As the Trump administration deepens its involvement in Venezuela, critics warn the US is slipping back into an old pattern of intervention in Latin America. Few places better illustrate what can follow than the history of the Panama Canal. Shortly after returning to office, President Donald Trump said the US would be “reclaiming” the Panama […]

A little girl can’t go to the park with her parents. A mother trembles while taking out the trash. A father peeks through the blinds to see if anyone is watching. Years earlier, this family faced persecution in Venezuela, but now they’re living in terror in the United States. They traveled thousands of miles on […]

An endangered missing advisory was issued Thursday for three young boys believed to be missing with a 23-year-old woman in Riverside County, authorities said. According to the California Highway Patrol, the advisory was activated on behalf of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department after the children were last seen nearly a week ago in Jurupa Valley. […]

American Airlines is expanding its Los Angeles footprint, announcing new daily, year-round nonstop flights out of Los Angeles International Airport beginning this spring. Starting April 7, the airline will launch new service from LAX to Cleveland and Washington Dulles International Airport, with both routes operated on Boeing 737 aircraft, the company said Thursday. The added […]

A man was shot and killed outside a food truck in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood overnight, and police are now searching for the gunman. A shots‑fired call was reported around 11 p.m. in the area of Wabash Avenue and Soto Street, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Rabbett said. Officers arrived to find a man […]

A storm system spinning off the Southern California coast will bring plenty of clouds and a chance of showers to the region Thursday. “This will be one of the forecasts where we will spend all morning talking about rain, and the rain will be very light,” KTLA meteorologist Henry DiCarlo said. The National Weather Service […]

Whether it’s diplomats or professors, people following Trump’s global moves are starting to lose it.

When New York’s newly elected governor, Hugh Carey, delivered his first State of the State address in January 1975, he famously said, “Now the times of plenty, the days of wine and roses are over.” Gov. Hochul could have begun her FY 27 Executive Budget address by saying, “the days of wine and roses are back.”

The president simply doesn’t care that much about fixing this issue. So why is he bothering to pretend?

“How can I know what I think, until I see what I say?” (E. M. Forster). How much of your writing surprises you? I think surprises are the greatest pleasure of writing. It’s why I believe in the undersung value of allowing yourself – even commanding yourself – in a first draft to write badly, […]

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