by jpitney | Feb 5, 2026 | Bureaucracy, California Politics, Los Angeles
Paul Pringle and Alene Tchekmedyian at LAT: Sources told The Times that Mayor Karen Bass was concerned about legal liabilities for failures in combating the Palisades fire. Bass wanted key findings about the Los Angeles Fire Department’s shortcomings removed or...
by jpitney | Feb 4, 2026 | Elections, Local Government, Violence
From Issue One: In the five years since the monumental 2020 presidential election cast an intense spotlight on election administration processes, the public servants from across the ideological spectrum who run our elections have weathered a deluge of threats,...
by jpitney | Feb 3, 2026 | Economic Policy, Trade
David Uberti at WSJ: The manufacturing boom President Trump promised would usher in a golden age for America is going in reverse. After years of economic interventions by the Trump and Biden administrations, fewer Americans work in manufacturing than any point since...
by jpitney | Feb 2, 2026 | California Politics
A January 30 release from ANCA: The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) filed a federal civil rights complaint today with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over Dr. Mehmet Oz’s reckless scapegoating against Americans of Armenian heritage...
by jpitney | Feb 1, 2026 | Congress, Violence
Cheyanne M. Daniels at Politico: Threats toward members of Congress, their families, staff and the Capitol complex surged in 2025, according to the U.S. Capitol Police, with over 5,000 more incidents reported than the previous year. The police force’s Threat...
