Author name: Mona Buchanan

Gov. Gavin Newsom is asking Congress to approve an additional $39.7 billion in aid to help Los Angeles recover from the catastrophic damage wreaked by the January firestorm, which he warns could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Newsom sent a letter Friday addressed to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.); House Minority Leader […]

WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down President Trump’s appeal on his effort to fire an agency official. Instead, the justices said they would weigh in on the matter only after a judge rules next week on whether the firing was legal. The decision is a small and temporary setback for Trump and his

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to set conditions on federal disaster assistance to Los Angeles as it rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, a top aide to the president said Friday, indicating that the California Coastal Commission would be a central target of the White House. Ric Grenell, a longtime ally to President Trump,

The mayor of a California city has proposed an ordinance that would ban transgender women from using bathrooms that comport with their gender identity, marking the latest effort to restrict transgender rights. Mayor Greg Meister of Porterville — a city of about 60,000 at the base of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Tulare County