The Los Angeles Police Department on Saturday discontinued its protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris after heavy criticism within its own ranks that officers were being diverted from crime suppression, sources told The Times.

LAPD Metropolitan Division officers had been assisting the California Highway Patrol in protecting Harris ...Read more

As Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker awaited an anticipated surge of federal immigration enforcement agents into Chicago, he warned that President Donald Trump was embarking on a “nefarious plan” using fear and intimidation to normalize military activities in the nation’s largest Democratic-led cities.

But the two-term Democratic chief ...Read more

The U.S. strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hard-line strategy toward Latin America led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

It may be just the start.

Tuesday’s attack was the culmination of Trump’s years-long interest in ...Read more

A Trump administration policy to deny bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country without authorization was upheld by an immigration appellate board Friday, expanding mandatory detention to thousands of people already behind bars and potentially millions more nationwide.

Although the policy is being challenged in federal court, the ...Read more

President Donald Trump spent a Saturday afternoon, like many other Americans on a late summer day: venting about setbacks to a backyard landscaping project.

How had a gash, some 75 feet long, appeared in the limestone newly installed in his renovated Rose Garden?

Aides pulled surveillance footage and found the problem. A subcontractor lugging ...Read more

Sucralose, a common artificial sweetener, may be preventing the body from responding to cancer immunotherapy, a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh finds.

The results come as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services turns its attention toward ultraprocessed foods, with efforts to ban artificial food dyes and sweeteners. The ...Read more

On Thursday, Georgia was the staging ground for the largest single-site immigration raid in the history of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations wing.

In total, the operation at the Hyundai Metaplant campus near Savannah netted 475 arrests of immigrants working in the U.S. without authorization, the majority ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump's executive order calling for a National Center for Warrior Independence to house thousands of veterans in West Los Angeles has gained widespread support, including among his political opposition.

But as a deadline approaches for an action plan to be submitted to the president, supporters of the order have...Read more

After the Trump administration slashed billions in state and local public health funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier this year, the eventual impact on states split sharply along political lines.

Democratic-led states that sued to block the cuts kept much of their funding, while Republican-led states lost ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County woman faces five felony charges after she was accused of paw-litical fraud by registering her dog to vote and illegally casting ballots for the pooch in two elections, authorities said.

Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, allegedly mailed in ballots registered under her dog’s name, Maya Jean Yourex, in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The United States will deploy stealth fighter jets to the Caribbean, according to a government official, after two Venezuelan military aircraft flew over an American naval vessel in the area, reflecting rising tensions between the two adversaries.

Venezuela’s fly-by on Thursday followed a U.S. strike on a speedboat purportedly ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore on Friday called President Donald Trump’s threat to send federal troops to Baltimore “disrespectful,” while Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott warned, “We do not need an occupation. We do not need troops on our streets.”

Trump said Tuesday he would order troops to the city to fight crime, though ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Students across Minnesota staged walkouts Friday to demand legislative action on gun control following the Aug. 27 shooting at Annunciation Catholic School that killed two and wounded 21 others.

High schoolers from St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists took part in the walkout, leaving class Friday afternoon to gather...Read more

A Minneapolis man attending Burning Man was nearly killed last weekend after being run over by a Cybertruck while meditating in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, according to his shocked wife.

“He’s not going to be walking for months, but we’re so lucky,” Jade Patrick told the SF Gate on Thursday. “Had they been six inches more to the ...Read more

MIAMI — Federal agents stopped three boats that were en route to South Florida from the Bahamas and were smuggling large loads of cocaine and dozens of Chinese migrants last week, according to court documents.

U.S. Customs Air and Marine Operations agents stopped the boats last Saturday evening as they neared Fort Pierce Inlet, according to a...Read more

President Donald Trump distanced himself from Florida’s plans to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates — including for schoolchildren — advising caution on the issue and pointing to the many successful vaccinations available.

“I think we have to be very careful,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. ...Read more