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Analysis of early political moves, gas prices, and affordability amid upcoming 2026 elections.

'The new L.A. county executive will need to work with the mayor and supervisors, not have them looking over their shoulders to avoid political knives,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Maybe the politics followed them. Or maybe what drove them out was never the color of the state's politics, but rent, mortgages and paychecks, worries voters act on wherever they live,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Whatever questions existed about guardianship paperwork, restraining an 8-year-old at the appointment he was told to attend was not the answer,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Nvidia's CEO's ties to a suspected chip smuggler demand a full investigation. No CEO's brilliance should outweigh U.S. national security.

Australians of a certain age will all remember their parents ending dinner parties with the thin, chocolate-covered squares ...

'We should collectively call upon our elected officials and the Department of Veterans Affairs to do the right thing: Go beyond uttering gratitude for veterans' service and instead honor our word and commitment to their ongoing well-being,' writes an ...

'You live by the gerrymandering, you get an electoral drubbing by the gerrymandering. If that means we have gerrymandering in California through the 2030 election, that's the price for the GOP breaking the rules,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

JD Vance's rise mirrors Spain's Falangismo: a national-syndicalist blend that rejects both liberal capitalism and Marxism.