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Los Angeles Times

June 2026

Supreme Court will decide a gun-rights challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons

Three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento

Dozens of deportees flown back to Venezuela hours before twin quakes are trapped under rubble

He told us that when the shaking started, they screamed to be let out because the walls were cracking,
We’ve looked for him in hospitals and in morgues,
Mom, we’ll see each other tomorrow,
These people were innocent, yet they were kept in custody and ultimately left to die, even as they screamed to be let out,
He was a very upright, very honest man,
They told me that many people were still trapped and hadn’t been rescued,

Supreme Court strikes down Watergate-era limits on campaign funds for political parties

For nearly 200 years after the ratification of the 1st Amendment, parties could spend freely to support their candidates during campaigns and could do so in coordination with the candidates,
For over half a century, a federal statute has guarded against actual and apparent quid pro quo corruption in our political system by limiting the amount of money a donor can contribute to a candidate,

Supreme Court rules states may ban trans athletes from girls' sports teams

Brett Kavanaughjustice
The Constitution and Title IX do not require an overhaul of women’s and girls’ sports throughout America,
Brett Kavanaughjustice
Separate sports teams for biological males and biological females are reasonable,

Supreme Court rejects Trump's plan to limit birthright citizenship

All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State where they reside.”
John Robertschief Justice
Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights— to freely participate in our political community,
The privilege of United States citizenship is a priceless and profound gift,
John Robertschief Justice
It’s a new world. It’s the same Constitution,
We’re in a new world now,
The 14th Amendment affirms the ancient and fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory,

News Analysis: Inside the fraught Israel-Lebanon accord that critics say was built to fail

The Israelis pushed for this knowing it wouldn’t work,
Linking the Israeli withdrawal to the disarmament of [Hezbollah] across Lebanon is a highly dangerous proposal that crosses all red lines,
We did not abandon the battlefield during the most difficult of circumstances, and we will not abandon it now,

Family of Argentine soccer player Lucas Trejo killed by Venezuelan earthquakes

Efforts by local and international rescue teams to pull survivors from the rubble grew increasingly desperate in Venezuela four days after two powerful earthquakes shook the northern state of La Guaira

Héctor Bellosoccer star
I’ll make sure to remind our baby girl how wonderful you were and how much you loved her,
Miguel Rojas (baseball)venezuelan baseball player
It’s really tough to see teammates of mine and players that I played with at some point in my career lose family members, to lose kids,
Miguel Rojas (baseball)venezuelan baseball player
Literally two blocks away from where my family was, two buildings collapsed — the whole building,
Venezuelan football bids a heart-wrenching farewell to a young man who represented our country’s colors with pride, commitment and love,

California leaders cheer Supreme Court ballot ruling while eyeing other ways to speed count

An election worker collects extracted vote by mail ballots to be tallied at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Ballot Processing Center in May

Alex Padillaunited States Senator from California since 2021
Today’s decision is a victory for voting rights and a rejection of Trump’s attacks on mail and absentee voters,
Our office will continue to provide voter education, multilingual outreach, and leverage available resources to ensure voting access for our 5.8 million registered voters,
Today’s decision recognizes a basic reality: Mail delays happen. When people vote by election day, their ballots should not be discarded because of those delays,

Supreme Court turns away Alan Dershowitz's defamation suit against CNN

Former national security advisor John Bolton loomed large in Democrats’ questions in the Senate impeachment trial, but the GOP may yet block his testimony

Britt Grantjudge
In his zealous and highly scrutinized representation, Dershowitz made a spontaneous series of remarks before Congress that, he says, were misinterpreted by pundits,
If a President does something which he believes will help get him elected — in the public interest — that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,
If anything, the evidence shows that they believed in the truth of their reporting, and that they formed their opinions independently. Without evidence of actual malice Dershowitz’s defamation claim cannot go forward,

Supreme Court allows late-arriving mail ballots, leaving California's system unaffected

California counts mail-in ballots that arrive up to seven days after election day, but that option may be deemed illegal

Virginia Kase Solomóncommon Cause President
This is a victory for voters and for an election system that meets the needs of the people it serves,
The election-day statutes require the electorate’s choice to be made on election day. That occurs so long as election day is the deadline for individuals to vote — as it is in Mississippi,

Supreme Court refuses Trump's appeal of E. Jean Carroll's $5-million sexual abuse verdict

Donald Trumppresident
When you’re a star... you can do anything,
It is deeply damaging to the fabric of our Republic for President Trump, in the midst of a historic presidency, to have to take his focus away from his singular and unique duties as Chief Executive to continue fighting against decades-old, false allegations and the myriad wrongs throughout this baseless case,

Costs of Iran war will linger despite conflict's end, experts say

Markets are still cautious, and the infrastructure that’s been destroyed [in the Middle East] is going to take a while to re-create,
It has to be substance behind the sell,
I would expect there to be a continued inching downward,... we’re not going to just go back within weeks to $2.90 per gallon.”
People [are] just feeling like they’re getting left behind,
Taylor Rogerswhite House spokesperson
President Trump was clear all along that there would be short-term, temporary disruptions to energy markets, and that oil and gas prices will quickly fall as soon as the Iran situation is resolved,
Donald Trumppresident
Very soon you’ll be at $2.50 a gallon for gasoline,
Everything is to be negotiated in the next nearly two months,
When you’re still making the same amount of money but there’s less for you to be able to pay [for] your basic needs — gas is more expensive, food is more expensive — it doesn’t really add up,

Before Venezuela earthquakes, engineers warned tall buildings could collapse atop soft soil

Two days after the earthquake that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, several people are searching for their missing family members among the remains of the building where they lived

The problem is a lack of control in building standards,
This probably caused the very heavy damage we have in La Guaira, with maybe up to 100 buildings collapsed,
The situation may be even more critical for buildings designed according to older codes,
I had been asking for funding for about six or seven years, but I didn’t manage to get it,
Such institutional control existed in the past, but it has deteriorated under the current governing authorities,
It seems that this rupture was directed from southwest to northeast, and then completely east,
One cannot be surprised at this event,

Spain weathers early adversity, clinches knock-out round match at SoFi Stadium

Álex Baenamidfielder
We have to celebrate because, honestly, it’s hard to finish first in a group like this,
Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)spain coach
It was a physically demanding match — extremely intense — and we rose to the occasion,
Marcelo Bielsacoach
I wasn’t able to bring out the full potential of Uruguay’s players,
Luis de la Fuente (footballer, born 1961)spain coach
I’m proud of this team because they want to keep growing. I have complete faith in this team. We’re where we are, and that’s exactly where we wanted to be,

Controversial billionaire tax proposal will appear on November ballot

Jodie Hicksaustralian rules footballer
It’s disappointing. This is a critical election where we need to concentrate on flipping the house and undoing the damage that was done” by Trump’s legislation that led to the healthcare funding cuts
Debru Carthancampaign spokeswoman
While a few morally bankrupt billionaires and their buddies in Sacramento want to see California’s hospitals close, and tax breaks for billionaires protected — I assure you, the vast majority of voters do not,
The dangerous wealth tax directly threatens vital funding for education and schools, healthcare and clinics, public safety, and infrastructure projects by making California’s revenue even more volatile,
Strip away the spin, and this measure forces every California taxpayer, not just billionaires, to file a sworn declaration of their net worth with the Franchise Tax Board under penalty of perjury,

'Race against time': The desperate search for Venezuelan earthquake survivors

Jorge Rodríguez (Venezuelan politician)a Venezuelan politician and psychiatrist serving as President of the National Assembly of Venezuela since 2021
We are in a race against time to rescue
We don’t know anything about what happened to him and are desperate,
José Pirelaamerican baseball player
Everyone here is doing what they can, but no specialized help has arrived,
The earth shuddered, the street rose up,
We are also helping them with some overhead imagery, especially in coastal areas where they do not have full visibility over what the damage has been or what the impact has been,