(Subscription required) As Los Angeles County's presiding judge, Sergio C. Tapia II is navigating a court system under immense strain while advancing reforms in technology, remote access, and self-help processes.

Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say they are on TikTok and YouTube almost constantly. At the same time, 64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about 3 in 10 who do so daily.

(Subscription required) U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi  Grant the leader of the 34-county prosecutorial office in August shortly after she ousted the acting U.S.

Senior U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer ruled that deployment was illegal — a decision that was challenged and ultimately reversed by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The court said the esoteric law Trump invoked to wrest command of the Guard from the governor afforded him “a great level of deference” to determine whether a rebellion was underway in Los Angeles, as the Justice Department claimed at the time.