Laura King

300. And we know about fewer than 100 so far.

The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.

Voice of America turmoil through the eyes of veteran VOA journalist Steve Herman - Editor and Publisher Voice of America (VOA), the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster, is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnecte...

E&P - ​The Voice of America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnected, and no way to reach editors—leaving many in a state of uncertainty. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/voic...

The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game The car company’s big business in regulatory credits shows Musk’s mantra has always been “Government handouts for me, not for thee.”

Tesla, the supposed future of clean energy, isn’t just making money by selling electric cars—it’s making a fortune off a regulatory loophole.

Commentary: Elon Musk brought a Silicon Valley mindset to Trump's Washington. It's been a disaster The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature.

The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature, Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak writes.

Well then.

The Guild Eagle: What's really happening at the L.A. Times? — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild We need your help to keep delivering the best coverage of our city.

A lot has happened at the L.A. Times, some of it taking the focus away from our excellent journalism.

If you want to know what's really going on, I'd suggest you keep an eye on the Guild Eagle. First issue written by me:

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The start of the Palisades and Eaton fires: 24 hours that changed Los Angeles 'Mom, are we going to have to run?' Here's how the first 24 hours of our unprecedented conflagration unfolded across L.A. County

New today on @latimes.com: An hour by hour account of the first 24 hours of the Palisades and Eaton fires. Thank you to all the people who relived some truly harrowing moments for this story: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Column: Compassion and decency are lost amid wildfires as California foes seek cheap political points In their haste to politicize one of the worst natural disasters in California history, Donald Trump and many allies haven't even bothered offering ritual hopes and prayers. Their callous response is u...

NEW: California’s burning and its political foes are practically dancing in the flames and reveling in the ashes.

The response from Trump and many allies has been utterly devoid of caring or compassion.

It’s not just unseemly. It’s unprecedented.

And cruel.

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Hard not to escape the conclusion that the Korean political system is more resilient than the US system

I mean it’s Belgium what was I supposed to do

My lovely mom would have been 99 today. Still miss her.

There’s something so calming about wintertime flora.

Across the Ardennes Forest region of Luxembourg, Belgium and France, communities commemorate the start of the Battle of the Bulge, 80 years ago next week. My dad was there. It’s fading from living memory, but local people still stage memorials to Americans who served. They thank us; we thank them.

Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina posthumously receives Prix Voltaire Special Award Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was posthumously honored with the Special Prix Voltaire Award at the 34th International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, PEN Ukraine reported on Dec. 6.

⚡️Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was posthumously honored on Dec. 6 with the Prix Voltaire Special Award at the 34th International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, PEN Ukraine reported.

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Turkish media are distributing footage of Syrians returning to Damascus after the rebels overthrew the Assad regime.

Kilometer-long traffic jams formed on the roads leading to the Syrian capital.
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I don’t know how I was unaware that there is a little Victorian-era apiary in the Luxembourg Gardens, but there you have it.

Opinion | Marine Le Pen Is Holding France Hostage The government’s fall shows the strength of the far right.

Hostage situation? This seems like a smart take…https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/opinion/france-marine-le-pen.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Despite some grumbling about the planned presence of a ‘personage vulgaire’ at such an august national occasion, many French thought President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to Trump was smart, pragmatic diplomacy. ‘Our president is preserving the relationship,’ one Paris pensioner told me.

In advance of Notre Dame’s reopening, French newspapers reminisced about Trump’s real-time suggestion during the devastating 2019 fire that ‘flying water tankers’ be used to douse the flames. Experts said that would have risked a total collapse.

Five years after fire ravaged the medieval masterpiece, Notre Dame is set for this weekend’s grand reopening. President-elect Trump is among the VIP invitees.

Even from a safe distance, Iceland’s current ‘small’ volcanic eruption is impressive…but authorities say tourists often try to get too close