Nithya Raman slowly recited the start of her handwritten message to Angelenos.

Llegué de la India con mi madre a los seis años. Sé lo que cuesta empezar de nuevo.

I came from India with my mother when I was 6. I know what it takes to start over.

The mayoral hopeful was in the green room of Univision's Westchester studios on Thursday, ...Read more

John James and Mike Rogers, while both Republicans, are two very different political candidates running markedly different campaigns against two very different opponents. Yet after months of campaigning, James and Rogers find themselves in nearly the exact same place.

James, according to the latest Detroit News-WDIV-TV (Channel 4) poll, trails ...Read more

The drone that slams into a Ukrainian apartment building may have been designed in Iran, built in Russia with Chinese parts, and launched alongside North Korean artillery shells.

Retired Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery came back from a couple of weeks in Ukraine with a blunt observation: Ukraine “is fighting Russia, North Korea, Iran and China.” ...Read more

The midterm elections have largely overshadowed the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent term, which began this month. Last week, the justices missed a prime opportunity to invigorate the Fifth Amendment’s taking clause.

The Bill of Rights prohibits governments from taking private property “for public use without just compensation.” Yet ...Read more

When Democrats rallied for House candidate Cait Conley in Chappaqua, New York, early Saturday morning, the crowd cheered as speakers counted down the minutes until early voting in New York state began at 10 a.m. That fervor is a challenge for Representative Mike Lawler and other Republicans defending House districts like this one — affluent ...Read more

On Oct. 11, the first day of Navaratri, my family and I were worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora. My 80-year-old mother and 87-year-old father were singing Hindu prayers to celebrate one of the most important holidays of our faith. Little did we know a 19-year-old white supremacist was waiting outside with an AR-style rifle and roughly 300...Read more

To watch girls play soccer is to see female confidence at its peak. They run the field, hair whipping in the wind and feet dancing around the ball. When they fall, they leap back up.

They cheer their teammates; they celebrate each other. They are fearless.

The future seems limitless. Unfortunately, they don’t know what awaits them.

These 8-...Read more

Donald Trump could be in the White House for as long as another 26 interminable months, which is beyond depressing. But Democrats are mobilizing to use that time wisely if they win at least one congressional majority in midterm elections next week.

The odds are good that as of January 2027, they will be in charge of the House, and they’re ...Read more

Teachers are doing their best to guide student use of artificial intelligence, but it’s clear that some boundaries are desperately needed.

Stop signs are common. Before the start of this school year, New York City officials banned the use of generative AI for public preschools through eighth grade, and Los Angeles educators banned access to ...Read more

For reasons that could range from good to atrocious, President Donald Trump wants a three-way summit with his Russian and Chinese counterparts when the three men are in Shenzhen next month for an economic forum.

In the worst scenario, Trump and Xi Jinping would conspire to doom Ukraine to Vladimir Putin’s subjugation. In the best, however, ...Read more

Nearly 20 years ago, the city and county of Los Angeles adopted mandatory spay/neuter ordinances for dogs and cats. As a veterinarian, I believe spaying and neutering are critical tools for reducing pet overpopulation and euthanasia rates. But there is limited evidence that these mandates deliver the intended results, and there are real reasons ...Read more

When the Supreme Court heard arguments in the Suncor v. Boulder County climate change case on October 5, it confronted a question that has consequences far beyond Colorado and climate change: Can a state use its laws to make selected companies pay for harms tied to broad societal issues? The answer should be “no.”

Yet that is what the City ...Read more

The Supreme Court heard arguments this month in Suncor v. Boulder, a case that marks the fossil fuel industry’s latest bid to dodge accountability for its outsized contribution to climate change.

The City and County of Boulder, Colorado, sued Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil in 2018 for deceiving the public about their products’ role in causing...Read more

Most Americans are ill-equipped to understand the dizzying array of financial products they encounter. Many struggle to contend with payday lenders, credit reports or novel payment apps. A growing share is falling behind on their debt. Meanwhile, a record $16 billion was lost to fraud last year. If only there was a federal agency empowered to ...Read more

The shocking results of the 1966 midterm elections offer timely lessons on both the purpose of off-year voting in the democratic process and the toxic impact of declining trust in a president’s personal credibility. Collectively, the lessons reflect the beauty of the framers’ vision of electorally accountable executive and legislative ...Read more

Even Halloween candy isn’t immune to the affordability crisis, making one of America’s little luxuries just a little more painful ahead of this holiday weekend.

Consumer prices for sugary treats and chewing gum have risen more than 50% since September 2019, including 7.7% in the past year alone, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. ...Read more

If you’re still still considering whether to vote for Amendment 3 (which would eliminate non-school property taxes for almost every homesteaded property in the state, and give the Legislature far more authority over local governments’ spending decisions) please understand: This amendment is a giant boondoggle, a tax shift gussied up as a tax...Read more

Thank you to fired Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey for fighting back and winning her lawsuit Monday that last year’s termination ordered by an angry President Donald Trump was not legal and violated the Constitution.

But, this being the vindictive Trump administration, hours later, the Department of Justice filed clearly phony ...Read more

Democrats are in a tizzy over a Trump administration lawsuit, claiming the legal action provides evidence that the White House will deny the results of the November election if Democrats make significant gains. That’s a stretch — and the Democrats are hardly innocent bystanders.

Last week, the Justice Department filed suit to stop Alaska ...Read more

If you’re a lawyer and your client tells you to file a meritless case, you’re supposed to say no. The U.S. Justice Department is apparently not constrained by this ethical obligation.

That helps explain why the department filed a lawsuit against Alaska last week seeking an injunction against the results of the state’s election only if the...Read more