Although homicides and other violent crimes are down to near-historic lows, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass’ challengers have zeroed in on homelessness…
Category: Politics
News Analysis: Uncertainty, frustration define messy midterm battles for mayor, governor and Congress
California’s primary election has been buffeted by a lack of front-runners, redrawn political maps, party infighting and competing voter resentment for…
Denmark’s Frederiksen gets a second chance to form next government
Sunday marks two months without a government in Denmark, the longest in Danish history. …
Sinn Féin’s twin failures in Irish by-elections pile pressure on party’s leader
Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Ireland’s chief opposition party since 2018, can’t deliver a win in her Dublin Central power base….
News Analysis: Trump’s framework deal with Iran includes few details, prompts fury on the right
The proposed deal would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and begin longer negotiations that would limit Iran’s nuclear…
GOP governor hopefuls give closing arguments to Central Valley Republicans
Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, the two top Republicans running for governor, make their closing arguments in front of a friendly…
Lopez: Spencer Pratt, please call me. You don’t know what you’re getting yourself into
The candidate and the columnist have something in common, but comparison ends there. …
Poland’s fugitive former justice minister can’t rest easy in the US
Zbigniew Ziobro is in the U.S. on a journalist visa, and Polish authorities want him home to face 26 criminal charges….
Lithuania calls for frozen Russian assets to return to Ukraine funding debate
Lithuania’s foreign minister says the EU loan deal only postponed the fight over whether to tap frozen Russian assets to fund…
EU reportedly nixes UK pitch for single market in goods
The proposal comes as Britain’s embattled prime minister has vowed to put his country at the heart of Europe again. …