Los Angeles mayoral race shows shift in policing debate in heavily Democratic city
CNN
In his first foray on the Los Angeles mayoral race's debate stage Tuesday night, billionaire developer Rick Caruso came out swinging as he tests whether a frustrated electorate in this heavily Democratic city will extend a chance to a former Republican turned independent who registered as a Democrat just two months ago.
The top contenders, all Democrats, had been eager for their first chance to contrast their records with their newest, big-spending rival ahead of the June primary. But Caruso, leaning on his past experience as a member of the Los Angeles Police Commission who has proposed putting an additional 1,500 officers on the street, launched a series of attacks while arguing that an outsider would be best suited to handle the city's problems.
The United States and 16 other countries whose citizens were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 are set to release a joint statement Thursday calling on Israel and Hamas to come to an agreement on the most recent ceasefire and hostages proposal, according to a US official – marking the latest move in the Biden administration’s push to bring to an end the Israel-Hamas war.