Kevin Rector

@kevrector

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

Los Angeles, CA

Joined May 2011

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 21

California sues Trump for blocking undocumented immigrants from ‘public benefit’ programs latimes.com/politics/story…

kevrector's tweet card. The Trump administration barred undocumented immigrants from Head Start and other federal benefit programs — a move California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta called 'cruel.'

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Congressman Robert Garcia@RepRobertGarcia · Jul 19

We have been in touch with Andry Hernández Romero’s legal team and they have confirmed he is out of CECOT and back in Venezuela. We are grateful he is alive and are engaged with both the State Department and his team.

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 18

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DDaniel Goldman@danielsgoldman · Jul 18

Nice try @AGPamBondi. What about videos, photographs and other recordings? What about FBI 302’s (witness interviews)? What about texts and emails? That’s where the evidence about Trump and others will be. Grand jury testimony will only relate to Epstein and Maxwell.

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 17

It's the latest attempt by Dems, health experts & LGBTQ+ orgs to challenge what they see as an inexplicable yet coordinated effort by the Trump admin to dismantle initiatives aimed at controlling & ending one of the most devastating epidemics in history. latimes.com/politics/story…

kevrector's tweet card. In a letter, the Long Beach Democrat asked Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to produce documents around cuts to HIV/AIDS funding under the Trump administration.

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 17

Justice Department requests lists of all noncitizen inmates being held in California jails (w/ @ConnorASheets): latimes.com/politics/story…

kevrector's tweet card. The U.S. Justice Department asked California counties to provide lists of all non-U.S. citizen inmates in their jails, ratcheting up the Trump administration's challenge to sanctuary policies.

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 15

Trump accuses Schiff of mortgage fraud, which Schiff calls false ‘political retaliation’ A Fannie Mae memo reviewed by @latimes outlines what it calls “a sustained pattern of possible occupancy misrepresentation.” Story w/ @laura_nelson here: latimes.com/politics/story…

kevrector's tweet image. Trump accuses Schiff of mortgage fraud, which Schiff calls false ‘political retaliation’

A Fannie Mae memo reviewed by @latimes outlines what it calls “a sustained pattern of possible occupancy misrepresentation.”

Story w/ @laura_nelson here:

latimes.com/politics/story…

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 14

ICE arrested her selling tamales at Lowes. Then she suffered a heart attack. 'I told them: I can't breathe' latimes.com/california/sto…

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jul 12

Federal judge temporarily halts alleged indiscriminate immigration stops latimes.com/california/sto…

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jul 7

California, 17 other states challenge ‘suspicionless’ stops by masked ICE agents in L.A. latimes.com/california/sto…

kevrector's tweet card. California and a coalition of 17 other states have backed a lawsuit calling for an end to unconstitutional immigration stops in Los Angeles.

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The New York Times@nytimes · Jun 27

Breaking News: The Supreme Court said schools must allow parents to opt children out of classes where LGBTQ storybooks are discussed. nyti.ms/3ZUfp9Y

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L.A. Times Politics@latimespolitics · Jun 27

Supreme Court rules for Trump, limits district judges' power to block his orders nationwide latimes.com/politics/story…

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Kevin Rector@kevrector · Jun 27

Previous story on the California outrage over this idea when it was first floated: latimes.com/california/sto…

SSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth@SecDef · Jun 27

I am pleased to announce that the United States Navy is renaming the USNS Harvey Milk to the USNS Oscar V. Peterson. We are taking the politics out of ship naming.

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Los Angeles Times@latimes · Jun 27

Trump administration restores funds for HIV prevention following outcry latimes.com/science/story/…

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