Los Angeles Times

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Left: Mainstream liberal perspectives focusing on social equality and regulation.

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• Rated LeftSep 27, 2026

  Opening rating on the five-point spectrum

Recent coverage

• 1 hr ago

  Meta hit with $25-billion penalty for misleading Facebook users about data privacy

  Part of: New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion in consumer protection case

• 3 hr ago

  As midterms near, bipartisan furor grows over Trump targeting Ukraine

  Part of: Lawmakers in both parties criticize Trump’s waiver of Russia sanctions

• 6 hr ago

  Top Democrats join California immigrant, Nevada group to sue over federal election probes

  Part of: Democrats and Democratic-aligned groups sue Trump administration over voter roll probes

• 7 hr ago

  Supreme Court rejects Trump's order to end hormone treatments for transgender prisoners

  Part of: Supreme Court declines to lift block on Bureau of Prisons policy for transgender inmates

• 23 hr ago

  Feds tease new 'batch' of noncitizen California voters as L.A. slams previous list

  Part of: Justice Department charges 28 people in California with voting-related crimes

• 1 day ago

  Feds hold back an additional $1.2 billion in California Medicaid reimbursements

  Part of: Federal officials withhold $1.2 billion in Medicaid funding from California

• 1 day agoOpinion

  Chabria: Why Trump's attack on California voting is false — and even a bit funny

  Part of: Justice Department charges 28 people in California with voting-related crimes

• 1 day ago

  California residents accused by feds of voter fraud react with shock, confusion and anger

  Part of: Justice Department charges 28 people in California with voting-related crimes

• 2 days ago

  Supreme Court may strike down school policies that limit Asian students

  Part of: Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Maryland middle school magnet admissions

• 2 days ago

  Feds arrest alleged noncitizen voters in California amid broader election fight with state

  Part of: Justice Department charges 28 people in California with voting-related crimes

• 2 days ago

  Longtime international correspondent Christiane Amanpour will exit CNN in June

  Part of: Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN in June 2027 after 43 years

• 2 days ago

  France on edge as curfews imposed to curb rioting and looting

  Part of: Cost-of-living protests in France turn violent; police report hundreds of arrests

• 3 days ago

  Mexico's beleaguered Pacific coast braces for another storm in record hurricane year

  Part of: Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong winds to Mexico’s Pacific coast

• 4 days ago

  Big assertions, sharp exchanges, little clarity define DOJ election battle with California

  Part of: Justice Department warns California officials over suspected noncitizen ballots

• 6 days ago

  Justice Dept. sues California, asks court to force state to stop counting 20,000 ballots

  Part of: Justice Department sues California over alleged noncitizen voters on its rolls

• 6 days ago

  In 100th lawsuit against Trump, California challenges immigration arrests near courthouses

  Part of: California sues Trump administration over ICE arrests at state courthouses

• 6 days ago

  A little bipartisan bromance as Schwarzenegger, Newsom laud California's climate-change wins

  Part of: Schwarzenegger and Newsom mark 20 years of California’s climate law in Long Beach

• Oct 14, 2026

  Supreme Court sides with Republicans in dispute over cost of campaign ads

  Part of: Supreme Court pauses ruling on discounted TV ad rates for political party committees

• Oct 14, 2026Opinion

  Lopez: Post-debate, lingering questions about who Raman is and how she would lead

  Part of: Bass and Raman debate in Los Angeles mayoral race before Nov. 3 election

• Oct 14, 2026

  Justice Dept. demands California prove citizenship for lists of voters or withhold ballots

  Part of: Justice Department sues California over alleged noncitizen voters on its rolls