SACRAMENTO — President Trump craves attention and will stoop to any depth to grab it — even pour gasoline on a kindling fire in Los Angeles. But this time he unwittingly provided …
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Under mounting pressure from the Trump administration, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will shutter its longstanding healthcare program for trans children and young adults this summer, according to emails reviewed by …
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Oklahoma executes man who was transferred from federal custody by Trump officials
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesMcALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, received a three-drug lethal injection at the Oklahoma State …
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California Congress members to question Hegseth about military in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCalifornia Democrats plan to question Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday about the immigration raids that have roiled Los Angeles, the federal commandeering of the state’s National Guard and the …
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LAPD treatment of journalists in protests once again under scrutiny
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAbraham Márquez, a reporter with the nonprofit investigative news startup Southlander, was filming a tense standoff between Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and immigrant rights protesters in Paramount on Saturday …
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Newsom’s ‘Democracy is under assault’ speech could turn the tables on Trump
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFrame it as a call to action or a presidential campaign announcement, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s address to America on Tuesday has tapped into our zeitgeist (German words feel oddly appropriate …
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What’s targeted in Trump’s request for $9.4 billion in budget cuts from Congress
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. That’s just a sliver of the $1.7 trillion that lawmakers OK’d for the budget year …
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LITTLE TOKYO — On a Tuesday morning on downtown Los Angeles’ 1st Street, the immigrants are out in force. I mean, they are everywhere: Sweeping, scrubbing graffiti off walls, opening their shops, …
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Newsom says Trump purposely ‘fanned the flames’ of L.A. protests
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesGov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night accused President Trump of intentionally fanning the flames of the Los Angeles protests and “pulling a military dragnet across” the city endangering peaceful protesters …
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Los Angeles City Council members sparred with Police Chief Jim McDonnell on Tuesday over the LAPD’s handling of protests against President Trump’s immigration crackdown, with some challenging the department’s relationship …