Boy Scouts of America, as it has been known for 115 years, is now officially Scouting America. The name change went into effect on Saturday. read more
Faced with fierce criticism over her chief wildfire recovery officer's planned salary of $500,000 for 90 days of work, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass reversed course Saturday evening and said Steve Soboroff would receive no compensation. Soboroff's original salary, which would have been funded entirely by charitable organizations, was first reported by The Times early Saturday morning. Soboroff had defended the arrangement, saying his expertise made him worth the price. After her reversal, Bass said in a statement: "Steve is always there for LA. I spoke to him today and asked him to modify his agreement and work for free. He said yes. We agree that we don't need anything distracting from the recovery work we're doing."
Democratic strategist James Carville condemned his party for pursuing agendas that he argued are disconnected from the concerns of everyday Americans. During the "outrage of the week" segment on his "Politics War Room" podcast, Carville expressed frustration with New York Democrats pushing for pet bereavement leave and with the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) gender rules discussed at its Saturday Winter Meeting. "For my outrage, these are ... two things that Democrats have done that are so unmoored to what anyone in the country thinks or feels like. It's almost impossible. The first one is some Democrats and progressives in New York are advocating for bereavement pet leave," Carville said. "Okay, so in other words, if your cat dies, you get three days of paid leave. Does anyone even know, like in rural America, like where I grew up, how many dead animals?" read more
A civil jury has ruled that Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist while she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate the First Amendment read more
President Donald Trump said Friday that he's revoking former President Joe Biden's access to government secrets ... read more
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