Politics, Government & Business in California's Inland Empire
By Willie Brown
June 10, 2017
It was great entertainment, but for all the hype, the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings that featured former FBI Director James Comey failed to deliver a knockout punch.
Monday, May 8, 2017 – 09:00 a.m.
President Donald Trump sent out a congratulatory tweet to Golfer John Daly early Monday morning.
By Neil Nisperos, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: 03/01/17 – 5:56 PM PST |
CLAREMONT >> President Donald Trump’s tough talk on potential tariffs — which has some fearing a trade war — also concerns a leading regional business and economy expert.
By Edward-Isaac Dovere
03/01/17 – 05:04 AM EST
President Donald Trump cleared a low bar: He read proficiently off a teleprompter, he looked human as he spurred long applause for the widow of the Navy SEAL killed in the raid he ordered, he didn’t get into a shouting match with any Democrats or slip off into a rant about reporters as the enemy of the people.
Sun Feb 26, 2017 | 10:11 pm EST
The White House will send federal departments a budget proposal on Monday containing the defense spending increase President Donald Trump promised, financed partly by cuts to the U.S. State Department, Environmental Protection Agency and other non-defense programs, two officials familiar with the proposal said.
By Ryan Hagen, The Sun
Posted: 02/24/17 – 5:26 PM PST |
SAN BERNARDINO >> A letter signed by all of the city’s policy makers asks President Donald Trump for help fighting crime and the use of drugs in the city, including marijuana, which majorities in the state and city voted to allow.
Paige St. John
Feb. 14, 2017 – 4:59 p.m.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved Gov. Jerry Brown’s request for assistance in dealing both with the Oroville Dam crisis and damage from record storms that hit the state in January.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
February 9, 2017 – 2:51 PM
Gov. Jerry Brown devoted most of last month’s State of the State address to excoriating Donald Trump, who had been president for just four days.
Politics & Government
By Sean Cockerham
scockerham@mcclatchydc.com
February 5, 2017 – 5:17 PM
Washington —
President Donald Trump is threatening to withhold federal funds from “out of control” California if the state declares itself a sanctuary state.
John Myers
February 5, 2017
During the depths of California’s budget crisis, talk in Sacramento about how many tax dollars were sent to Washington, compared with what the state received in services, generally sparked anger. But these days, it’s triggered fear.
Capitol Alert
By Christopher Cadelago and Alexei Koseff
ccadelago@sacbee.com
January 24, 2017 – 10:44 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown, plunging into position as a Democratic bulwark against Donald Trump’s presidency, warned Tuesday of looming battles with Republican-controlled Washington, using his State of the State address to assuage fears that California would turn its back on progressive policies.
Friday, January 20, 2017 – Noon
With full fanfare, Republican Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States at precisely Noon on Friday.
Trump replaces Barack H. Obama, who served from 2009 to 2017.
By Callum Borchers
January 19, 2017
Don’t mess with CNN.
That’s the unvarnished version of a message that the network’s president, Jeff Zucker, delivered to President-elect Donald Trump in an interview published on Thursday by New York magazine.
By Aaron Claverie, The Press-Enterprise
Posted: 12/28/16 – 11:10 PM PST |
What can Southern California’s casinos expect from a Trump presidency?
By Annie Karni
12/23/16 – 05:58 AM EST
President-elect Donald Trump has said he might do away with regular press briefings and daily intelligence reports. He wants to retain private security while receiving secret service protection, even after the inauguration. He is encouraging members of his family to take on formal roles in his administration, testing the limits of anti-nepotism statutes. And he is pushing the limits of ethics laws in trying to keep a stake in his business.
By Martin Wisckol, The Orange County Register
Posted: 12/21/16, 9:43 PM PST |
They are billionaires and generals.
Seven of the 23 named so far have no government experience. At least six oppose key policies of the agencies they’ve been nominated to run.
By Philip Bump
December 20, 2016 at 12:11 PM
On Monday, Faith Spotted Eagle became one of 117 people in U.S. history to receive a vote for president in the electoral college.
By Dan Walters
dwalters@sacbee.com
December 12, 2016 – 4:30 PM
Well, we saw the first major impact last week, without Trump even lifting a finger.
Chuck McFadden
December 12, 2016
Any hope that California would soon settle into some sort of accommodation with a Trump Administration is fading rapidly.
By Gabriel Debenedetti
12/12/16 – 05:06 AM EST
As Donald Trump’s inauguration draws near, Democrats fear they remain woefully unprepared to fight the new president’s agenda.
By Rebecca Kheel
12/10/16 – 05:05 PM EST
Democrats are growing uneasy with the number of generals President-elect Donald Trump has tapped for his administration, citing concerns about the amount of sway the military will have in the government.
By Bob Egelko
Published: November 26, 2016
Updated: November 26, 2016 – 6:00am
With his first Supreme Court appointment, President-elect Donald Trump will be in a position to deal a severe blow to unions representing government workers, the stronghold of organized labor in the United States.
By Niall Stanage
11/23/16 – 06:02 PM EST
Donald Trump won the presidency with an unpredictable approach, and he is sticking with it as he prepares to move into the White House.
Makeda Easter and Dakota Smith
November 11, 2016 – 07:00 p.m.
California is quickly becoming a battleground for immigration policy as a cross-section of leaders across the state vowed to fight any plans by President-elect Donald Trump to deport thousands of people in the U.S. illegally.