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WASHINGTON —  On the list of topics critical to California’s future, the cost of housing beats almost everything. Newsletter You’re reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter …

President Biden raised millions of dollars for his reelection bid in Silicon Valley on Friday as he poked at former President Trump and argued that his campaign was being underestimated. …

WASHINGTON —  The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain …

UNITED NATIONS —  The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestinians and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider …

SAN FRANCISCO —  In the weeks after Hamas’ deadly cross-border attacks on Israeli border towns and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza, a seventh-grade Jewish student at Roosevelt Middle School in San …

Democratic mega-donor and Hollywood media mogul Haim Saban slammed President Biden’s decision to put a shipment of weapons to Israel on hold because they could be used in an offensive …

DES MOINES, Iowa —  The U.S. Justice Department sued Iowa on Thursday over its new law that would give the state the authority to arrest and deport some migrants, making it …

MOSCOW —  Armenia’s prime minister visited Moscow and held talks this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid spiraling tensions between the estranged allies. Putin hosted Nikol Pashinyan for talks following …

Trump, reelected, will subvert the law — first by freeing the Jan. 6 insurrectionists Of all the promises that Donald Trump has made for a second term as president, he’s …

Los Angeles City Councilmembers Curren Price and Kevin de León, who have been caught up in separate scandals, were brought back onto a handful of committees by Council President Paul …