Bipartisan calls for President Donald Trump’s removal from office increased on April 7, 2026, after he issued threats to destroy “a whole civilization” if Iran refuses to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

These calls have come from across the political spectrum, from Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Melanie ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Democrats have made a push to change the state’s elderly parole law after several controversial decisions by the state’s Board of Parole Hearings earlier this year.

Assembly member Stephanie Nguyen, D-Elk Grove, scored a victory Tuesday when the Assembly Public Safety Committee approved her bill that would ...Read more

Tech billionaire Bill Gates will appear before the House panel investigating disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on June 10, said a person familiar with the plans.

The Microsoft Corp. co-founder was among a group of prominent figures with ties to Epstein that House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer requested appear for transcribed ...Read more

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Northern California shot and wounded a man wanted for murder after he allegedly tried to use his vehicle to run over an officer — a claim previously made in several shootings involving the agency.

Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said in a written statement that agents conducted a vehicle ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s threat Tuesday to eliminate the “whole civilization” of Iran unless its leaders capitulate to his demands would be the “epitome of an illegal order” if he followed through, said U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, an Air Force veteran who has been an outspoken critic of Trump on military issues.

Houlahan, D.-Chester, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is in no hurry to tap a permanent attorney general to replace Pam Bondi following her ouster, according to people familiar with the matter, allowing Todd Blanche time to settle into his role as the U.S. Justice Department’s acting chief.

Bondi was removed from her post as the nation’s top prosecutor ...Read more

NEW YORK — Black Lives Matter activists on Tuesday demanded the maximum prison sentence for “Cooler Cop” NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran, who killed a fleeing suspect by hurling a cooler at him following a Bronx buy-and-bust operation.

A small group of activists, including BLM of Greater New York co-founders Hawk Newsome and his sister Chivona ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday formally codified a long-standing policy that the city will not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, while delaying action on more far-reaching restrictions.

Last month, council members Barb Warwick, Erika Strassburger and Deb Gross introduced a package of bills aimed at defining ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Three prominent activists have filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department, claiming an LAPD officer shot them at point-blank range with foam rounds without provocation during a protest over the summer.

The suit, filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, alleges that the officer, Rick Linton, used ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was in “heated negotiations” involving the war with Iran after mediator Pakistan asked for a two-week extension of his Tuesday deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

“I can’t tell you, because right now we’re in heated negotiations,” Trump said in a telephone interview with ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The king and queen of the Netherlands will visit Philadelphia next Monday with scheduled stops at Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, Kensington Creative and Performing Arts High School, and the training facility for the Eagles.

King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will have dinner that evening at the White House ...Read more

The Trump administration has been working through a phased strategy to stabilize Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro earlier this year, prioritizing security and economic recovery under interim leader Delcy Rodríguez as Washington gradually deepens engagement with Caracas.

The approach, described in recent remarks by a senior U....Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies are “urgently warning” private sector companies throughout the nation that Iranian actors “are conducting exploitation activity” that has resulted in “disruptions across several U.S. critical infrastructure,” according to a government notice reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

The Iranian ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California’s coastline is dotted with world-class surf breaks — from the iconic Malibu that helped fuel the culture and popularity of the sport to the monster waves at Mavericks in Northern California that test elite big wave surfers to Lower Trestles, the site of the LA28 Olympics — and proposed legislation could protect ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to eliminate the “whole” Iranian civilization if its government did not meet his many demands, in a sharp escalation of his war with the Islamic Republic.

In a morning post on his Truth Social platform, Trump sent more conflicting messages about his intentions and how far he might ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The Navy said Monday it has chosen the San Diego-based amphibious warship USS John P. Murtha to recover the four Artemis II astronauts when their Orion space capsule splashes into the ocean west of San Diego at 5:07 p.m. PDT Friday.

The 684-foot Murtha, typically used to transport Marines, completed special training to qualify for...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die” on Tuesday night if Iran does not meet his deadline to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, escalating tensions as diplomatic talks to end the war remain underway.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” Trump wrote Tuesday ...Read more

A California company has recalled more than 3.1 million bottles of lubricating eye drops because it had not properly tested – and thus could not prove – whether the products were sterile.

These products are sold under several names at major retailers across the country. The company, K.C. Pharmaceuticals, initiated the recall on ...Read more