Letters to the Editor: How Hegseth's Censorship of Senator Kelly Could Backfire Spectacularly
January 7, 2026 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Last year was filled with as much political incompetence at…
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The CIA advised Trump against supporting Venezuela's democratic opposition
WASHINGTON- A highly classified CIA assessment produced at the request of the White House warned President Trump of a broader…
With CIA attack, signs that Trump is “shaping the battle space” in Venezuela
WASHINGTON- The day after Christmas is usually quiet in the country's capital. But President Trump's decision to acknowledge a covert…
Contributor: The Supreme Court finally rejected Trump
In one of its most consequential rulings of the year, just before the holidays last week, the Supreme Court held…
California has lost more than a quarter of its immigration judges this year
WASHINGTON- More than a quarter of federal immigration judges in California have been fired, retired or resigned since the start…
White House defends chief of staff Susie Wiles after revealing all
WASHINGTON- President Trump's chief of staff is defending herself after granting an extraordinarily candid series of interviews with Vanity Fair…
Fight over historic Los Angeles building could be a sad repetition of history
December 13, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The fight over the Kenneth Hahn Administration Hall reminds me…
Trump ran an “America First” campaign. Now he considers that the presidency is “global”
WASHINGTON- During the election campaign, Donald Trump did not regret putting America first. He promised to secure the country's borders,…
Analysis: Trade agreement or truce? Questions during Trump's meeting with China's Xi
WASHINGTON- President Trump faces the most important international meeting of his second term on Thursday: face-to-face negotiations with Xi Jinping,…
Greater sense of urgency around this 'Non-Things Day'
When millions of protesters took to the streets in June to celebrate “Twelfth Day” (portraying President Trump as a would-be…