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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —  Lawyers trying to keep an abortion-rights measure off the Florida ballot have told the state Supreme Court that the proposed amendment is deceptive, and that voters won’t realize …

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, catching you up on the events of the past week, with an assist …

Sure, special counsel Robert Hur absolved President Biden of any criminality in retaining classified documents after his vice presidency. But was the Republican lawyer nonetheless angling for a federal judgeship …

WASHINGTON —  A new directive by President Biden appeared to ease a split among Democrats over his military support for Israel’s war in Gaza, with lawmakers on Friday praising the order …

WASHINGTON —  In a career that spans more than half a century, President Biden has long been known all too well for mangling words, names and dates in verbal pratfalls known, …

WASHINGTON —  A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign …

The right wing’s unhealthy obsession with Taylor Swift has hit critical mass in the run-up to this weekend’s Super Bowl match-up between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City …

LAS VEGAS —  Former President Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday, a contest in which he was the only major candidate to compete. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley skipped the …

SAN FRANCISCO —  Democratic Mayors London Breed of San Francisco and Matt Mahan of San Jose have endorsed a tough-on-crime ballot measure effort to reform Proposition 47, a controversial initiative that …

Confronting the climate crisis won’t be cheap. California is trying to figure out who will pay. Under a series of proposals being considered by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s appointees to the …