Vance and Musk question the authority of the courts as Trump’s agenda faces legal pushback
Top Trump administration officials are openly questioning the judiciary’s authority to serve as a check on executive power.
Editorial: Out on the streets to count L.A.’s unhoused, volunteers learn far more than numbers can convey
Volunteers arrive at about 150 deployment centers, where they get flashlights and maps and assemble into small groups for the ...
The Chilling Consequences of Going Along With Trump
M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk Award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the ...
Newsletter: The problem with savvy opinion punditry during a constitutional crisis
The U.S. Constitution matters. Process matters. Both are under attack right now, and commentators should earnestly call that ...
A city of immigrants moves to resist Trump. How far can L.A. leaders go?
“Immigrant rights are workers’ rights,” Yvonne Wheeler, president of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, said at a rally ...
Opinion
Kelly: NFL desperately needs a Chiefs dynasty to own sports globally | Opinion
The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics carried the NBA for decades, but the Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s put professional basketball on the world’s radar. Serena Williams and Tiger Woods in ...
Letters to Sports: Mixed reviews from readers on Lakers’ blockbuster trade
Readers of the L.A. Times Sports section give their thoughts and opinions on the Luka Doncic/Anthony Davis trade, DodgerFest, ...
One family’s stories prove to be a window on Black struggle and persistence in American history
At 88, historian David Levering Lewis, a biographer of W.E.B. DuBois, has filled in gaps in his knowledge of his own family ...
Column: Trump and Musk crippled our most important global aid agency. The consequences are grim
The Trump administration's attack on the key foreign aid agency undermines U.S. influence, pleases autocrats in Russia and ...
LA Times tells left-leaning opinion writers to publish fewer columns as staffers fume over ‘red-pilled’ owner: report
LA Times staffers have reportedly been furious with owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong over a recent interview he granted to Bari ...
What we lost in the fires
A month after the first signs of smoke and flame, victims are still mourning the loss of small things, a snapshot or a teacup. Communities have been robbed of the parks and libraries and churches ...
Opinion: To protect transgender rights in the future, we must look to the past
American law has been shaped by a long history of bias against gender nonconformity. Understanding this legal history can ...