CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced Thursday that he won’t seek reelection in 2024, giving Republicans a prime opportunity to pick up a seat in the …
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Nexstar’s cable channel NewsNation will get its first exclusive presidential primary debate and has tapped former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly to moderate. Nexstar announced Thursday that the debate, set …
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Exasperated by Donald Trump’s nonresponsive monologues during testimony in his New York fraud trial this week, state Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron finally told the former president’s lawyer to rein …
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Ohio came through for abortion rights supporters Tuesday night. And though to most like-minded Californians it was a distant victory on an already-decided issue in the Golden State, it’s still …
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The Los Angeles City Council agreed Wednesday to pay $1.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a Los Angeles police officer who said he was sexually harassed by a …
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Column: Polls may upset or enthrall, but can’t tell the future
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesEarly this week the New York Times released polling from a half-dozen political battleground states, and you might have thought Moses himself had descended Mt. Sinai with a commandment: Thus …
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Rent-hike cap of 4% approved in unincorporated L.A. County areas
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesLos Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to extend — and slightly increase to 4% — a soon-to-expire cap on rent increases, sparing tenants in unincorporated areas from a big rent …
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Biden administration says colleges must fight ‘alarming rise’ in antisemitism and Islamophobia
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning U.S. schools and colleges that they must take immediate action to stop antisemitism and Islamophobia on their campuses, citing an “alarming rise” in threats …
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A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a key figure in the sprawling corruption scandal at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the city attorney’s office to nearly …
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Opinion: An election poll has Trump beating Biden in 2024. Why?
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe New York Times and Siena College recently released the results of a presidential match-up poll for six battleground states for 2024, finding Donald Trump leading President Biden in five …