Two Months Before Deadly Blazes, LA Fire Chief Said She Needed More Firefighters—Then Karen Bass's Admin Scrubbed the Memo

'In many ways, the current staffing, deployment mode, and size … have not changed since the 1960s,' wrote Kristin Crowley

How the Left Views Langley

REVIEW: 'The CIA: An Imperial History’ by Hugh Wilford

Losing Their Religion

REVIEW: ‘If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century’ by Elliott Abrams

Putting the Thrill Back in the Spy Thriller

REVIEW: 'Gabriel's Moon' by William Boyd

Alternative Energy

REVIEW: ‘The Name of This Band is R.E.M.: A Biography’ by Peter Ames Carlin

Gavin Newsom red tape

Bureaucracy, Red Tape, and a Failed Gavin Newsom Project: Why California Moved Slowly in Wildfire Prevention

California's leaders have known for years that the plodding pace of their fire prevention efforts is a problem

CNN Editor Blames Jake Tapper For Network's $1 Billion Defamation Suit

‘The text I approved did not include the phrase “black market,”' senior editor Fuzz Hogan testified