A phased-in minimum wage hike in Los Angeles that will mandate up to $30 per hour for hotel workers, signed into law by mayor Karen Bass, is already causing problems for the hotel industry and putting the squeeze on the working-class demographic that minimum wage laws are purportedly intended to help. “The bottom line is the city of Los Angeles has forced a wage and benefits package on...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued to argue that President Donald Trump’s attacks on Iran and former President Barack Obama’s strikes on Libya were “two completely different things” despite many shared similarities between the two incidents.  Pelosi has condemned Trump’s strikes while defending President Barack Obama back in 2011. “They’re not at all alike,” Pelosi said. “What Obama did was limited military force. This is beyond that....

Kristi Noem will reportedly join President Donald Trump and 12 Latin American leaders at his resort in Florida for a “Shield of the Americas” summit Saturday after her ouster as the Secretary of Homeland Security and appointment by President Donald Trump to be special envoy for the new coalition of nations.  On Thursday, Trump announced Noem would be exiting her role as Homeland Security secretary and would be...