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After flames leveled nearly 500 homes in Bel-Air and Brentwood in 1961, Los Angeles had a reckoning over firefighting. By 1964, city leaders had added 13 fire stations, mapped out …

WASHINGTON —  Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for Defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his …

Federal prosecutors described David Dempsey as “one of the most violent rioters” during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The Van Nuys man used flagpoles, metal crutches …

WASHINGTON —  Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy convictions in the Jan. 6, …

Hello and happy Tuesday. President Trump was sworn in to his second term on a cold but sunny Washington afternoon Monday, offering up multiple speeches that predictably veered from written-by-others …

The first stop former Vice President Kamala Harris made after leaving office and returning to California Monday was Altadena, where she met with volunteers and firefighters working on the Eaton …

WASHINGTON —  President Trump promised an inaugural address focused on “unity,” but what he delivered was more a campaign speech in a formal suit — long on promises and anger toward …

WASHINGTON —  Paul Abbate, who as the FBI’s longtime deputy director had been expected to replace Director Christopher Wray on an acting basis, is retiring from the bureau, according to an …

WASHINGTON —  President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in at 9 a.m. PST Monday as the 47th president of the United States among a small group of dignitaries and guests inside …

Our survey of presidential experts a year ago drew attention for ranking Joe Biden 14th among the presidents, ahead of such consequential chief executives as Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan. …