Bipartisan support for prison reform, rehabilitation measures

Surrounded by cabinet members, Trump stridently spoke out about serious problems in the criminal justice system. But instead of just spewing law-and- order bromides about getting tough on crime, this Republican president talked about the "tremendous struggle" faced by former inmates freed from prison after serving their sentences, about their problems finding "a steady job where they can pay taxes, contribute to their country, gain dignity and pride that comes with a career."

The Times’ recommendations for Tuesday’s California primary

Voters who pass up the June 5 election will find in November that others have made many of their decisions for them. For example, the state's top-two primary system dictates that in five months, there will be two finalists to succeed Gov. Jerry Brown, and polling suggests that one of them will be Lt.

Primary battle between Devin Nunes and Andrew Janz is really about President Trump

Democratic Congressional candidate Andrew Janz tells why he has decided to pursue the low-probability of unseating incumbent Devin Nunes in California's 22nd District during a Fresno Bee editorial board meeting. Democratic Congressional candidate Andrew Janz tells why he has decided to pursue the low-probability of unseating incumbent Devin Nunes in California's 22nd District during a Fresno Bee editorial board meeting.

Editorial: Tariffs and Trumpspeak

As we stumble into trade actions and retaliations that neither the U.S. nor anyone else needs, it's hard not blame President Donald Trump's peculiar and one-sided economic views. The European Union tried a wake-up call to Republicans, targeting retaliatory tariffs against products from Republican states: Harley-Davidson motorcycles and bourbon felt the bite of new tariffs.

Thank Republicans for your right to try

Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment. Now imagine receiving the same diagnosis, and then learning a promising new treatment exists that could save your life - but you can't get access to it thanks to governmental obstacles.

Democrats Running On ‘Impeach Trump’

My bet is that it's just one of many bumps, blips and stumbles that will happen before the Trump administration and that evil dictatorship agree to a historic deal. Last week he signed a bipartisan fix for the badly flawed Dodd-Frank financial reform act that helps small and regional banks deal with rules designed for big banks.

Fitzgerald: HBO’s John McCain documentary is TV done right

FOR COURAGE AND CONVICTION: U.S. Sen. John McCain, left, receives the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal from former Vice President Joe Biden last year. This is not a TV review column, thankfully, because "bleak" would not begin to capture the assessment here of what passes for entertainment these days.

Carr: Marty Meehan flunks history with Mount Ida deal

Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., the incoming University of Massachusetts at Lowell chancellor, addresses an open meeting of students, faculty and staff on the school's campus in Lowell, Mass., Thursday, April 12, 2007. Meehan says he can't endorse any candidate in the race to succeed him because of his pending move to academia.