Jerry Brown told members of the media Tuesday that one of the most important lessons he had learned in his long political career was: “In politics you take care of your friends. Keep meritocracy within limits.”
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn refused to withdraw his guilty plea in a pre-sentencing hearing in a federal district court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, despite the appearance that the FBI had entrapped him.
President Trump is doing no more than adopting the view of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who did not believe the First Amendment was intended to cover libel.
Rep.-elect Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) took to Twitter on Monday to announce that she is taking a “few days” to pamper herself with “self-care” in preparation for new new job in Congress.
The 302 presents Michael Flynn as eager to provide information to the FBI about his interactions with Kislyak, though it is hard to know definitively without seeing the classified transcripts.
Christopher Steele, the former British spy who prepared the Russia “dossier” that has led to more than two years of investigations into President Donald Trump’s campaign, told a London court that he was hired to provide a basis to challenge the legitimacy of the 2016 presidential election in the event that Trump won.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal was already tried under Obama — and failed. The U.S. reduced emissions by following the opposite of her advice.
That last detail — “convicted of crimes” — is missing from nearly every major headline about the issue of Vietnamese deportations.
Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the first Muslim woman elected to Congress (along with fellow Democrat Rashida Tlaib of Michigan), mocked Vice President Mike Pence last week with a tweet captioned “Jesus take the wheel!”.
President Donald Trump is better placed than any of his potential opponents to broker compromises. He should propose deals, seize the moral high ground, and lead America back to success.
Like King Jehu, Trump’s reforms have only been partially successful thus far. But America needs boundaries — both physical borders, and ethical borders.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller turned over the “302” interview report Friday that had been requested by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in Washington, DC, after Michael Flynn’s defense team claimed he was pressured not to bring a lawyer to his Jan. 24, 2017 interview with FBI agents.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner revealed Thursday that he had tried to recruit four other candidates to run for governor in his place, offering them money and political support rather than facing re-election himself.
Lanny Davis never cared about Michael Cohen. He simply exploited a desperate man to pursue the Clinton world’s vendetta against Trump.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said last week that she did not know about a $400,000 settlement in a harassment lawsuit filed by a female employee against one of her top aides, Larry Wallace, while he was working for Harris at the California Department of Justice.
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye of the California Supreme Court has quit the Republican Party over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year.
California’s State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) voted Wednesday to approve the Bay-Delta plan, which will re-allocate water from farms and cities to the environment in an effort to restore dwindling fish numbers.
Former Tribune Publishing Co. chairman Michael Ferro allegedly claimed that a “Jewish cabal” controlled Los Angeles, according to a new report Wednesday by National Public Radio (NPR).
California State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced a bill that would guarantee a “right to shelter” and provide housing for every homeless person in the state.
California State Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) was arrested Monday on charges of misdemeanor child cruelty, and Republicans are demanding that he resign.
Incoming House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told reporters Tuesday that Democrats plan to re-introduce earmarks, a practice through which individual members of Congress attach request special funding requests to bills.
The State of California may begin taxing text messages if a new proposal from state regulators is approved.
Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown told National Public Radio (NPR) that the Democratic Party is becoming more radical than the majority of voters would prefer — though he blamed Republicans for the shift.
An investigative report by the online Jewish magazine Tablet reveals that the Women’s March, a major anti-Trump organization, is “melting down” over accusations of antisemitism, mismanagement, and financial irregularities.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti was heckled off a stage at the University of Southern California on Monday evening as he attempted to deliver a speech marking the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed Sunday night at a Hanukkah party in New York that she has Jewish ancestry.
Former FBI director James Comey told an audience at the 92nd Street Y in New York on Sunday evening that voters should “use every breath we have” to defeat President Donald Trump in 2020 in a “landslide.”
If we are to treat campaign finance reporting violations as grave offenses, the first person in the dock ought to be Hillary Clinton — not Donald Trump.
Outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown will not be in office to see his “twin tunnels” project completed — if it is ever begun at all — after the state’s Department of Water Resources withdrew a key certification last Friday.
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy believes that prosecutors will attempt to indict President Donald Trump on campaign finance charges, judging from the sentencing memo in the Michael Cohen case on Friday.
