Kevin Rector
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State and national politics reporter @latimes. Past: @baltimoresun. Member: @NLGJA. DM me.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined May 2011
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My @latimes colleagues are powerfully chronicling the toll of President Trump's mass deportation campaign on immigrants and their families like no one else. A recent story from @brittny_mejia: A new piece from @katelinthicum:
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He came to Los Angeles 33 years ago. Now a man sent back to Mexico and his wife faced an impossible decision. Should she and their U.S. children join him in Mexico? Or stay in Inglewood?
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On U.S. direction under Trump, Californians split sharply along partisan lines, poll finds.
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Large majorities of California Democrats and unaffiliated voters said the U.S. is headed in the wrong direction under Trump. Many Republicans said the opposite.
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Trump officials have strongly denied racial profiling by ICE. Noem once admonished a reporter who asked, saying "don’t you dare ever say that again.". But in court? "Apparent ethnicity can be a factor supporting reasonable suspicion," the admin argues.
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The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to confirm that immigration agents have 'reasonable suspicion' to stop and question Latinos whose occupations draw many undocumented workers.
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California’s lightning-fast push for partisan redistricting reflects Trump’s new America (w/ @DavidGSavage @MelodyGutierrez @laura_nelson): .
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In the last week, with lightning speed, the nation's foremost political leaders have jettisoned any pretense of political fairness in favor of an all-out partisan war for power.
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Trump backs huge Arizona copper mine as Apache win late reprieve to halt it:.
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President Trump threw his support this week behind a massive project to turn an Apache sacred site outside Phoenix into one of the world's largest copper mines.
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RT @brittny_mejia: Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @CAgovernor news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Minguela….
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Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended...
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RT @grad_shelb15420: I wrote about "Sunset Boulevard" turning 75 and what it says about L.A. now. Forget "I'm ready for my close-up." My fa….
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California officials say if upheld, Trump bans on undocumented immigrants accessing federally-funded public benefits will hurt immigrants & U.S. citizens, exacerbate mental illness & homelessness and put intense stress on CA’s emergency healthcare system.
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President Trump issued an order banning federally funded benefits for undocumented immigrants. California and other states are fighting the ban in court.
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RT @brittny_mejia: Federal judge refuses to dismiss case against convicted L.A. County sheriff's deputy W/ @JamesQ….
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The judge's decision brings to a close a criminal case for excessive force that top federal prosecutor Bill Essayli sought to have overturned despite a conviction by a jury.
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RT @latimes: Prominent Al Jazeera journalist among several killed in Israeli strike on Gaza press tent
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Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif, 28, drew millions of followers on social media and emerged as one of the top voices in the Arab world for his chronicling of the war in Gaza.
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A searchable database of California law enforcement use of force and misconduct records - built by @UCBerkeley & @Stanford and being published by @latimes @sfchronicle @KQED @CalMatters - is now available to the public:.
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Search California public records about law enforcement use of force and misconduct from more than 700 agencies. Results are organized into cases attributed to the agency providing the records....
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RT @_TonyBriscoe: 🧵When the Eaton and Palisades fires razed thousands of homes, many survivors hoped that federal disaster agencies would g….
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Complaints by survivors and internal government reports reveal a number of lapses and inconsistencies in Eaton and Palisades wildfire cleanup.
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Bonta says millions spent, but billions saved, in California’s legal war with Trump:.
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Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said his office spent more than $5 million fighting the Trump administration in recent months, but saved California nearly $170 billion.
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‘No obvious frontrunner.’ Why Harris’ exit has scrambled the race for California governor (w/ @LATSeema @laura_nelson):.
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With Kamala Harris out of the California governor's race, other candidates are jockeying to be seen as the new front runner. Some analysts said that's "ludicrous," and that no one stands out yet.
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Breaking: California, other states sue Trump over order threatening gender-affirming care providers:.
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California and other liberal-led states sued the Trump administration Friday over efforts to end gender-affirming care nationwide.
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Harris tells Colbert, in first interview out of office, that the U.S. system is ‘broken’:.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris told Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show" Thursday that she decided not to run for California governor because she believes the American system is "broken."
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Bitcoin’s on fire at $112K! Time to flip the charts on BTCC!.Exploring Cryptocurrency with Jaren Jackson Jr.🏀.
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Run for president? Start a podcast? Tackle AI? Kamala Harris’ options are wide open (w/ @sherlyholmes): .
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At 60, Kamala Harris has a lot of opportunities ahead of her. Which will she pursue?
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Breaking:.
Just in: After months of speculation about her political future, former vice president Kamala Harris says she is not running for governor of California in 2026. @LATSeema @sherlyholmes.
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RT @brittny_mejia: NEW: After the Trump administration moved to keep @USAttyEssayli as L.A.’s top federal prosecutor, Essayli's office move….
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The U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles is seeking to dismiss charges against a sheriff's deputy who has already been sentenced for use of excessive force and a fast food executive whose case...
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