POLITICS

Karen Bass Says She Wasn’t Adequately Warned of LA Fire Risk Ahead of Ghana Trip. Her City’s Weather Service Warned of ‘Critical Fire Conditions’ the Day Before She Left.

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The National Weather Service issued ‘extreme fire’ alerts before Bass’s international travel Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass in a press conference (Apu Gomes/Getty Images) Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass (D.) on Tuesday said she traveled to Ghana ahead of the deadly blaze that scorched through her city because fire chief Kristin Crowley didn’t warn her

Labor Secretary Nominee No Longer Supports Challenges to States’ Right-to-Work Laws

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President Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary told lawmakers during her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday that she no longer supports a pro-union piece of legislation challenging states’ right-to-work laws that she once backed as a lawmaker in Oregon. Former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) previously represented a swing district that includes parts of Portland. While

20 State AGs File Brief Supporting LGBT Group’s Suit Against Transgender Military Ban

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A legal challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive orders banning people who identify as transgender from serving in the military exposes great division. Twenty state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s executive orders that ban people who identify as transgender from serving in the

Hochul Sues Trump Admin for Revoking NYC’s Congestion Pricing Program

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New York governor Kathy Hochul (D.) on Wednesday moved to sue the Trump administration after it terminated New York City’s congestion pricing program. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a letter earlier Wednesday informed Hochul that the department is revoking the November 21 agreement, which imposed a $9 toll on most drivers entering Manhattan below 60th

US Flies B-52 Bombers Over Middle East in Show of Force Amid Regional Tensions

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U.S. military officials said the overflight was a show of force to demonstrate America’s commitment to Middle East security and warn rivals against escalation. The U.S. Air Force sent two B-52 bombers on a high-profile “force projection” overflight across the Middle East on Feb. 17, in a bid to send a clear warning to adversaries