What is the signal messaging app and is it secure?
Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against…
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Godspeed your recovery, Pope Francis. We need your voice more than ever
For the past month and a half, the world has waited for what seemed like the inevitable passing of Pope Francis. The spiritual and titular leader of 1.3 billion Catholics…
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In Oakland mayor’s race, Barbara Lee and Loren Taylor chart different paths
OAKLAND — On a recent Saturday in March, several hundred people filled the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for a quintessential party to honor longtime Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee. Oakland’s Youth Poet…
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This $80 off iPad deal is a steal – and it’s the model I recommend to most people
Adam Breeden/ZDNET Apple sells some very fancy iPads these days. In fact, several of them now cost over $1,000. But for the things most people do with their iPads —…
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What the removal of an O.C. couple says about mass deportations
Nelson and Gladys Gonzalez lived in the United States illegally for decades, working hard and raising a family while regularly checking in with Immigration Customs and Enforcement as part of…
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Weapons, war and wealth: The business of arms in the Middle East
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Arms are a global business, so it’s little surprise that at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference, discerning quartermasters had a world buffet of weaponry…
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Families of deported men say they were wrongly branded gang members
SAN SALVADOR — One is a former professional soccer player who, according to his lawyer, fled Venezuela after being tortured by the country’s authoritarian government. The other, also from Venezuela, is…
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News Analysis: Trump consistently frames policy around ‘fairness,’ trading on American frustration
In a sit-down interview with Fox News last month, President Trump and his billionaire “efficiency” advisor Elon Musk framed new tariffs on foreign trading partners as a simple matter of…
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Voice of America has fallen silent. U.S. enemies are cheering
Almost 30 years ago, toward the end of President Clinton’s first term in office, Republicans in Congress forced a government shutdown that led some 800,000 nonessential federal workers to be…
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Hundreds rally against Trump, Musk in Westwood
When Jesse Ugalde, who served in the Vietnam War, entered a Department of Veterans Affairs building Friday, he noticed a difference. “Already, people are leaving,” Ugalde, 74, who relies on…
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Tesla attacks mark a surreal twist in political violence as Musk divides America
There were broad expectations that the widening political divides in America following Donald Trump’s second presidential victory would explode. But few could have predicted the flash point would be electric…
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FDA crackdown on poppers prompts rush on popular gay party drug
There’s a rush on Rush. Stores up and down Santa Monica Boulevard have seen a run on the iconic red and yellow vials this week, as the Food and Drug…
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Key points people need to understand about Trump’s Education Department closure
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a long-anticipated action that will affect how billions of dollars in federal funding for California…
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Meta takes aim at ex-employee’s memoir ‘Careless People’
Meta won a legal victory this week against Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former employee who recently published a memoir of her time at the company titled “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale…
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Elon Musk brings a rash Silicon Valley approach to Washington
Washington has never seen anything like the rule-breaking, power-taking, government-torching, protocol-scorching force of delighted havoc and gleeful mayhem that is Elon Musk. Margaret O’Mara has. The University of Washington historian…
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Column: Nothing efficient about Musk and Trump’s toxic lack of empathy
I don’t know how Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly got my phone number, but a text from him landed the other day with a thud. “Elon Musk came after me…
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If Trump cuts Medicaid, this California Republican’s House seat would be imperiled
Rep. David Valadao faced a no-win decision last month: Fall into line behind President Trump and vote for a budget resolution that would almost certainly cut into Medicaid funding, risking…
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American Airlines Boeing 737 catches fire after landing at Denver airport; 12 people injured – Press Enterprise
DENVER — An American Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac after landing at Denver International Airport with engine issues Thursday evening, forcing passengers to evacuate the burning aircraft authorities…
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Venezuelan couple charged with illegal entry — two years after crossing into U.S.
WASHINGTON — A couple from Venezuela were arrested by federal immigration agents this week and charged with misdemeanor illegal entry, more than two years after their arrival at the southern U.S. border….
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Commentary: Jeff Pearlman goes from sportswriting to throwing fastballs at O.C. politicians
Jeff Pearlman is one of the most successful sportswriters of his generation. His must-read articles appeared in Sports Illustrated and ESPN in the 2000s before he switched over to penning…
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