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President Biden and former President Trump are heading to Southern California in June for big-dollar fundraisers. The former president arrives first for an event June 7 in Beverly Hills where …

NEW YORK —  Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories …

SACRAMENTO —  Here’s a novel idea: Don’t spend money until you’ve got it. What a concept! Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed that as a way to head off future crippling state budget …

WILMINGTON, Del. —  Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli …

NEW YORK —  For the second time in a decade, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez faces a corruption trial Monday with his political career and freedom on the line in a criminal …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West Virginia lawmaker wants to make his path to the halls …

Here they go again. Six months before election day, for the third straight presidential contest, Donald Trump and his Republican lickspittles are sounding alarms about virtually nonexistent voting fraud, laying …

FALLS CHURCH, Va. —  A Virginia school board has voted to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school four years after the names …

WASHINGTON —  The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a graphic airing in court in the last week as porn actor Stormy Daniels …

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith and David Zahniser leading you through the wilderness. When he reinstated two scandal-tainted …