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WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court is about to hear arguments over President Biden’s student debt relief plan, which affects millions of borrowers who could see their loans wiped away or reduced. …

WASHINGTON —  History isn’t kind to one-term presidents, at least in the short run. For most of the last 40 years, Jimmy Carter’s presidency has been widely remembered as an epic …

Sacramento —  One thing I’ve noticed in my years reporting on how power works inside the California Capitol is how much of it rests within families. Seats in the Legislature often …

SACRAMENTO —  Nearly five months after Gavin Newsom initially called for a penalty on excessive oil company profits, the governor and lawmakers in Sacramento appear no closer to deciding how to …

SACRAMENTO —  California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta’s wife has recused herself from matters related to the state Department of Justice as part of her duties leading a legislative subcommittee that oversees …

More than most people, Patrisse Cullors knows the highs and lows of fighting for police reform. Of believing that, at long last, a new law is about to be enacted …

MUNICH —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken met Saturday with China’s top diplomat in the first high-level contact between the two countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged …

This story originally published in Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Across the American West, voters …

Supervisors at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s security division bolstered their paychecks by working regular hours at overtime rates, according to a report from the utility’s Office …

For decades, single-room occupancy hotels in downtown Los Angeles made up the only available and affordable housing for the poorest of the poor. But after thousands of these residential buildings, …