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Yvonne Wheeler, president of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, speaks at Mayor Karen Bass’ reelection launch in December. The head of the powerful Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, blasted Nithya Raman on Wednesday, calling the City Council member an “opportunist” for launching a campaign to unseat Mayor Karen Bass after previously signaling her support for Bass. Two days later, she appeared in a second campaign news release as one of Bass’ female endorsers. Raman broke with the labor federation and her colleagues in September, voting against the $2.6-billion expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center. AdvertisementBefore that vote, labor unions said the upgrade would generate much-needed construction jobs at a time when housing production has been down.

Born in 1936 to a Syrian-Jewish family in Cairo, Claudia Roden studied in London to become a painter before becoming engrossed by the stories and recipes of Britain’s expatriate Egyptian community. She began teaching Middle Eastern cooking from her home, hosting the BBC series “Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean Cookery” and becoming a prolific food journalist and cookbook author. The Book of Jewish Food won the James Beard Foundation Cookbook of the Year Award and the National Jewish Book Award. Roden has updated and expanded her popular 1968 cookbook for a more savvy and knowledgeable audience. Not that every recipe is changed; many are not, but Roden does attempt not to rely too much on butter and oils.

As cheaper Wegovy options surface – from discounts to compounded pills – FDA warnings spotlight safety, trust and what longevity costs. Because as the drug gets cheaper, the system around it is getting messier and, in some cases, riskier. Among the 40 medications listed are GLP-1 drugs, including Wegovy. Still, politically and culturally, it’s clear that GLP-1 drugs are no longer niche therapies. The pill that sparked a backlashThe tension escalated further when US telehealth company Hims & Hers announced a compounded weight-loss pill priced as low as $49 for new customers.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration cannot agree with that statement. Over the last few days, former CNN news anchor and now independent journalist Don Lemon was arrested after covering an Anti-ICE protest in a church on Jan, 18. The claims made by the administration are potentially libelous and insane, we are living in a timeline where journalism is being attacked. According to Lemon, the administration went through two judges and an appeals court trying to get the charges filed against him, after continuously being denied, they finally got the go ahead after going through a grand jury. Reporting and informing the public on current happenings in their country is never a crime and this administration needs to realize that.

Democrats are expected to block a House-passed funding package this afternoon. Republicans and Democrats are also planning to block each other’s proposed stopgap funding bills, meaning the Senate will leave town for a recess week without funding DHS. “I think the White House is pretty close with this offer, to get into a kind of an agreement zone,” Thune maintained. I think the concessions on the part of the administration have been real,” the GOP leader insisted. “I don’t know that there’s any value to or benefit to keeping everybody here, as long as the White House and the Senate Democrats are continuing that discussion,” he said.

February 12, 2026 Trump’s Goal for the WTO: Stopping Taxes on Big TechBy Melanie FoleyShare FacebookTwitterEmailBlueSkyTextThreadsDownload as PDF. The Trump administration, despite its seeming hostility towards the WTO itself, is pushing hard for the WTO to make the Moratorium permanent. Now America cannot and will not accept that.”[4]The Trump administration has followed through on these threats. The U.S. has already flexed its muscle to secure wins for Big Tech — for instance, the Trump administration bullied Canada into dropping its digital services tax on Big Tech companies and is attempting to do so with several other jurisdictions. By using bilateral negotiations to whittle down opposition to the Moratorium, the Trump administration is actively pushing to secure a win for Big Tech at MC14.

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For Dodgers fans, nothing could be better than a team that makes lots of money, spends lots of money, and wins unapologetically. To Arizona fans, the enemy is not the system, even if Kendrick says the Dodgers have mastered the system rather than skirted it. To Arizona fans, the enemy is the Dodgers. “I think, on a regular-season basis — and I’m trying to be honest about the competitive atmosphere — they are a more competitive team than we are. The average crowd in Arizona for games involving the Dodgers: 43,441; for games against every other team: 27,865.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins is opening up about her relationship with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “To her credit, she said, ‘No, Kaitlan’s coming in with the rest of the U.S. press,’ and we went in,” Collins said of Leavitt. “You’re asking questions that maybe they don’t want to fully answer, and so that is something that always exists. It’s a good faith question.”“And so obviously that leads to clashes sometimes when they don’t like my question,” she continued. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile.

Discovery (WBD) Paramount owns CBS and has already made changes at CBS News, which has been the target of criticism from Trump. Paramount is trying to stop that deal by going straight to shareholders with its own bid for all of WBD, including CNN. The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment. Paramount argues that the Netflix deal is inferior to the $30-per-share offer that it has publicly made for WBD. One of Paramount’s key arguments has centered on the Trump administration and whether regulators will block the Netflix deal.

Robert Port attends a screening of “Twin Towers: Legacy,” a film he directed, in New York City last year. Last year, LAPD leaders quietly brought on a temporary consultant to advise on how to give the department’s battered public image a spit shine. Nor did it come up Feb 3. when, after a heated debate, the City Council approved the creation of a new LAPD communications strategist role with an annual salary of $191,000. AdvertisementA biography attached to his consulting proposal says he has been a reserve Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy for the last decade. He also suggested that he could advise a public relations firm previously hired by the LAPD to overhaul its marketing strategy.

In the NBC interview, Trump seemed to marvel at the attention he’s been getting from both Ellison and Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who has also met with Trump in recent months. The White House press office did not respond to a request for comment. Paramount argues that the Netflix deal is inferior to the $30-per-share offer that it has publicly made for WBD. One of Paramount’s key arguments has centered on the Trump administration and whether regulators will block the Netflix deal. And Trump complimented both Larry and David Ellison after the family took control of Paramount last year, saying, “They’re friends of mine.

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Iranian protester to Trump: 'History is watching'After thousands of Iranians were killed in last month’s crackdown on protests, many have told CNN's Jomana Karadsheh they feel let down by President Trump who said the US would intervene if the regime opened fire on protesters. With many still detained and at risk of execution, they say it’s not too late for the President to come to their rescue.