LA Election: Nick Melvoin, Kelly Gonez win LAUSD board seats

A pair of candidates heavily backed by charter-school proponents will be taking over seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District board, potentially signaling a major policy shift in the nation's second-largest school district.

LA Election: Nick Melvoin, Kelly Gonez win LAUSD board seats
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A pair of candidates heavily backed by charter-school proponents will be taking over seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District board, potentially signaling a major policy shift in the nation's second-largest school district.

White House insists Trump's disclosures 'wholly appropriate'

President Donald Trump's national security adviser says information that president shared with the Russians was "wholly appropriate" and based on "open source reporting."

2020 poll: Trump would lose to Biden, Sanders, Warren

Donald Trump would lose to multiple different Democratic candidates in a way-too-early poll of presidential matchups for 2020.

Trump urges Liberty University grads to stand up to criticism

Delivering his first commencement address, President Donald Trump on Saturday urged graduates of a Christian university to follow their convictions but to also be willing to stand up to criticism from others who don't have the courage to do what is right.

LA City Council votes to support Trump impeachment investigation

The Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution Friday stating that President Donald Trump should be investigated for any high crime or misdemeanor sufficient to warrant impeachment proceedings.

Joyful House Republicans vote to repeal reviled 'Obamacare'

Relieved Republicans have pushed their prized health care bill through the House. The mostly party-line 217-213 vote advances a bill that addresses their longtime pledge to erase the 2010 Obama health care law.

Trump on Mideast peace: 'We will get it done'

President Donald Trump will press Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday to end payments to families of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails, according to U.S. officials, one of several actions Washington believes could lead to resumed peace talks with Israel.

Trump proposing tax cuts for companies big and small

President Donald Trump is proposing dramatically reducing the taxes paid by corporations big and small in an overhaul his administration says will spur economic growth and bring jobs and prosperity to the middle class.

Protest in Paris after controversial candidate makes presidential runoff

Pollsters projected that pro-Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right populist Marine Le Pen advanced Sunday to France's presidential runoff on May 7 -- igniting wild cheering and singing at their respective headquarters. 

Woman spars with DMV over Trump hat license photo

A supporter of President Donald Trump took on the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles and got her driver's license picture taken while wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat.  Now, the state may make her take the photograph again, without the hat.    

Kid Rock among Trump dinner guests at White House

Some of President Trump's pals, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and musicians Kid Rock and Ted Nugent, dined at the White House with Trump on Wednesday night.

James Zirin pens book on US Supreme Court system

When Justice Antonin Scalia died last year, all eyes were on the Supreme Court and who would fill his seat. His death created the first opportunity in decades to move the court to the left on issues including the environment and civil rights.

US Air Force sends message to North Korea with display of air power

U.S. Air Force officials made it clear to North Korea they were not messing around, launching a surprise military exercise with full combat air power in Japan Wednesday.

Gorsuch sworn into Supreme Court, restores conservative tilt

President Donald Trump praised new Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a public White House ceremony on Monday as a jurist who will rule "not on his personal preferences but based on a fair and objective reading of the law."

Tomi Lahren sues Glenn Beck, The Blaze for wrongful termination

Online conservative commentator Tomi Lahren has filed suit against her former boss Glenn Beck and online media group The Blaze for wrongful termination.

Senate confirms Trump pick Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court

The Senate confirmed Neil Gorsuch to become the newest associate justice on the Supreme Court Friday, elevating Donald Trump's nominee following a corrosive partisan confrontation that could have lasting impacts for the Senate and the court.

Lawmakers approve California gas tax, fee hike for road repairs

California lawmakers on Thursday approved a $5-billion-a-year plan to boost California's gas and vehicle taxes to pay for major road repairs, handing a victory to Gov. Jerry Brown who has lobbied for years for money to fix crumbling highways and bridges.