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Los Angeles teachers have drawn a line in the electoral sand to send a message to congress members tethered to the Israel lobby. On 12/17/25, the ...

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Media personality Stephen A. Smith has repeatedly taken Democrats to task over hot-button issues in 2025. The Democratic ...

The Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act, which is led in the House by Representative Huffman. The bill would permanently protect 484,733 acres of public lands and ...

Targeting California - through lawsuits, policies to undermine state laws and insults hurled at its leaders - has become a ...

The Accountability for Federal Law Enforcement Act is cosponsored by Senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.

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Actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead in their Los Angeles home over the weekend.