An attorney for California gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa is threatening “legal remedies” if ABC and the University of Southern California do not include the former Los Angeles mayor in an upcoming debate, a move that comes amid criticisms that candidates of color were not invited to participate in the event later this month.

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court twice last year cleared the Trump administration to end protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan migrants fleeing violence and instability. In the months that followed, current and former judges repeatedly called out the justices for failing to explain their reasoning.

The issue is before the ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley of California has been removed from all his House committee assignments, a consequence of his decision earlier this month to leave the Republican Party to become an Independent.

Kiley was formally taken off three committee assignments Wednesday in what his spokesperson John Pirsos said is a procedural move under House ...Read more

MIAMI — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to appear on Tuesday as a central witness in the Miami federal trial of his longtime friend, David Rivera, a former Republican congressman who decades ago shared a house with Rubio in Tallahassee when both were members of the state Legislature.

Rivera, 60, and political consultant Esther ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators on both sides of the aisle criticized liability protections for social media platforms at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday, but largely stopped short of supporting a full repeal as sought by some lawmakers.

The hearing, billed as a review of Section 230 of a 1996 communications law 30 years after enactment, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers’ current effort to remove a Lexington judge from the bench by impeachment is nearly unprecedented in the state’s history.

And in Kentucky’s modern court system, it’s never happened.

Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman faces impeachment after a petition was filed against her in January by a ...Read more

Every major escalation in the Middle East sends shock waves far beyond the region. In the United States, those shock waves arrive not as distant tremors but as catalysts for domestic radicalization and violence, particularly against Jewish communities.

The data is unambiguous.

Following the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Three months after Inside Elections shifted a dozen House race ratings toward Democrats, nine more are moving the same way as Republicans look to defend their narrow House majority.

The national atmosphere remains tough for the GOP. Historical midterm trends, President Donald Trump’s negative job approval rating and consistent...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Four Democrats running to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell debated Tuesday night on how they could flip the script and win a U.S. Senate in Kentucky — something that hasn’t been done since 1992.

Former state Rep. Charles Booker, former U.S. Senate and House candidate Amy McGrath, Louisville horse trainer Dale Romans and state...Read more

MIAMI — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to appear on Tuesday as a central witness in the Miami federal trial of his longtime friend, David Rivera, a former Republican congressman who decades ago shared a house with Rubio in Tallahassee when both were members of the state Legislature.

Rivera, 60, and political consultant Esther ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Illinois Democrats picked their nominees for four open House seats on Tuesday, with one former member taking a step toward returning to the chamber and another denied a comeback.

And in an election where the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s involvement in several races was under scrutiny, the group saw mixed results. ...Read more

If there’s a better public agency than the National Transportation Safety Board, we can’t find it.

It is universally admired for the professionalism and expertise of its staff members and for their independence from politics as they investigate accidents.

Admired everywhere, that is, except at President Donald Trump’s White House. The ...Read more

The Department of Justice in President Donald Trump’s second term has sometimes been referred to as the president’s personal law firm. But that characterization is unfair to law firms. Although private lawyers advocate zealously on behalf of their clients, most constrain themselves within the limits of the law and professional ethics.

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Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller won the Democratic primary in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District Tuesday as voters rejected a comeback effort by former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.

Miller, who ran a campaign focused on health care, had 40.7% of the reported vote at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday evening when the Associated Press called the race.

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State Rep. La Shawn Ford declared victory Tuesday evening in the Democratic primary to succeed U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, appearing to emerge victorious from crowded field of candidates who wrestled over how to stand up to President Donald Trump amid heavy outside spending in the Chicago race.

“We’re the nominee but we still have to win in ...Read more

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss led in early results in the battle to become the Democratic nominee to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky minutes after polls closed in the district, which stretches from the North Side to Wilmette to Crystal Lake.

With 82% of the estimated vote tallied, Biss had 29.9%, progressive commentator Kat Abughazaleh ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump has once again mocked Gov. Gavin Newsom’s dyslexia as “disqualifying” for leadership, marking at least the fourth time in a week that the president has targeted the California Democrat for being open about his diagnosis.

In remarks Monday in the Oval Office, Trump said Newsom was “dumb” and should never...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump abandoned his effort to recruit partners for the war with Iran and scolded allies who openly rejected his appeals, even as he repeated claims the conflict would end soon.

The U.S. and Israel nonetheless kept up their attacks with little clarity on when operations would end, with Israel saying it had ...Read more

Martha Gellhorn stowed away on a hospital ship to become the only woman journalist to land on Normandy Beach on D-Day. She carried stretchers before writing her harrowing account of the invasion.

The New Yorker’s famously epicurean writer A.J. Liebling subsisted on military rations and came under fire during World War II to describe...Read more