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I’m not yet accustomed to the unprecedented greed, cruelty, and staggering incompetence of the second Trump Administration. But it’s their total disregard for the Constitution and laws of our country that keeps shouting in my ear that I have to speak up. The latest example of this is the Homeland Security memo that instructs ICE…
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By Chris Dolmetsch and David Voreacos | Bloomberg First Brands Group founder Patrick James and his brother Edward, a former executive at the company, were indicted in New York following the collapse of the bankrupt auto-parts maker last year. The duo engaged in a series of schemes to defraud the company’s lenders and financing partners,…
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This past weekend, the country witnessed yet another senseless killing by a masked federal agent. In Minneapolis, ICU nurse Alex Pretti – like elementary school parent and poet Renee Good before him – was trying to protect his neighbors when he was attacked and shot 10 times by federal officers. These deaths – and the…
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By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreign leaders and governments presented to former President Joe Biden, his wife, U.S. Cabinet members and other senior officials tens of thousands of dollars in gifts in the last year of the Biden administration, including a $19,000 painting, an $11,000 necklace, a $5,000 bracelet and in…
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By EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to sidestep the United Nations through his new Board of Peace appears to have inadvertently backfired after major world powers rejected U.S. aspirations for it to have a larger international mandate beyond the Gaza ceasefire and recommitted their support…
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This week at Los Alamitos Race Course, all the talk is about the man who isn’t there. Cruz Mendez, a much-admired quarter-horse jockey at the Orange County track, remains in a nearby hospital after a fall in a race Saturday night left him with a spinal cord injury and paralysis in his legs. Mendez underwent…
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By DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army general tapped to lead the U.S. National Security Agency assured lawmakers Thursday that he will follow the Constitution and the law when it comes to using the NSA’s powerful surveillance tools. Related Articles House Republicans propose stricter voting requirements as Trump administration eyes the midterms FEMA could…
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A couple’s passage through courtship, lost and found love and the waning days of marriage in “The Notebook,” newly arrived at the Segerstrom Center for the next 10 days, may be unabashedly sentimental, but emerges as a satisfying journey. The source material of Nicholas Sparks’ 1994 original, best-selling novel was followed by the tearjerker 2004…
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California legislators introduce hundreds of bills during their biennial sessions. While some are serious efforts to address real issues, many are performative — offered to please political constituencies that their authors want to cultivate, align themselves with popular trends, or repay political debts. The easiest species of performative legislation are resolutions that express support for…
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By Alexis Weisend | The Seattle Times Rocket Cos., which acquired Seattle-based Redfin last year, allegedly pressured agents to steer buyers toward its loans — even if the loan terms were unfavorable for their clients, a lawsuit claims. In the lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, three…
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