Author name: Kelsey Fox

An article highlighting the U.S. Army career of baseball legend Jackie Robinson has been restored to the Department of Defense website. Its removal had appeared to be related to the Trump administration’s stance against diversity, equity and inclusion. Robinson, the Hall of Famer who broke baseball’s color barrier when he started at first base for […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the governor has been mailing cellphones to chief executives of the top 100 California-based companies with his phone number programmed into the contacts since November in an effort to “connect more directly” with business leaders in the state. “It’s an alternative way to engage with the business engine of California

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For decades, the U.S. has played an important role in maintaining the delicate relationship between Taiwan and China, which considers Taiwan to be a part of its territory and has vowed to pursue unification by force, if necessary. But President Trump’s “America first” ideology and use of tariffs as an economic weapon suggest the

TAIPEI, Taiwan  — China considers it a part of the Chinese nation. The United States considers it a roadblock to further Chinese influence in Asia. No wonder, then, that Taiwan has long been a point of contention between the superpowers. Although the U.S. doesn’t officially recognize Taiwan as an independent country, it has played a major

After a bruising Washington battle that averted a government shutdown but broke their party in two last week, leading California Democrats are trying to project a unified front on a central issue in the next big budget fight: Medicaid. Republicans have already signaled their intention to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the healthcare

Reading the obituaries for former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), who died at 93 on March 14, you would think he was a pleasure to have around — a life-and-soul-of-the-party man and a perfect scream, as P.G. Wodehouse might have described him. The Washington Post said Simpson was known for his “barbed wit” and “feistiness.” The

President Trump this week continued to make his environmental priorities clear by vowing to open up hundreds of coal power plants in the United States in an effort to advance competition against China. “After years of being held captive by Environmental Extremists, Lunatics, Radicals, and Thugs, allowing other Countries, in particular China, to gain tremendous

Hundreds of healthcare workers and others massed in Anaheim Hills on Tuesday, shouting their anger over expected cuts to Medicaid and what they stand to lose. Local resident Cynthia Williams, who was among those protesting outside Republican U.S. Rep. Young Kim’s office, said she knew exactly where the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE,

Hundreds of healthcare workers and others massed in Anaheim Hills on Tuesday, shouting their anger over expected cuts to Medicaid and what they stand to lose. Local resident Cynthia Williams, who was among those protesting outside Republican U.S. Rep. Young Kim’s office, said she knew exactly where the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE,