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May 16, 2022

With nuclear tensions rising around the world, particularly in Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, and nuclear-weapon states coming closer to direct military conflict, Congressman Ted Lieu, '91, believes it's time for America to reevaluate its nuclear launch approval process.


April 25, 2022

Torrance has received $1 million in federal funding to aid the city's homeless response, officials announced Monday, April 25.


April 20, 2022

While the federal government needs a warrant to seize your laptop, it can access revealing details through what lawmakers say is a glaring back door: cloud-stored metadata, the information tucked within files that offers clues about who created them, when and how.


March 16, 2022

Los Angeles-area projects will receive nearly $9.5 million in federal appropriations during fiscal 2022, officials announced on Wednesday, March 16.

The funding was included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, that President Joe Biden signed on Tuesday to fund the rest of the fiscal year.


March 16, 2022

On Tuesday, President Biden signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that includes $2 million to support the City's project to build a mixed-use affordable housing project on the current site of Parking Structure 3.


March 16, 2022

WASHINGTON —

After a decadelong prohibition, congressional earmarks make their return this week, sending more than $760 million in transportation, military, healthcare and other projects to California.


March 15, 2022

SANTA MONICA, CA — President Joe Biden Tuesday signed a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending package that includes $2 million to support the city of Santa Monica's project to build a mixed-use affordable housing project on the current site of Parking Structure 3, city officials announced.


February 25, 2022

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla unveiled a housing and homelessness bill on Friday, legislation that would massively increase federal investments in both traditional and experimental approaches to one of California's most intractable problems.

Issues: Local Issues

February 24, 2022

Russia's military invasion of Ukraine drew a flood of bipartisan fury and condemnation from members of Congress.


February 10, 2022

Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) headlined a bipartisan letter of nearly 40 members of Congress calling on the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to end their delays on investigating complaints of antisemitism on college campuses.