Newsom Kicks Off California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election
The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opportunity and risk.Read More
PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts
The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.Read More
Judge Blocks White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.Read More
Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Congressional Map
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.Read More
As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.Read More
Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.Read More
In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.Read More
Newsom Held an Event in L.A. Federal Immigration Agents Showed Up Outside.
The armed and masked agents assembled outside the museum where the governor was speaking. Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called it “a provocative act.”Read More
He Was Lost. Could a Shooting Range Like Thunder Ranch Help Him Find Himself?
Thunder Ranch is one of the best-known shooting schools in American gun culture, offering firearms as a way to change your life when all else fails.Read More
Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses
In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.Read More