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Kidnapped in Iraq
I remember screaming, though I don’t know what words I screamed. And I remember resisting, though there was little I could do in heels against two military-trained men intent on shoving me into the back seat of their vehicle. Video surveillance captured the moment I was taken. In it, you can see two burly men
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A $40-million project will clean MacArthur Lake. Will it help fix the park?
MacArthur Park was designed as a bucolic respite from urban life, but in recent years it’s become better known as a homeless gathering spot, an open-air illicit drug market and a magnet for gang violence and crime. Los Angeles officials announced a $40-million project at the park this week that’s aimed at turning rainstorm runoff
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Am I the bad friend?
Friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson recently came to a realization about her social media engagement: Any time she posts content that centers the viewer as the wronged party of the story she is telling — like how to know if your friends are venting too much or why your friendship expectations feel mismatched — it
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Trump is ‘in a bad mood’ and ready to start a Cabinet firing spree: GOP senator
With three Cabinet members ousted by Donald Trump since March 5, a handful of Republican senators are growing anxious for several reasons that the firing hammer is about to drop on more, in part because the president is in a “bad mood” with his administration flailing. According to a report from Politico’s Jordain Carney, four
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Can Max & Helen’s ever be a laidback diner? Do we care when the waffle is so good?
You have probably heard of Max & Helen’s, the homage to classic diners opened in Larchmont six months ago by Phil Rosenthal, creator of “Everybody Loves Raymond” and host of “Somebody Feed Phil,” and culinary juggernaut Nancy Silverton. If the algorithms pick up even your slightest interest in L.A. restaurants, you know the early waits
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Democrats are winning the redistricting war — for now, anyway
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. As the old-timey term suggests, gerrymandering has a long history in American politics. But it has intensified in recent years — first after the Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that federal
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Prominent MAGA voice slammed for ‘not smart’ dig at reporter: ‘Wrong in some telling ways’
Tucker Carlson’s putdown of a political analyst has been mocked by The Bulwark, with Catherine Rampell noting the ex-Fox News anchor got the facts wrong. Rampell, appearing in conversation with Tim Miller in a recent post from The Bulwark, responded to a clip of Carlson talking about a decade-old encounter between the pair. Carlson claimed
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Even Trump’s base doesn’t believe him anymore
It’s not generally admirable to take pleasure in someone being targeted, troubled or taunted in some way. But schadenfreude is exactly what I’ve felt in recent weeks, unapologetically, about President Trump finding himself for once on the receiving end of a dark conspiracy theory, including from some of his most prominent (former) supporters. They’re suggesting
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GOP lawmakers lament Trump’s latest scheme was ‘mistake’ while Dems threaten to lap them
Republicans are in a state of “buyers’ remorse” after President Donald Trump’s demands for them to redraw congressional districts to give themselves extra seats backfired. According to Axios, “What began as an effort to create more GOP-controlled seats — and avoid a Democratic takeover that would weaken President Trump — now could be a wash,
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Prince Harry makes surprise visit in Ukraine in show of support during war
Britain’s Prince Harry made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday in a show of support for the country in its fifth year of war with Russia. “It’s good to be back in Ukraine,” Prince Harry said on his arrival at a Kyiv railway station early on Thursday. The Duke of Sussex is set to attend a Kyiv