Tag: California

California and Pennsylvania are suing to preserve Obamacare's birth control mandate. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Little Sisters of the Poor battles states in court over birth control mandate

Robert King · November 21, 2017 3:57 pm

LaVar Ball, the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players caught shoplifting in China, told CNN's Chris Cuomo Monday night that he would have thanked President Trump personally if he had also flown his son home, instead of just freeing them from a Chinese jail. (screenshot)

LaVar Ball: I would have thanked Trump if he brought my son home from China on Air Force One

Naomi Lim · November 21, 2017 4:05 am

Protesters this year gathered outside the courthouse where a federal judge has heard arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities in San Francisco, a so-called "sanctuary city." (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

Federal judge in California blocks Trump’s executive order on sanctuary cities

Naomi Lim · November 21, 2017 3:30 am

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., received a voicemail at her Washington, D.C., office threatening her life. The voicemail said it was a direct response to Waters' criticism of President Trump. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Man charged after warning Maxine Waters she’ll ‘wind up dead’ if she continues threatening Trump

Naomi Lim · November 21, 2017 12:59 am

The announcement came as the Los Angeles Times was preparing to publish a story accusing Bocanegra of sexually harassing six women. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Democratic California assemblyman announces resignation amid sexual harassment allegations

Mandy Mayfield · November 20, 2017 6:49 pm

Authorities say Charles Manson, cult leader and mastermind behind 1969 deaths of actress Sharon Tate and several others, died on Sunday. He was 83. (AP Photo, File)

Cult killer Charles Manson dead at 83

Associated Press · November 20, 2017 11:55 am

The Children's Health Insurance Program, which gives states block grants to fund health insurance for low-income children, expired on Sept. 30. But Congress has been in no rush to fund the program since states aren't expected to run out of funding yet.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

States, feds scramble to preserve children’s health insurance

Robert King · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

I encourage all of my colleagues in the House and Senate to give Americans their first major tax relief in three decades. (Wikipedia Commons)

Rep. Doug LaMalfa: The tax bill means tax cuts for Middle America

Rep. Doug LaMalfa · November 20, 2017 5:01 am

"If the president was running today, I bet he would not be elected because I think we have had a huge cultural shift that was 40 years in the making," Speier said.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Jackie Speier: Trump would have lost election due to sexual assault allegations if it was held in 2017

Kyle Feldscher · November 19, 2017 5:24 pm

"The Office of Compliance, to which victim must apply or complain, is a place that has really been an enabler of sexual harassment for these many years because of the way it's constructed." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Jackie Speier says Congress’ sexual harassment reporting process enables abusers

Kyle Feldscher · November 19, 2017 5:14 pm

A tide of sexual harassment allegations leveled at politicians nationwide have compelled a number of state legislatures to increase training, advance new legislation, and institute reviews and changes to current policies. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Battle for sexual harassment policy change hits state legislatures

Melissa Quinn · November 19, 2017 5:01 am

In a 1994 study on the motives for false rape reports, Purdue sociologist Eugene Kanin found a false-report rate for sexual assault of 40 percent in the community he was studying. #MeToo Marchers in Los Angeles will be parading through the streets to rally against a probability, not an injustice. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

#MeToo on the march: The groupthink and hysteria begin

alexander-grass · November 19, 2017 5:01 am