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Meet the L.A. holistic doctor and wellness influencer who is Trump's choice for surgeon general
President Trump’s choice of Dr. Casey Means, a Los Angeles holistic medicine doctor and wellness influencer, as his nominee for surgeon…
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How Venezeula's most popular band overcame the odds and became the soundtrack of a generation in exile
MEXICO CITY — Rawayana, a band composed of Venezuelan émigrés whose trippy, Caribbean-soaked pop has earned it global acclaim, was riding…
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China to reduce the number of Hollywood films allowed amid trade war
China plans to reduce the number of Hollywood films playing in the populous country amid escalating trade tensions, reducing access to…
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Trump administration to speed up construction of California-Mexico border wall
WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday bypassed environmental regulations to speed up the…
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Trade war heats up: Mexico keeps calm as Canada hits back
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has avoided the worst of the Trump tariff onslaught. At least for now. That was the message of relief that Mexican…
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Will Trump kill programs that help drug users? L.A. harm reduction groups await fate
Samson Tafolo’s final count read 119. For 45 minutes, he had tugged a wagon packed with mini water bottles, hemp cigarettes and…
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Democrats target four California GOP members of Congress in effort to retake control of the House
Four California Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are on the target list of a liberal Democratic group preparing for the…
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Barbara Lee has avid fans in Oakland mayor's race. But Loren Taylor is making it a contest
OAKLAND — On a recent Saturday in March, several hundred people filled the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for a quintessential party to…
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Hundreds rally in Westwood to protest Trump, Musk's government cuts: 'It's just evil'
When Jesse Ugalde, who served in the Vietnam War, entered a Department of Veterans Affairs building Friday, he noticed a difference.…
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Trump's address to Congress revived false or misleading claims on immigration
WASHINGTON — During Donald Trump’s campaign for president, he and his allies repeated misleading or false claims on immigration, including…
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Supreme Court turns away — for now — Trump’s appeal seeking to fire agency official
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down President Trump’s appeal seeking to fire an agency official. Instead, the justices…
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Why Chinese students still want to attend U.S. universities
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Growing up in Beijing, Jacinta Gu had always imagined herself going to college in America. Some of her happiest memories…
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Kate Middleton's cancer is now in remission: 'It takes time to adjust to a new normal'
After battling cancer most of last year, Kate Middleton says she’s now in remission. Catherine, Princess of Wales, who confirmed last…
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South Korea's far right borrows from Trump's playbook to bolster impeached Yoon
SEOUL — They gathered in subzero temperatures, waving banners that read, “Stop the steal.” Some voiced faint hope that President-elect…
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On a quest for global domination, Chinese EV makers are upending Thailand's auto industry
BANGKOK — Japanese car factories in Thailand — which for decades has been the premiere hub of auto manufacturing in Southeast Asia — are…
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Column: Kash Patel, Trump's FBI pick, would turn the agency into the Federal Bureau of Retribution
WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee as the next director of the FBI, has big plans. He has called for the…