President Donald Trump ordered the military to be deployed to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests over his immigration policy, escalating his campaign against demonstrators opposing his policies.

“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to ...Read more

At a tense political moment in the wake of conservative lightning rod Charlie Kirk's killing, President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum focusing federal law enforcement on disrupting "domestic terrorism."

The memo appeared to focus on political violence. But during a White House signing Thursday, the president and his top advisers...Read more

President Donald Trump ordered the military to be deployed to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests over his immigration policy, escalating his campaign against demonstrators opposing his policies.

“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Singer D4vd broke his lease to a multimillion-dollar home in the Hollywood Hills and moved out just days after police searched the property in connection to the death of a 15-year-old girl, the owner confirmed to The Times.

Police found the body of Celeste Rivas Hernandez on Sept. 8, a day after her birthday, in the trunk of a ...Read more

U.S. government shutdowns have become so common in recent decades that every federal agency has a playbook for how to implement them.

But the Trump administration is quickly rewriting those plans in advance of the end of the fiscal year next Tuesday, making a potential shutdown even more unpredictable — and potentially disruptive — than any...Read more

BALTIMORE — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been transferred to a detention center in Central Pennsylvania while he awaits immigration proceedings, according to federal court documents filed by his attorneys Friday.

In a status update, Abrego Garcia’s defense said it was notified Friday that its client was transferred to Moshannon Valley ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota federal judge has found Mike Lindell defamed a voting machine company with his attacks on the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and a jury now must decide whether to award the $1.5 billion in damages Smartmatic is seeking.

Smartmatic sued the outspoken founder of Minnesota-based MyPillow in 2022 amid Lindell...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A 2023 Tesla registered to David Anthony Burke, known as D4Vd, was ticketed by Los Angeles authorities on a Hollywood Hills street near where the singer lived 11 days before the decomposing body of a missing girl was found inside the trunk.

The Tesla had been parked on Bluebird Avenue so long that some residents complained about...Read more

President Donald Trump ordered the military to be deployed to Portland, Oregon, to quell protests over his immigration policy, escalating his campaign against demonstrators opposing his policies.

“At the request of Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem, I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Briana Ortega had been home for all of three minutes when she heard a fist pounding against her door.

She opened it to find a Riverside County sheriff's deputy "claiming a black man with dreadlocks had jumped over her backyard fence" and was trying to break into her La Quinta home, according to court records.

Almost immediately,...Read more

LEFT HAND, W. Va. — The residents of Roane County, West Virginia, enjoy living among the rolling mountains and winding, two-lane roads. Situated between Charleston and Parkersburg, two of the state’s largest cities, the rural county is known for its small towns and historic buildings.

That’s how Sherry Husted, the director of the Roane ...Read more

The question keeps being asked about immigrants who are living in the United States without permission:

Why don’t they just get in line for legal status?

The answer: There is no line. Not for most people.

This month the American Immigration Council issued an explainer on why it’s so hard for undocumented immigrants to adjust their status,...Read more

During this week's White House press conference in which President Donald Trump named the over-the-counter drug Tylenol as a possible cause of rising autism rates, he did not mince words, urging pregnant women to "fight like hell" not to take it.

But outside those remarks in the Roosevelt Room — during which Trump himself acknowledged "I'm ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At 3:25 in the morning of July 24, Milagro Solis Portillo was woken up and booked out of B-18, ICE's basement detention facility in the downtown L.A. courthouse. She was not told where she was headed as she was put onto a commercial flight along with two immigration officer escorts. A few hours later, she was booked into the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Latinx electorate has a lot on its mind as the Golden State speeds toward a special election this November and a decision on the hot-button Proposition 50, which would redraw the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats.

A recent poll from the Latino Community Fund — a philanthropic organization that...Read more