Michael Wilner
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Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times
Washington, DC
Joined August 2011
The sea calls to live-action 'Moana' Catherine Lagaʻaia in the film's first trailer
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The first teaser for Disney's live-action 'Moana' features newcomer Catherine Lagaʻaia singing about how far she'll go, along with a glimpse of Dwayne Johnson's Maui.
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The United Kingdom plans to ban ticket reselling for profit
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The move comes after an open letter from artists like Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Sam Fender, Radiohead and the Cure urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the practice.
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New form of bird flu hospitalizes Washington state resident
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A person in Washington has been infected with a new form of bird flu virus.
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Trickle of revelations fuels scandal over Trump's ties to Epstein
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The emails prompted a wave of GOP lawmakers to pledge support for a House measure that would call on the Justice Department to release its Epstein files.
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The Screen Actors Guild Awards is renaming its ceremony. Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/axhivuRIIl
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Federal judge orders government to stop blocking immigrant detainees from having access to lawyers
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In her ruling this week, Judge Frimpong said that lawyer visiting hours at B-18, which is in the basement of a federal building, have been closed down repeatedly without letting lawyers know, despite...
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Annie Leibovitz didn’t want to make a photo book about women. But the result is stunning https://t.co/Jz6MFHi3ML
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Annie Leibovitz's two-volume photo book 'Women' zooms in on the past quarter century of American womankind.
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Newsom is running alone, for now. Is he vulnerable from the left? https://t.co/IX0PdEbClX
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One year from the unofficial launch of the 2028 campaign, Newsom appears to be running alone and out front in an open field, with expected competitors taking few steps to blunt his momentum.
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Pope Leo XIV reveals a very wholesome list of favorite films. You expected different?
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Pope Leo XIV reveals his favorite movies in a list that's ordinary, beautiful, musical and wonderful all at once. Nope, no horror films made the short list.
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Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” and “knew about the girls,” Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier accused of orchestrating sex trafficking of young girls, wrote in private emails House Democrats released Wednesday. https://t.co/tmN755SRFa
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Donald Trump “spent hours at the house” and “knew about the girls,” Jeffery Epstein wrote in emails House Democrats released Wednesday.
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Trump wants oil drilling off the coast of California. But does anyone else?
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Experts say oil resources are limited in the Pacific Ocean and oil majors may not clamor for leases that could ensnare them in the Golden State’s stringent environmental policies.
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Republicans take a victory lap as House gathers to end shutdown
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Most Democratic lawmakers in the House are expected to oppose the continuing resolution, which does not include an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits.
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Norton Simon Museum's $15-million renovation highlights one of its 'superpowers'
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As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, Pasadena's Norton Simon Museum unveils a $15-million renovation featuring restored Heath tiles and sculpture garden, and a new pedestrian entry.
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California Supreme Court rejects free-speech challenge to LGBT protections in nursing homes
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The California Supreme Court rejected a 1st Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using...
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Trump says Americans will receive $2,000 tariff dividend
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"A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone,” President Trump posted on his social media platform.
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Travelers brace for airport chaos as flight cuts begin: 'People are just fed up'
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Plans to cut flights have left travelers angry and anxious. Some tried to move their travel plans up, while others were trying to figure out alternatives in case their flights were canceled.
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After outburst, Katie Porter's support in the California governor's race slips, new poll shows
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A new poll shows former Orange County Rep. Katie Porter's support in the 2026 governor's race dropped after she tangled with a reporter in a TV interview.
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FBI urges ICE agents to identify themselves after string of impersonators commit crimes
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Citing a string of incidents in which masked criminals posing as immigration officers robbed and kidnapped victims, the FBI recently issued a memo suggesting agents clearly identify themselves while...
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Supreme Court rules Trump may remove transgender markers from new passports
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By a 6-3 vote, the justices granted an emergency appeal allowing Trump to remove transgender markers on passports.
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Is this the beginning of the end of the Trump era? https://t.co/tfKYguzhCD
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The Democrats have been in crisis this year. Now the Republican Party appears to be fracturing as well as it prepares for Trump’s departure from the national stage.
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