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The California infernos were baptism by fire in Washington politics for Reps. Luz Rivas, George Whitesides and Laura Friedman.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced aggressive questions about his skepticism of vaccines and other issues during the first of two scheduled Senate confirmation hearings.

Trump is likely to succeed in expanding presidential powers on some fronts because the Constitution generally puts vast power in the hands of the president.

Princess Beatrice, who is ninth in line to the British throne, has welcomed her second child with her husband, millionaire property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

As President Trump takes a hammer to reproductive rights, a Mississippi legislator proposes making it illegal to ejaculate without the 'intent to fertilize an embryo.'

Republicans have long styled themselves as the party of law and order and 'backing the blue,' but Trump freed people who attacked police. How does that make the country safer?

Churches took in refugees from battle-scarred Central America in the 1980s, a precursor to their current focus on undocumented immigrants.

Taiwan is an ideal place for Chinese filmmakers to evade censorship. But the island democracy has its own restrictions on what Chinese films are allowed to air.

Scores nationwide and in California have yet to rebound from pandemic-era declines. Some outcomes continue to get worse. Low math and English scores, California and L.A. included, mark the nation's report card.

California will help lead a coalition of states in suing to block a White House budget office order halting "all federal financial assistance."

The Trump administration's use of U.S. military aircraft to return deportees has raised alarms throughout Latin America.

Trump has left the Republican faithful scrambling to explain and defend his actions beyond blind cult-of-personality loyalty. With the slim GOP majorities in Congress, that's not politically manageable

Questions about former Vice President Kamala Harris' plans have swirled since she lost her presidential bid — notably about whether the former California senator and attorney general will run for governor next year.

Colombia attempted to stand up to Trump's immigration demands, with mixed results. Mexico appears to be playing it safer.

With little power in Republican-led Washington, D.C., California Democrats struggle to mount a countereffort to President Trump's agenda.

Israeli troops pull back but maintain a watchful eye on the tens of thousands of Gazans who had been displaced during the 15 months of fighting.

The new president's enemies aren't America's enemies. If the FBI turns to retribution, what will protect us from the real threats that endanger the nation?

Trump's clemency for Jan. 6 rioters and Biden's reprieve for family represent merely the latest chapters in an odd history of the presidential pardon.

Former President Biden's secretary of Health and Human Services is strongly considering running for governor of California, according to allies.

He slaps a 25% tariff on Colombian goods and imposes a raft of visa restrictions. Latin American nations are grappling with how to deal with Trump on his signature issue.

The assembly of billionaires at Trump's inauguration was a display of wealth and power unlike any before. The display was all the more remarkable given how recently many in tech were politically naive or apathetic.

President Trump issued an executive order purporting to end government censorship. Critics scoffed, saying his actions do just the opposite.

The Trump administration's plans to crack down on immigration and launch mass deportations could drain caregivers from the workforce as California and the country face the needs of an aging population, advocates and experts say.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde's plea to Trump the day after his inauguration exemplified the principled criticism the president deserves regardless of his victory.