WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump planned to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, two White House officials said. The call comes as Trump has been trying to accelerate aid into Gaza and to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program. Trump has occasionally expressed frustration...
Los Angeles Police Order Immigration Protesters Downtown to Go Home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of demonstrations against President Donald Trump's immigration policy that sometimes included burning cars and hurling bottles at officers. National Guard...
California’s Stubborn Problems Keep Thwarting Its Ballooning Budget
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The first quarter of the 21st century has been, in a sense, a test of whether California — a state enormously blessed but enormously troubled — can be effectively governed. For decades, California's two political parties had struggled...
Sights & Sounds: The 2025 Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival
The 35th Annual Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade and Festival brought vibrant sights, sounds, and unity to the Tower District and Fresno City College on June 7, 2025.
Trump Says Musk Relationship Over, Warns of ‘Serious Consequences’ if He Funds Democrats
BEDMINSTER, New Jersey - Donald Trump said on Saturday his relationship with his billionaire donor Elon Musk is over and warned there would be "serious consequences" if Musk funds U.S. Democrats running against Republicans who vote for the president's sweeping tax and spending bill. In a telephone interview with NBC...
Iran Says It Obtained Sensitive Israeli Nuclear Documents
DUBAI - Iranian intelligence agencies have obtained a large trove of sensitive Israeli documents, some related to the nuclear plans and facilities of Tehran's arch enemy, Iran's state media reported on Saturday. There was no immediate official comment from Israel and it was not clear whether the report was linked...
Trump Has Options to Punish Musk Even if His Federal Contracts Continue
WASHINGTON — After the relationship between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded into warfare Thursday, Trump suggested that he might eliminate the tech titan's federal contracts. "The easiest way to save money in our Budget, Billions and Billions of Dollars, is to terminate Elon's Governmental Subsidies and Contracts. I...
Ukrainian Attack Damaged 10% of Russia’s Strategic Bombers, Germany Says
BERLIN - A Ukrainian drone attack last weekend likely damaged around 10% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet and hit some of the aircraft as they were being prepared for strikes on Ukraine, a senior German military official said. "According to our assessment, more than a dozen aircraft were damaged, TU-95...
Riot Police, Anti-ICE Protesters Square Off in Los Angeles After Raids
LOS ANGELES - Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on Friday evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody. Live Reuters video showed Los...
Why Reforming California’s Bedrock Environmental Law Is Good for the Environment
This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In 1947, decades before the federal Clean Air Act, California's leaders began regulating the causes of harmful air pollution. It was also our state that, in 2006 under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, passed arguably the most aggressive greenhouse gas...