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Last month, after the first L.A. mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, I approached their campaigns with the same request. I wanted to sit down with each candidate …

In simple terms, the scandal that has sent Los Angeles politics into a tailspin began with a surreptitiously recorded private meeting last year involving three City Council members during which …

Two days after a leaked audio recording jolted Los Angeles, angry and pained citizens packed the City Council chamber. They chanted, jeered, cursed and vowed to prevent the Tuesday morning …

No matter what happens in the upcoming midterm elections, Congress should act before the end of this year to safeguard the nation from any more Trump-style attempts to overthrow the …

WASHINGTON —  Stephen K. Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Trump, was sentenced Friday to four months behind bars after defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. …

I’m here to remind you that the leaked audio of a conversation between Los Angeles City Council members is not the only drama in California politics right now, though it’s …

WASHINGTON —  A paradox sits at the heart of American politics: By several measures — widespread mistrust of the electoral system, a large share of people willing to countenance political violence …

WASHINGTON —  The House Jan. 6 committee issued a subpoena Friday to former President Trump, calling him the “central cause” of a coordinated effort to overturn the results of the 2020 …

Abortion SteelSteel is a co-sponsor of the Life at Conception Act, which, as introduced in the House, would ban abortions nationwide with no exceptions. Of the Supreme Court’s reversal of …

Abortion KimKim has consistently voted against measures to protect abortion access, including the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022, the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022 and the Women’s …