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This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. Over a year before Los Angeles’ uncontrollable wildfires burned through neighborhoods once considered safe, the office of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara quietly shared a potential regulatory …

During Donald Trump’s first term as president, the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., was a symbol of how his family actively cashed in on power and influence — before they unloaded leasing rights on the hotel for $375 million in 2022. The president-elect’s family weren’t the only people in …

For many of us, the death and funeral of Jimmy Carter unleashed a flood of memories, from the time he quoted Bob Dylan during his first presidential run to his post-presidency work with Habitat for Humanity. Me, I was hurtled back to a more jarring recollection of his time in …

As fires continue to devastate Los Angeles County, a president will soon be inaugurated who has promised to withhold federal help from states like California if Democratic lawmakers there don’t sing to his tune. Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from the state just months ago, and he …

WASHINGTON — At least four Democratic political committees suspect their former campaign treasurer is behind the “misappropriation” of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds, according to federal records reviewed by Rolling Stone. The committees — including those led by Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner …

Andy Kim is in between offices. The desks in his temporary space in the bowels of the Dirksen Senate Office Building remain mostly bare. Boxes holding monitors and other work supplies are stacked nearly to the ceiling in the conference room. His staff, waiting for news on when they’ll get …

Confirmation hearings for a slew of Donald Trump’s picks for his Cabinet and other high-ranking positions are scheduled to begin this week. Senate committees still have not received vetting materials for several nominees, and many of their financial disclosures and ethics disclosures have not yet been made public. On Monday, …

Donald Trump is coming back into office this month on a vow to initiate the “largest” mass deportation operation in American history, and says he plans to unleash the U.S. military to help him do it. But according to three sources familiar with internal policy discussions in Trump’s circle, the …

When a judge was ready to sentence R. Kelly for sexually exploiting children, Breon Peace, the federal government’s top prosecutor in Brooklyn, was in the courtroom’s front row. Peace, who oversees more than 160 attorneys and many times that number of cases, can’t go to many hearings personally. This one …

F or most of Election Day 2024, the mood was upbeat inside the windowless Philadelphia hotel ballroom where Team Kamala Harris had set up its Pennsylvania command center. Early-­morning turnout was exceeding expectations, especially in Luzerne and other parts of the state with large Puerto Rican populations — a sign …