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'Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, be careful what you wish for -- this will wreak havoc on the lives and pocketbooks of all of us,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Innovation and entrepreneurship are critical to the U.S. economy, and their foundation has been federal research.

The president's Department of Justice is aiming to label all trans people as "mentally ill," potentially barring them from purchasing guns.

'The phrase "Department of War," even if not explicitly suggesting aggression, undeniably carries that suggestion,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Unless California treats recharge and sustainable use as urgent priorities, it risks repeating Iran's mistake -- becoming a global warning rather than a model,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'When it says the Los Angeles Police Department was protecting "a failed presidential candidate" rather than a former vice president, I smell a very partisan attitude,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Each time a child is lost to a stray bullet, my heart aches for families who never get to witness the full potential of their loved ones,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Washington led troops into western Pennsylvania to put down a violent uprising of farmers who were flouting a new federal law that taxed whiskey. That's very different from sending federal troops to perform normal urban policing functions,' writes . ...

The real 'root cause' of the war in Ukraine is Russia's inability to accept that centuries of empire do not confer the right to dominate former colonies forever.

The Constitution is a living promise, meant to protect the people when power overreached. On Monday, the justices decided it doesn't apply to everyone.