General Politics

The 2025 Oscar nominations, other awards season events and several LA-based shows have been affected by the California fires.

President-elect Trump took one more dig at Jack Smith after the Justice Department released the former special counsel's report early Tuesday.

Attorney General Merrick Garland released the first volume, which focuses on the election case against Trump, of Smith’s report on Tuesday at midnight after back-and-forth in the federal court system. The report was released at midnight because that was when the original hold on Volume One expired. Nevertheless, the timing provoked a heated response from Trump.

"To show you how desperate Deranged Jack Smith...

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., declared in a statement that he intends to vote to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to serve as Secretary of State.

"Senator Rubio and I share many similar views on foreign policy and as a result, have worked closely together in the Senate to move forward with legislation regarding human rights around the world, the continued threat of China, and the recent sham election in Venezuela," Durbin said in the statement.

"I believe Senator Rubio has a thorough understanding of the United States’ role on an...

Culture wars and personal issues are expected to dominate a hearing Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be the next defense secretary, Pete Hegseth.

Hegseth, a former Fox News host and Army combat veteran, will be the first of Trump's Cabinet picks to be publicly questioned by members of Congress when he appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Roughly a dozen other hearings are also scheduled this week as senators race to help Trump fill out his administration ahead of his inauguration next Monday.

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The strongest gusts are expected Tuesday morning and early afternoon, which will then be followed by a break in the evening.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's embattled pick to lead the Defense Department, will face senators at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday morning.

Allies of the president-elect can expect intense questioning when Senate confirmation hearings begin this week.

Hundreds of people have reportedly been underground since a crackdown on illegal mining began last year.

The measure is meant to help tackle the country's housing crisis, the prime minister said.

Chester Griffiths says the ferocity of the flames demonstrates the need for residents to be prepared.

Trump is accused of inspiring Jan 6 violence but prosecutors thought an incitement charge would be too risky.

President Joe Biden announced Monday that two of the Navy's future aircraft carriers will be named for former commanders-in-chief Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

"The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83) will begin construction in the years ahead," Biden said in a statement issued just a week before he is replaced in office by Donald Trump.

"When complete, they will join the most capable, flexible, and professional Navy that has ever put to sea," Biden said. "They will be crewed by sailors who hail from...

The GOP House speaker claimed California leaders “were derelict in their duty.”

In November, Montana voters safeguarded the right to abortion in the state's constitution. They also elected a new chief justice to the Montana Supreme Court who was endorsed by anti-abortion advocates.

That seeming contradiction is slated to come to a head this year. People on polar sides of the abortion debate are preparing to fight over how far the protection for abortion extends, and the final say will likely come from the seven-person state Supreme Court. With the arrival of new Chief Justice Cory Swanson, who ran as a judicial conservative for...

The BBC's Samira Hussain describes what she saw at the world's largest religious gathering.