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Times columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Sammy Roth agree the country has never seen anything like the weeks since Trump took office. Where they differ is how best Democrats should respond.

In the hours and days after the Trump administration's funding freeze, California leaders saw chaos and confusion. They fear more devastating effects if the courts don't permanently block such action.

When flames bellowed up out of Eaton Canyon on the evening of Jan. 7, west Altadena did not, at first glance, seem to pose the most urgent challenge for evacuations. So why did it take so long for evacuation alerts to go out?

A woman is hospitalized in Wyoming with H5N1 bird flu, likely the result of handling infected birds in a backyard flock, health officials say.

An American citizen is among the freed hostages returned to Israel from Gaza; more than 360 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange.

Asians make up a large and diverse portion of undocumented immigrants in L.A. County. Community leaders say they are prepping for disruption and heartache as rumors of mass deportations swirl.

The Democratic Attorneys General Assn. — a political action committee-turned-judicial alliance of progressive top cops — is organizing a barrage of civil lawsuits against the Trump administration.

Authorities believe three unidentified men posing as DOGE agents attempted to seize sensitive information from San Francisco City Hall before they were rebuffed and fled on Friday.

Detention there costs $13 million a year per detainee. Inside the U.S.? $57,000. So why is the president pushing to send 30,000 people to the Cuban base?

A day after a probe was opened into the CIF for allowing transgender athletes to play girls' sports, a federal judge blocked President Trump's executive orders restricting gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youths.

The states' lawsuit claims that Musk has "roamed through the federal government unraveling agencies, accessing sensitive data, and causing mass chaos and confusion."

As Trump grants Putin his main wish to end war in Ukraine, Kyiv and Europe voice anger at not being included in proposed talks.

A CDC study has found H5N1 bird flu antibodies in veterinarians who had no symptoms and no knowledge they had been working with infected livestock.

The Trump administration appears to be considering sending immigrants facing deportation to FCI Dublin, a former federal prison in the Bay Area that was closed after a sexual assault scandal, according to records reviewed by The Times.

Rather than confronting Trump, California's governor is showing restraint and using flattery to ensure the state gets the federal disaster relief it needs and deserves. That's a smart strategy.

An executive order from President Trump will negate a Biden initiative that required federal procurement offices to purchase paper straws in lieu of plastic.

President Trump has turned Canada into a punching bag. In response, a Canadian boycott on U.S. goods is gaining ground.

So far, Trump's team has chosen to fight legal battles in court rather than defy judicial orders. Will that continue?

Rarely do Panamanians unite on political topics, but threats to the ownership of the canal go to the heart of national identity and erase ideological differences.

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.

Michael Gates, Huntington Beach's longtime city attorney and an aggressive foe of California's liberal politics, joins the civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

A judge halted NIH funding cuts that California and Democratic-run states say could harm life-saving medical research work at UC, Cal State and other universities. The suit said the cuts violated federal law.

Trump was labeled 'isolationist' over disdain for alliances. That doesn't fit a president who says he's willing to send troops to Gaza, Greenland and Panama to grab prime real estate.