NEW YORK — A Brooklyn construction magnate was sentenced Friday to a year of probation for working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor …
latimes
-
-
latimes
Contributor: AI will be more disruptive than COVID. Which party can seize the moment?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDemocrats, bless their hearts, keep trying to figure out the magic formula to stop President Trump. But here’s a cold splash of reality: If Trump’s popularity ever collapses, it will …
-
latimes
Police chief orders more cooperation with immigration agents as federal activity takes root in D.C.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The Washington, D.C., police chief stepped up cooperation between her officers and federal immigration officials as President Trump’s law enforcement takeover of the nation’s capital took root Thursday. National Guard …
-
As Gov. Gavin Newsom prepared to announce that he would take on President Trump’s redistricting plans on behalf of California, scores of federal immigration agents massed outside the venue Thursday. …
-
latimes
L.A. prosecutors sought grand jury testimony by city councilman’s wife
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesL.A. County prosecutors tried to force City Councilman Curren Price’s wife to testify before a grand jury and served subpoenas on several members of his City Hall staff earlier this …
-
latimes
Contributor: The heat-safety law isn’t enough. Farmworkers are still dying every summer
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesBy midmorning in the Central Valley, the light turns hard and white, bleaching the sky and flattening every shadow. The rows of melons stretch to the horizon, vines twisted low …
-
latimes
An appeals court lets the Trump administration suspend or end billions in foreign aid
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid. Two of three …
-
What’s the difference between Harvard and UCLA when it comes to fighting President Trump’s attacks? It may come down to how much Gavin Newsom wants his shot at the White …
-
latimes
Leaving a top Trump administration post? The president may have an ambassadorship for you
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Diplomacy may be soft power, but in President Trump’s administration, it’s also lately a soft landing. National security advisor Mike Waltz was nominated as United Nations ambassador after he mistakenly …
-
When Marni Lustig saw a flier for the Save Our Services campaign, she didn’t immediately grasp what she was reading. The flier appeared to be about Los Angeles’ budget crisis, …