On the cusp of California’s gubernatorial primary, voters are closely split among three candidates to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a new poll. Read full story Author: Seema Mehta
For decades, LAUSD battled over charter schools. This election shows that war might be over
Big-spending LAUSD school board campaigns of the past has all but disappeared this election cycle as charter school advocates step aside and the teachers union scales back. Read full story …
Candidate’s mother bankrolls campaign to oust City Controller Kenneth Mejia
Challenger Zach Sokoloff’s campaign for controller is being helped by $7.5 million in independent expenditures by his mother. Read full story Author: Sandra McDonald
A court in Kenya blocks U.S. plan to keep American Ebola patients in Africa
A facility built by the U.S. military on a Kenyan air base was intended to isolate Americans exposed to Ebola during the growing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …
Becerra’s Nonprofit Network and the Deportation Debate
Xavier Becerra, the frontrunner in the race for California governor, has frequently drawn a line between deporting illegal migrants with criminal records and those without – at least in theory. …
U.S. Population Growth No Longer in Urban Cores
Each year, the Census Bureau publishes population estimates for all municipalities in the U.S. with a population of 20,000 or more. Last week, it released last year’s estimates, reporting population …
Federal Gas Tax Relief: A Misguided Impulse
Washington periodically rediscovers the idea of suspending the federal gasoline tax whenever fuel prices rise and voters grow restless, and the White House and a bipartisan handful of lawmakers are …
The Physics of Politics
As conservatives seek to counter the hard-left turn taken by the Democratic Party, it will not be enough to simply point out the grim failures of Marxist-inspired philosophies everywhere they …
The California Dream Ends in Empty Reservoirs and Homeless Tents
Many years ago, sometime after Ronald Reagan replaced Pat Brown as governor of California, I was driving up the coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco and visited Hearst Castle, …
The Overweening Pomposity of the Old Guard at CBS News
Sharyn Alfonsi represents the overweening pomposity of the hard-left partisans that have ruled CBS News. She responded to Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss with “resistance” lingo when her contract was not renewed. …
‘Poison seller’ who sold toxic chemicals online to people across world admits aiding suicides
Kenneth Law admitted charges relating to Canadian victims – but families say he should also be charged in the UK over 79 deaths in Britain. Read full story Author:
Nato condemns Russian ‘recklessness’ after drone hits Romanian residential block
Romania will hold an emergency meeting following the incident, in which two people were injured. Read full story Author:
Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa’s Moon plans
Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa’s Moon plans. Read full story Author:
Child among three dead in tower block fall
A man, a woman and a child were pronounced dead at the scene in Elephant and Castle. Read full story Author:
Top UK chefs call for cutting VAT for pubs and restaurants to 10%
Tom Kerridge, Yotam Ottolenghi, Ravneet Gill and Simon Rogan told BBC Newsnight VAT should be halved to ease mounting pressure on the hospitality industry. Read full story Author:
No second retrial for men accused of airport brawl
Muhammad Amaad and Mohammed Fahir Amaaz denied assaulting a Greater Manchester Police officer in 2024. Read full story Author:
US and Iran ‘very close’ to deal but ‘not there yet’, Vance says
US officials earlier told the BBC that the framework of a ceasefire extension deal had been agreed, pending the approval of Trump and Iran’s leadership. Read full story Author:
Coroner hopes inquest will ‘stop speculation’ over deaths of sisters in sea off Brighton
Jane Adetoro, Christina Walters, and Rebecca Walters died off Brighton beach on May 13. Read full story Author:
One in four first class letters delivered late
Royal Mail says its service is improving and that it is on track to hit the regulator Ofcom’s reduced targets Read full story Author:
Badenoch tells Blair not to waste his time calling for Labour to change
The Tory leader sends an open letter to former Labour PM Sir Tony Blair following his critique of the government. Read full story Author: