Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff on Tuesday conducted an oversight visit at the state’s newest and largest immigrant detention center, located in California City, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. In remarks to reporters, both highlighted what they described as inadequate medical care at the site. “The most frequent feedback we…
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By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — Two judges in Virginia are rejecting Trump administration arguments that a White House loyalist can continue serving as a top federal prosecutor in the state, with one on Tuesday soliciting applications for a replacement and the other prohibiting Lindsey Halligan from continuing to represent herself in his court as…
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Authorities are trying to determine if a series of robberies at 7-Eleven stores around Orange and Los Angeles counties are connected. Around 1:24 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 19, officers responded to a robbery at a 7-Eleven in the 2000 block of East La Palma Avenue in Anaheim, where a clerk said multiple male suspects climbed…
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By JOSH FUNK China has fulfilled its initial commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S., but it’s not clear if the trade agreement announced in October can withstand President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting trade policy as American farmers are still dealing with high production costs. Related Articles Vice President JD Vance…
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Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain was sentenced Tuesday to time already served and ordered to pay $228,995 in restitution for his role in a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits. McClain, 26, recently of Coto de Caza in Orange County, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright…
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By TIM SULLIVAN and CLAIRE RUSH MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There was the pregnant woman who missed her medical checkup, afraid to visit a clinic during the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesotaimmigration crackdown. A nurse found her at home, already in labor and just about to give birth. Related Articles Vice President JD Vance and his wife…
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By FRED SHUSTER | City News Service A jury was selected Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles for the trial of former Dodger Yasiel Puig, who faces federal charges for allegedly lying to investigators about his suspected involvement in illegal sports betting. Puig, 35, is charged with obstruction of justice and two counts of making false…
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as the Trump administration continues its efforts to take control of the oil in the South American country. Related Articles Jurors selected in trial for alleged murder-for-hire plot of Border…
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The California Republican Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court to temporarily block California from using the Proposition 50 congressional maps that voters approved in November while awaiting a decision by the nation’s highest court on whether the maps are constitutional. The emergency application was filed Tuesday, Jan. 20, following a decision by a federal three-judge…
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With his domestic policies doing little to ease affordability concerns while stirring up chaos in select cities, it’s no wonder the president has fixated on foreign affairs in his first year back in the white House. Lately, the president has revisited his preoccupation with annexing Greenland in an increasingly belligerent manner. President Donald Trump’s recent…
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