This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.Overwhelmingly Californians rate the intertwined issues of housing supply, living costs and homelessness as the state’s most pressing issues, as a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California confirms. The terrible trio, as one might term it,...
Trump Administration Task Force to Consider Declassifying COVID-19 Origins Materials
WASHINGTON — A new government task force will consider big changes to America's intelligence community and examine whether material about the origins of COVID-19 and other topics of public interest should be declassified, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said. Known as the Director's Initiatives Group, the panel will study...
At the Supreme Court, the Trump Agenda Is Always an ‘Emergency’
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has in recent weeks asked the Supreme Court to allow it to end birthright citizenship, to freeze more than $1 billion in foreign aid and to permit the deportation of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador without due process. In each case, the administration...
Wing of Plane Carrying 6 Members of Congress Is Clipped at Reagan Airport
Two American Airlines jets, including one carrying at least six members of Congress from New York and New Jersey, clipped wings on a taxiway at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington on Thursday, officials said. There were no injuries, according to American Airlines, which said that the damage was limited...
Trump Repeals Biden-Era Limit on Water Flow in Shower Heads
How long does it take you to wet your hair in the shower? A few seconds? A minute? The president of the United States, who has long complained about being unable to coax more than a dribble or trickle of water from his showers, says it takes him much longer....
Helicopter Has Crashed in the Hudson River off Manhattan, Authorities Say
A helicopter crashed Thursday into the Hudson River just off Manhattan, authorities said. The fire department said it received a report of a helicopter in the water at 3:17 p.m. Videos posted on social media showed the aircraft mostly submerged, upside down in the water. The fire department said it...
Social Security Rolls Back Restrictions on Filing for Benefits by Phone
The Social Security Administration said Tuesday that people seeking retirement or survivor benefits could continue to file applications over the phone, reversing a much criticized change that was expected to force tens of thousands of Americans to visit offices in person each week. The agency has been in a state...
Trump and Netanyahu Steer Toward an Ugly World, Together
There was a time when a meeting between the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel brought only pride to both Israeli and American Jews, who saw two democratic leaders working together. Well, I know that I am not alone when I say that pride is...
Visalia Driver Crashes Into Utility Pole, Causing Major Delays on Goshen Avenue
A driver crashed into a utility pole Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Goshen Avenue and Plaza Drive, causing significant traffic delays, the Visalia Fire Department said. The Visalia Fire Department and Visalia Police Department responded to the scene shortly after noon following reports of a vehicle collision. When emergency...
Sidelined and Still Processing Her Defeat, Harris Looks for a Way Back In
Kamala Harris felt compelled to speak out about what President Donald Trump was doing to the country. But not enough to attack him by name. Two days earlier, the law firm that hired her husband, Doug Emhoff, with a multimillion-dollar salary had struck a deal with the White House to...