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Kevin Rector

@kevrector

State and national politics reporter @latimes. Past: @baltimoresun. Member: @NLGJA. DM me.

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For months Los Angeles Times photographer Gina Ferazzi has chronicled 17-yr-old Abi's life as a transgender athlete. Due to threats against such athletes, it's a rare - and important - portrait, at a pivotal moment. Kudos to Abi & Gina Ferazzi for letting us in. latimes.com/california/sto…

For months <a href="/latimes/">Los Angeles Times</a> photographer <a href="/GinaFerazzi/">Gina Ferazzi</a> has chronicled 17-yr-old Abi's life as a transgender athlete.

Due to threats against such athletes, it's a rare - and important - portrait, at a pivotal moment.

Kudos to Abi &amp; <a href="/GinaFerazzi/">Gina Ferazzi</a> for letting us in.

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Strip gay-rights icon Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship? California leaders are furious ā€œThey want us to go away, to go back in the closet, not to be part of public life,ā€ said Senator Scott Wiener. ā€œAnd we’re not going anywhere.ā€ latimes.com/california/sto…

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Follow along for ongoing coverage of the protests around U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area. latimes.com/california/liv…

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New from me and Kevin Rector: California will sue Trump over ā€œunlawful, unpredecentedā€ National Guard deployment during immigration protests latimes.com/politics/story…

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Trump lawyers call California effort to block L.A. military deployment a dangerous ā€˜stunt’ latimes.com/politics/story…

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L.A. law enforcement's treatment of journalists during protests is once again under scrutiny latimes.com/california/sto…

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California Sen. Alex Padilla was detained and handcuffed Thursday morning by the U.S. Secret Service at Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles. latimes.com/california/liv…

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A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Trump administration to ā€œreturn controlā€ of the California National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom after the president issued an extraordinary order deploying them to L.A. latimes.com/politics/story…

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"President George Washington offered a very different model of an American parade—one better suited for a moment that tested the nation’s founding principles," T. H. Breen writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Troops in plainclothes practice for Trump’s big military parade tomorrow in swampy DC heat. Anyone from California in DC like me and want to chat about what brought you here? DM me.

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Former LAPD chief Michel Moore writes an op-ed for NYT calling Trump’s deployment of military troops to L.A. a ā€œtactically unsoundā€ mistake. nytimes.com/2025/06/13/opi…

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ā€œI’m bilingual, but that doesn’t mean that I have to be picked out, like ā€˜This guys seems Latino; this guy seems a little bit dirty.’ I’m working, guys. I’m an American. We work.ā€ Strong story on detained U.S. citizen from Brittny Mejia:

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My husband bought me a book of big Los Angeles Times front pages from 1881-1981. Much as now, the world has always been swirling madly. This one from Sept. 25, 1957 — of another U.S. president deploying troops to an American city — stood out to me as I flipped through this afternoon.

My husband bought me a book of big <a href="/latimes/">Los Angeles Times</a> front pages from 1881-1981.

Much as now, the world has always been swirling madly.

This one from Sept. 25, 1957 — of another U.S. president deploying troops to an American city — stood out to me as I flipped through this afternoon.