WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is facing sharp scrutiny this week over its approach to Venezuela after turning its focus to the beleaguered nation, weighing U.S. military strikes against a Latin American state for the first time in more than 35 years. President Trump scheduled a meeting with top generals and Cabinet officials on the matter at…
MEXICO CITY — Juan Orlando Hernández, a convicted drug trafficker who prosecutors said “paved a cocaine superhighway” to the United States, walked out of a West Virginia prison this week a free man. That was thanks to President Trump, who on Monday granted a full pardon to Hernández, the former right-wing leader of Honduras who was serving…
WASHINGTON — An offhand comment by President Trump threatening to attack Colombia, a major U.S. ally, has roiled its government and confounded its public, anxious and unsure whether to take the U.S. leader seriously. Trump’s remarks came during questions from reporters Tuesday over a prospective U.S. military campaign against drug trafficking networks in Latin America. The mission…
Job cuts across the country are the highest they have been in five years, led by layoffs in California and cutbacks in Washington. California employers announced 173,022 job cuts from January to November, up nearly 14% from the same period last year, according to the latest monthly report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas….
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced Thursday that he would run for reelection next year in his San Diego-area district instead of moving to Texas to run in friendly GOP territory. The announcement followed speculation that Issa was considering relocating to the red state because of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successful campaign to redraw California voting districts…
Los Angeles has officially broken up with coal. City officials on Thursday announced that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power stopped receiving coal-powered electricity from its last remaining coal source, the Intermountain Power Project in Utah. “This is a defining moment for the City of Los Angeles,” Mayor Karen Bass said at a…
The saga of a Los Angeles Army veteran who legally immigrated to the United States, was wounded in combat and self-deported to South Korea earlier this year, became a flashpoint during a testy congressional hearing about the Trump administration’s immigration policy. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was grilled Thursday on Capitol Hill about military veterans…
Video gaming platform Roblox is facing more lawsuits from parents who allege the San Mateo, Calif., company isn’t doing enough to safeguard children from sexual predators. A Los Angeles County mother, whose identity wasn’t revealed in a November lawsuit, alleges that her daughter met a predator on Roblox who persuaded her child to send sexually…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives sounded ready on Monday to overrule Congress and give President Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions. The justices heard arguments on whether Trump could fire Rebecca Slaughter, one of two Democratic appointees on the five-member Federal Trade Commission. The case poses a clash between Congress’ power…