexively denounce tax cuts and spending cuts as “giveaways to the wealthy” or “stealing from the poor.”

So, take it with a grain of salt when House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., rails ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2023, a most unlikely friendship took root after a House Oversight Committee hearing ended and members chatted before hurrying off for a two-week congressional recess.

Colorado Republican ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Vice President JD Vance was “most likely” the heir-apparent to his Make America Great Again movement, but added there were also other potential candidates and that it was too ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In past Olympic Games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Donald Trump may have other plans.

An executive order signed by Trump on Tuesday names ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners must appoint election critics nominated by the Fulton County Republican Party to the county election board, a superior court judge has ruled.

In an order handed down ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health will be able to fund fewer research grants in fiscal 2026, even if Congress provides increased funding for the agency, due to Trump administration budget maneuvers.

The ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- As a journalist, there are at least three things that really annoy me.

One is when elected officials or public servants who bristle whenever folks in my tribe tell them how to do their jobs then turn around...Read more

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the impact of tariffs on Michigan's automotive-heavy economy, recovery efforts from a devastating ...Read more

On Monday, leaders from across the Peach State celebrated the launch of a new program offering hundreds of low-income Georgia homeowners the chance to lease rooftop solar systems for free and slash their power bills.

A ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated a plan to grant legal status to undocumented immigrant farmworkers, claiming that foreign-born migrants are “naturally” better suited than “inner city” Americans to menial ...Read more

WASHINGTON — “Give me a break.”

That was the response of a combative President Donald Trump when asked Tuesday morning on CNBC about former federal officials — including his onetime Transportation secretary, ...Read more

A California Republican is pushing a bill in Congress that would ban virtually all redistricting before 2030, a move that would kill President Donald Trump’s effort to flip up to five Democratic seats in Texas and also ...Read more

President Donald Trump has dropped his demand that Rupert Murdoch immediately testify in the president's libel lawsuit over a Jeffrey Epstein story in the Wall Street Journal, but the 94-year-old media mogul has agreed to ...Read more