3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (813+ words) A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement....

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (262+ words) My Republican friends haven’t tired of this carnival-barker act and tell me not to take him literally. However, sometimes the president details his policy views that seem too serious to ignore. For instance, he recently detailed his thinking on trade,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (610+ words) A steady flow of federal funding is crucial for advancing research into Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, UC Irvine research leaders told U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla during a roundtable discussion on campus Tuesday afternoon. “A cut isn’t just…...

4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (556+ words) Wealth, perhaps second only to loyalty, has been a prized attribute for Donald Trump during his second presidency. The number of people worth at least $100 million whom the Republican president has appointed to his administration is more than four times…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (203+ words) Orange County Register “Public institutions should exercise extraordinary caution before displaying imagery that can reasonably be interpreted as normalizing or trivializing rhetoric surrounding the death or elimination of political figures,” O’Neill wrote in a letter to OC Fair Board Chair…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (774+ words) A prosecutor asked a judge for what would effectively be a life sentence for a man who gave his son the gun used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia after he was convicted…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (233+ words) By JONATHAN J. COOPER President Donald Trump ordered his administration Friday to install signs in front of the Smithsonian Institution ‘s U.S. history museum telling visitors that some of the exhibits are inaccurate, his latest move to reshape how the story of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (536+ words) Orange County Register Many conservatives need a refresher course regarding the nature of law enforcement in a free society. No matter what behavior ICE agents engage in — stopping people without a warrant, detaining American citizens or demanding we show our…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (832+ words) House Republicans are divided over the plan, with conservatives wary because there are no offsetting budget cuts. But the GOP leadership is pushing ahead, viewing the go-it-alone process as the best chance to usher President Donald Trump’s priorities through the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (842+ words) By Ava Benny-Morrison | Bloomberg Ryan LaLone received a pardon this month for a conviction tied to tampering with diesel emissions systems. Just as importantly, so did his company. The twin reprieves from President Donald Trump enabled LaLone to clear his…...