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Before Attacking Each Other, Musk and Trump Struck Blows Against Veterans, Children, the Hungry and the Sick

The president and his former ally were united long enough to hurt millions of people here and abroad.

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Trump Won Big in Kentucky. Medicaid Cuts Could Hit It Hard.

The state’s deep reliance on the program means proposed rollbacks would have an outsized impact.

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Budget Cuts Threaten In-Home Assistance Workers and Medi-Cal Recipients

Will California gut a medical aid program created in an age of compassionate care?

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Grace Under Fire: Transgender Student Athlete AB Hernandez’s Winning Weekend

Anticipated far-right protest sputters at California high school track and field meet.

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In Georgia, Trump Is Upending Successful Pro-Worker Reforms

A Fort Valley school bus company shows what workers and companies are losing.

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Drawing the Line Where It Matters

While one student risks his future to challenge Trump, a columnist takes a stand for his Tesla.

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Ambulance Chaser: Can Gov. Newsom Siphon Off Medi-Cal Funding to Balance Budget?

Proposition 35 was meant to attract doctors to care for low-income Californians. Instead, it’s looking like a cash cow for Sacramento.

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Santa Monica Airport Closure Spurs Push for Housing

A campaign to build housing on the site of the soon-to-be-shuttered airport is drawing pushback from opponents of new development.

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Betrayed Again by Washington 50 Years After the Vietnam War?

Hmong farmers who feed California’s hungry now face the end of federal support under President Trump.

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California Interscholastic Federation Changes Rules for Track & Field Championships After Trump Tweet

President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal funding if a trans athlete competes.

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Colorado’s Landfills Generate as Much Dirty Air as Driving 1 Million Cars for a Year

Proposed rules would force operators to measure methane emissions, fix leaks and, in some cases, install gas collection systems.

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Jim Crogan, 1951-2025: Reporter Was Unsung but Not Forgotten

Former colleagues remember the veteran journalist as “an invaluable voice” in Los Angeles media.

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ICE Detains People After Immigration Court Hearings in Nationwide Operation

In San Diego, officers tried to arrest two men who weren’t the people they were looking for. One had a medical emergency.

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Trump Touts ‘No Tax on Overtime.’ But He Just Made It Harder for Millions to Earn Overtime.

Department of Labor “walked away from” rule that expanded overtime to 4 million workers, says former agency head.

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The Great Food Bank Robbery: Hungry Californians Face Losing Their Daily Bread

A new landscape of scarcity is threatening even the state’s food basket regions.

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Nearly Flown to El Salvador, Venezuelan Men Now Locked up in Texas — Their Fates Unknown

Detainees say they're being held in solitary confinement after family members helped them post about their situation on TikTok.

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Los Angeles Hospitality Workers Win Olympian Pay Raise

Hotel industry predicts financial ruin, but data shows a $30-an-hour minimum wage will stabilize the city’s tourism ecosystem.

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Van Nuys Airport Still Lacks Clear Warnings on Toxic Aircraft Fuel

Companies have failed to post signs alerting the public to the dangers of the lead-based fuel used at the airport despite a decade-old settlement requiring them.

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DOGE Cuts ‘Hurting’ Residents in Elon Musk’s Backyard in Rural Texas

While the tech billionaire slashes jobs and services, local food banks, veterans' health care and college students all suffer.

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Innovative Medi-Cal Expansion Threatened by Budget and Trump Pressures

Gov. Newsom walks back signature program that provided medical safety net to 1.6 million undocumented immigrants.

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Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change

Pipeline company touts helping the nation; letter writing campaign raises questions. Critic says, “Just pipe the natural gas.”

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A League of Her Own: Transgender Athlete AB Hernandez Faces Down Hecklers

Dozens of adults attended a track meet to yell at the teenager as she competed.

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Is Trump Bad for Nurses?

In their third walkout, New Orleans nurses face a drawn-out contract fight. Observers say the president's policies aren't helping.

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Donald Trump’s Escape to Alcatraz

Will the old prison be reborn as America’s Devil’s Island or as a theme park for the carceral state?

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Trump Administration Quietly Moves to Restrict Access to Asylum, Other Protections in Immigration Court

Even with the threat of torture in a Salvadoran prison hanging over their heads, migrants are more likely to be told

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