An aggressive and impassioned debate performance this week by reality TV star and online influencer-turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is the latest evidence that his populist pitch to lead the nation’s second-most populous city appears to be gaining traction. Pratt tangled with the debate moderator after charging that incumbent Mayor Karen Bass was an “incredible liar” and argued that progressive City Council member Nithya Raman would...

Far-left nonprofits are pivoting from their May Day protests last week to mobilize voters for November’s midterm elections and push Democrats further left, even criticizing party leaders for shunning their candidates.  In an hour-long webinar hosted Tuesday night by “May Day Strong,” an organizing coalition for last week’s protests, speakers laid out an electoral plan to win key races in the 2026 midterm election and “the ballot box.”...

The Justice Department has concluded that UCLA’s medical school engaged in illegal race-based discrimination in admissions, alleging the school favored Black and Hispanic applicants in violation of federal law. The finding follows a yearlong federal investigation and marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s push to crack down on diversity-based admissions practices across U.S. universities. A lawsuit filed by medical advocacy group Do No Harm prompted the...