Bid to put noncitizen voting on LA’s November ballot killed after major pushback

Los Angeles’ controversial push to let non-U.S. citizens vote in city elections will not appear on ballots in November after the City Council unanimously concluded the proposal wasn’t ready to be actioned. The City Council unanimously slammed the brakes Tuesday, voting 14-0 to yank two charter amendments back to committee just 13 days after advancing them. Mounting legal, privacy and election administration concerns ultimately doomed any chance of the measures making the Nov. 3 ballot. The proposals would have changed the Los Angeles City Charter, the city’s governing rulebook, to give future City Councils the power to expand voting eligibility…

Outrage as California schools forced to comply with all-gender restroom rule

California schools will be required to offer students access to at least one all-gender bathroom starting Wednesday under a new statewide mandate — a move that’s stoking anger from conservatives and concerned parents who say Sacramento is putting politics ahead of education. The requirement, which takes effect July 1, stems…

USMNT’s biggest game in decades can bring more than World Cup glory

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Games like this, Mauricio Pochettino said, are 90 percent emotion. The world saw it Monday with all the Germans who wouldn’t step up and take a penalty, while Moroccan keeper Yassine Bounou stayed in total command in the most stressful of situations. Pochettino would like to…

LeBron James seen hanging poolside in first post as free agent

LeBron James is hitting free agency for the first time in eight years and doesn’t appear to be all too worried. Since the news broke that James and his agent, Rich Paul, informed the Los Angeles Lakers that he would not be returning to the team next season, James made…

Vance argues there is a ‘big silver lining’ in Supreme Court’s ‘preposterous ruling’ in birthright citizenship case 

Vice President JD Vance argued Tuesday that there is a “big silver lining” in the divided Supreme Court ruling striking down President Trump’s executive order outlawing birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and tourists. “I know a lot of conservatives, Laura, certainly the people that I’m talking to, that you’re talking…

Gavin Newsom finally stumps up the cash to speed up California’s glacially slow elections

Gov. Gavin Newsom is putting millions behind an effort to tackle one of California’s biggest election headaches: the state’s notoriously slow vote count. As part of California’s newly approved $351.7 billion state budget, Newsom and Democratic lawmakers allocated $40 million to help counties process ballots more quickly before the November general election. Republican strategist…

Hawaii Nordstrom Rack outpost abruptly closes

After more than a decade in business, a beloved clothing retail store will close at the end of July, leaving Honolulu residents one less place to purchase clothing. The Nordstrom Rack in the Waikiki neighborhood will close on July 27, according to the Honolulu Star Advertiser. The 34,000 square foot…

Inside the well-funded AI doom machine — and who is benefiting from it

While the Elon Musk–Sam Altman trial in Oakland, Calif., is dominating headlines this week, 3,000 miles away, a Capitol Hill event with far less fanfare may prove even more significant for the future of AI in America. On Wednesday evening, Sen. Bernie Sanders hosted a panel featuring top Chinese AI…

US economy grows 2% as layoffs plunge to 55-year low, inflation lingers

Fresh data showed the US economy grew at a 2% annualized pace in the first quarter while core inflation rose 3.2% year-over-year in March as data shows a resilient, if uneven, recovery. Economic growth came in a touch softer than expected, with the Commerce Department reporting a 2% annualized expansion…

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