latimes.com / .latimes-com-world / Page 6

Many Mexicans, desperate for security, now back limited U.S. military help against cartels despite President Claudia Sheinbaum's vow to bar foreign intervention. President Trump has offered to send the U.S. forces into Mexico to hunt down cartels.

A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, potentially putting the preventative measure out of reach for millions of poor families.

Thanks to the Supreme Court's ruling, Republicans are expected to win five extra seats in the House of Representatives.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has stopped receiving coal-powered electricity from its last remaining coal source, the Intermountain Power Project in Utah.

Rep. Darrell Issa, whose San Diego-area district was redrawn to favor Democrats, said he would run for reelection in California rather than moving to Texas to run in a safe GOP seat.

Democrats on Capitol Hill are moving early to shape an affordability-focused agenda ahead of the midterms, including a proposal to address rising housing costs.

California employers announced 173,022 job cuts in the first 11 months of this year, up nearly 14% from the same period last year, according to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

President Trump's latest threat comes amid deteriorating relations with Bogota, which celebrated 200 years of diplomatic ties with Washington three years ago.

Challenging the impunity with which Israel imprisoned an American teenager also means rejecting similar injustices within our own borders, such as the detention of a Palestinian woman in Texas.

President Trump's pardon of former Honduran leader and convicted trafficker Juan Orlando Hernández sparked outrage and intensified criticism across Latin America.