President Joe Biden told campaign donors Tuesday that he wasn’t sure he’d be running for reelection if Donald Trump wasn’t also in the race, warning that democracy is “more at risk in 2024” and that the former president and his allies are out to “destroy” democratic institutions. The President's Warning...
Kevin McCarthy Is Resigning From Congress, 2 Months After Ouster as House Speaker
LOS ANGELES — Two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, Valley Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy announced Wednesday that he is resigning from his congressional seat. His announcement capped a stunning end for the one-time deli owner from Bakersfield, who ascended through state and national politics to become second...
Trump Declines to Rule out Abusing Power if He Returns to the White House
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump declined to rule out abusing power if he returns to the White House after Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity asked him Tuesday to respond to growing Democratic criticism of his rhetoric. The GOP presidential front-runner has talked about targeting his rivals — referring to them as “vermin”...
Dire Humanitarian Conditions in Gaza Grow Worse as Israel Widens Its Offensive
Israel’s widening air and ground offensive in southern Gaza has displaced tens of thousands more Palestinians and worsened the territory's dire humanitarian conditions, with the fighting preventing distribution of food, water and medicine outside a tiny sliver of southern Gaza and new military evacuation orders squeezing people into ever-smaller areas of the south. The...
A Narrowing Republican Presidential Field Will Debate With Just Six Weeks Before the Iowa Caucuses
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The shrinking field of Republican presidential hopefuls will gather on a debate stage Wednesday for the fourth time this year, running out of time to shake up a race that's been dominated by former President Donald Trump. TONIGHT: Watch me moderate the 2024 presidential primary debate hosted by...
US Files War Crime Charges Against Russians Accused of Torturing an American in the Ukraine Invasion
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Wednesday said it has filed war crime charges against four members of the Russian military accused of abducting and torturing an American during the invasion of Ukraine in a case that's the first of its kind. The four Russians are accused of kidnapping the American...
Washington’s Center of Gravity on Immigration Has Shifted to the Right
WASHINGTON — It was a decade ago that Capitol Hill was consumed by an urgency to overhaul the nation’s immigration system, fueled in no small part by Republicans who felt a political imperative to make inroads with minority voters by embracing more generous policies. But nothing ever became law and...
Norman Lear, Producer of TV’s ‘All in the Family’ and Influential Liberal Advocate, Has Died at 101
LOS ANGELES — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with "All in the Family" and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He was 101. Lear died Tuesday night in his sleep, surrounded by family at his...
GM’s Cruise Robotaxi Service Faces Fine in Alleged Cover-Up of San Francisco Accident’s Severity
California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent suspension of its California license. The potential penalty facing GM's Cruise service could...
US Job Openings Fall to Lowest Level Since March 2021 as Labor Market Cools
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers posted 8.7 million job openings in October, the fewest since March 2021, in a sign that hiring is cooling in the face of higher interest rates yet remains at a still-healthy pace. The Labor Department's report said Tuesday that openings were down significantly from 9.4 million...