Race for Texas House Speaker Is a Test of Hard Right’s Power
After months of attack mailers, threats and accusations of misconduct, the Texas House was set to pick its next speaker on Tuesday in a vote that could elevate the state’s…
L.A.’s Private Firefighters, and U.S. Childhood Vaccination Rates Fall
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What an Upended Mideast Means for Trump and U.S. Gulf Allies
When Donald J. Trump was last president of the United States, the wealthy monarchies of the Persian Gulf had a mostly harmonious relationship with his administration. As Mr. Trump prepares…
Rebuilding Rate for Santa Cruz Mountains Lightning Complex Fire Bodes Ill for Los Angeles Reconstruction, Even Before Getting to Insolvency of California State FAIR Plan Wildfire Insurance | naked capitalism
A knowledgeable reader took a look at a court filing on the 2020 Santa Cruz Mountains Lightning Complex Fire. The implication for Los Angeles rebuilding its burned out neighborhoods are…
Opinion | The Dream of California Is Up in Smoke
I’ve heard people say they couldn’t live in Los Angeles because they’d miss the changing of the seasons, but spending much of my childhood on a ranch in Malibu, I…
Fed-Up Voters in Louisiana Wanted a Change. They Drafted an ‘Old Ball Coach.’
As Sid Edwards tells it, he was driving through a gusty storm, with lightning streaking the sky, when he reached a fateful crossroads. He could turn right — proceed as…
Fact-checking criticism of California Democrats over fires
Getty Images The wildfires raging in Los Angeles have led to claims that officials there have mismanaged the city’s preparation for such events. President-elect Donald Trump has pointed the finger…
Hundreds of California prison inmates fight wildfires – and stigma
Nearly 1,000 incarcerated men and women have joined the frontlines in a battle against record-breaking wildfires burning across southern California. The number deployed – now 939 – are part of…
The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change
As Los Angeles burned for days on end, horrifying the nation, scientists made an announcement on Friday that could help explain the deadly conflagration: 2024 was the hottest year in…
Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power
He is an autocrat condemned inside and outside his country as having stolen the nation’s last election. Yet on Friday, Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan president who has overseen his country’s…