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Universal basic income, or UBI for short, first gained prominence as an idea from the perennial independent Andrew Yang, who championed this cause during his 2020 presidential run as not only a way to combat poverty, but ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Mark Veasey of Texas is withdrawing from the race for Tarrant County judge, saying on Monday that he wants to be available for his final year in the House rather than running for another ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a new state-run website Tuesday that tracks what his office calls the "criminal cronies" around President Donald Trump — just the latest trolling tactic by the California...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans began 2025 on a triumphant note, with full control of Congress and Donald Trump moving into the White House.

They’re closing the year with Trump’s job approval ratings sliding, a ...Read more

Whether you sat across the table from him or across the aisle, Rob Reiner left no doubt about what he cared about and was willing to fight for.

I had lunch with him once at Pete's Cafe in downtown L.A., where he was far ...Read more

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles said that President Donald Trump has “an alcoholic’s personality” and is obsessed with retaliating against critics even if it undermines his own policies, according to a ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s birthday is June 14, which also happens to be Flag Day.

To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, ...Read more

Imagine that your child has been kidnapped and taken far away. That child is scared, and you can offer no comfort. You don’t know if your child is being tortured, abused or militarized, but you know that someone is ...Read more

Hours after Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found dead in their home in what is shaping up to be a heartbreaking family tragedy, our president blamed Reiner for his own death.

“A very sad thing happened last ...Read more

Gavin Newsom is off and running, eyeing the White House as he enters the far turn and his final year as California governor.

The track record for California Democrats and the presidency is not a good one. In the nearly ...Read more

President Donald Trump sued the BBC for at least $10 billion over a misleading edit in a documentary last year that gave the impression he’d made a direct call for violence in a speech leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, ...Read more

‘Tis the season. No, not that season. It’s the season for end-of-year lists.

Time magazine, which, like so much in print journalism has suffered from a loss of readers, has published its annual list called ...Read more

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, or even the slowing of the progression of, dementia.

Over the past several years, a growing ...Read more

As the U.S. Treasury phases out the use of the penny, it’s creating a host of new challenges for businesses and consumers that could cost all of us a good chunk of change.

That’s because eliminating the 1-cent piece ...Read more

A deadly crash involving an Army helicopter and a passenger jet near Washington D.C. early this year was the most horrific military aviation accident in recent memory, but unfortunately it was not an anomaly.

Data ...Read more

At long last, surprising no one, Senate Republicans have blocked bills to extend Obamacare subsidies, sidestepping one more chance to address the issue careening towards a Dec. 31 cliff after which premiums for more than ...Read more

Universities now face twin crises. Artificial intelligence is rapidly eroding their monopoly on instruction, and young adults are experiencing historically high levels of loneliness.

If higher education is to justify its...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It turns out Proposition 50 smacked California Republicans with a double blow heading into the 2026 congressional elections.

First, there was the reshaping of House districts aimed at flipping five...Read more

When Virginia’s Governor-Elect, Abigail Spanberger, takes office next month, she will have the chance to make good on her promise to do something about her state’s outdated system of felony disenfranchisement. Virginia...Read more