Wednesday, August 12

Supreme Court hears UC’s case against Trump administration’s DACA repeal

This post was updated Nov. 13 at 11:17 p.m. The Supreme Court began hearings for the University of California’s case against the repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: The University of California was the first institution to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration after the administration announced it was ending the DACA program in 2017. That lawsuit is now being heard by the Supreme Court. (Creative Commons courtesy of Wally Gobetz via Flickr)



Speakers at summit optimistic about clean-energy adoption in US

States and cities have made significant progress toward using 100% clean energy in recent years, faculty and experts said at a campus event Wednesday. The first-ever Summit on State and Local Progress Toward 100% Clean Energy, hosted by the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, featured a panel of state and local officials from across the country, as well as national environmental policy leaders. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation hosted the first-ever Summit on State and Local Progress Toward 100% Clean Energy on Wednesday. The panel discussed efforts by state and local legislatures to phase out fossil fuels in favor of clean energy. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)


Democratic National Committee pulls 6th presidential primary debate from UCLA

This post was updated Nov. 7 at 10:48 a.m. UCLA will no longer hold the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate. The Democratic National Committee asked its media partners to move the debate, planned for Dec. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will no longer host the sixth Democratic presidential primary debate following concerns raised by employee union American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)



Sixth presidential primary debate to take place at UCLA’s Royce Hall

This post was updated Nov.1 at 6:26 p.m. The sixth presidential debate will be at UCLA’s Royce Hall on Dec. 19, during winter break. The Democratic National Committee announced the debate Friday. Read more...

Photo: The sixth presidential debate will be held in Royce Hall by the UCLA School of Public Affairs on Dec. 19. Ticketing will be handled by the DNC but a limited number of tickets will be reserved for students and alumni. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Panel at Hammer Museum discusses possible consequences of impeachment

This post was updated Oct. 24 at 9:48 p.m. At a Hammer Museum event Tuesday, political and legal experts said they believe the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump could influence the results of future elections. Read more...

Photo: Michael Genovese (left), a political science professor at Loyola Marymount University, and Jessica Levinson (right), a law professor at Loyola Law School, discussed the potential outcomes of the impeachment inquiry investigating President Donald Trump. Shaniqua McClendon (middle), political director of Crooked Media, moderated the event at the Hammer Museum on Tuesday. (Kanishka Mehra/Assistant Photo editor)



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