Laura King
@laureking.bsky.social
Former international correspondent, Los Angeles Times. Did it as long as I could!
Here in Europe it’s branded as No Tyrants rather than No Kings, but Toulouse, France, got into the spirit of the day…
October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here in Europe it’s branded as No Tyrants rather than No Kings, but Toulouse, France, got into the spirit of the day…
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It happened overnight in Europe, too late for covers, but here’s online now, one example each from Spain, UK, Italy and Germany. Links in alt text.
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It happened overnight in Europe, too late for covers, but here’s online now, one example each from Spain, UK, Italy and Germany. Links in alt text.
Got a DC crime emergency here — standing on the left on a Metro escalator.
August 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Got a DC crime emergency here — standing on the left on a Metro escalator.
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300. And we know about fewer than 100 so far.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
NEW: The Trump administration swiftly cancelled dozens of international student visas Friday at Stanford and University of California campuses, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and UC San Diego. One UC San Diego student was taken into custody at the border for deportation: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration cancels more than a dozen international student visas at University of California, Stanford
Amid a national sweep over student visas that has hit colleges across the U.S., the Trump administration on Friday canceled more than a dozen international student visas at the University of Californi...
www.latimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
300. And we know about fewer than 100 so far.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
The war on free speech escalates alongside the war on immigrants. They want to reduce the number of foreign students.
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E&P - The Voice of America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnected, and no way to reach editors—leaving many in a state of uncertainty. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/voic...
Voice of America turmoil through the eyes of veteran VOA journalist Steve Herman - Editor and Publisher
Voice of America (VOA), the U.S. government-funded international broadcaster, is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnecte...
www.editorandpublisher.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
E&P - The Voice of America is facing an unprecedented crisis. Journalists have been cut off from their newsrooms—emails shut down, phones disconnected, and no way to reach editors—leaving many in a state of uncertainty. www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/voic...
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Tesla, the supposed future of clean energy, isn’t just making money by selling electric cars—it’s making a fortune off a regulatory loophole.
The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game
The car company’s big business in regulatory credits shows Musk’s mantra has always been “Government handouts for me, not for thee.”
newrepublic.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Tesla, the supposed future of clean energy, isn’t just making money by selling electric cars—it’s making a fortune off a regulatory loophole.
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The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature, Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak writes.
Commentary: Elon Musk brought a Silicon Valley mindset to Trump's Washington. It's been a disaster
The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature.
www.latimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The fancifully named Department of Government Efficiency is grounded in a fundamental misapprehension of how the federal government works. The recklessness and destruction is not a bug but a feature, Times columnist Mark Z. Barabak writes.
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A lot has happened at the L.A. Times, some of it taking the focus away from our excellent journalism.
If you want to know what's really going on, I'd suggest you keep an eye on the Guild Eagle. First issue written by me:
latguild.com/news/2025/2/...
If you want to know what's really going on, I'd suggest you keep an eye on the Guild Eagle. First issue written by me:
latguild.com/news/2025/2/...
The Guild Eagle: What's really happening at the L.A. Times? — L.A. Times Guild - Los Angeles Times Guild
We need your help to keep delivering the best coverage of our city.
latguild.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A lot has happened at the L.A. Times, some of it taking the focus away from our excellent journalism.
If you want to know what's really going on, I'd suggest you keep an eye on the Guild Eagle. First issue written by me:
latguild.com/news/2025/2/...
If you want to know what's really going on, I'd suggest you keep an eye on the Guild Eagle. First issue written by me:
latguild.com/news/2025/2/...
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New today on @latimes.com: An hour by hour account of the first 24 hours of the Palisades and Eaton fires. Thank you to all the people who relived some truly harrowing moments for this story: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
The start of the Palisades and Eaton fires: 24 hours that changed Los Angeles
'Mom, are we going to have to run?' Here's how the first 24 hours of our unprecedented conflagration unfolded across L.A. County
www.latimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New today on @latimes.com: An hour by hour account of the first 24 hours of the Palisades and Eaton fires. Thank you to all the people who relived some truly harrowing moments for this story: www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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NEW: California’s burning and its political foes are practically dancing in the flames and reveling in the ashes.
The response from Trump and many allies has been utterly devoid of caring or compassion.
It’s not just unseemly. It’s unprecedented.
And cruel.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
The response from Trump and many allies has been utterly devoid of caring or compassion.
It’s not just unseemly. It’s unprecedented.
And cruel.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Column: Compassion and decency are lost amid wildfires as California foes seek cheap political points
In their haste to politicize one of the worst natural disasters in California history, Donald Trump and many allies haven't even bothered offering ritual hopes and prayers. Their callous response is u...
www.latimes.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NEW: California’s burning and its political foes are practically dancing in the flames and reveling in the ashes.
The response from Trump and many allies has been utterly devoid of caring or compassion.
It’s not just unseemly. It’s unprecedented.
And cruel.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
The response from Trump and many allies has been utterly devoid of caring or compassion.
It’s not just unseemly. It’s unprecedented.
And cruel.
www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Hard not to escape the conclusion that the Korean political system is more resilient than the US system
December 14, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Hard not to escape the conclusion that the Korean political system is more resilient than the US system
I mean it’s Belgium what was I supposed to do
December 12, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I mean it’s Belgium what was I supposed to do
My lovely mom would have been 99 today. Still miss her.
December 12, 2024 at 12:37 PM
My lovely mom would have been 99 today. Still miss her.
There’s something so calming about wintertime flora.
December 12, 2024 at 10:14 AM
There’s something so calming about wintertime flora.
Across the Ardennes Forest region of Luxembourg, Belgium and France, communities commemorate the start of the Battle of the Bulge, 80 years ago next week. My dad was there. It’s fading from living memory, but local people still stage memorials to Americans who served. They thank us; we thank them.
December 9, 2024 at 9:49 AM
Across the Ardennes Forest region of Luxembourg, Belgium and France, communities commemorate the start of the Battle of the Bulge, 80 years ago next week. My dad was there. It’s fading from living memory, but local people still stage memorials to Americans who served. They thank us; we thank them.
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⚡️Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was posthumously honored on Dec. 6 with the Prix Voltaire Special Award at the 34th International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, PEN Ukraine reported.
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina posthumously receives Prix Voltaire Special Award
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was posthumously honored with the Special Prix Voltaire Award at the 34th International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, PEN Ukraine reported on Dec. 6.
kyivindependent.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 AM
⚡️Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was posthumously honored on Dec. 6 with the Prix Voltaire Special Award at the 34th International Publishers Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, PEN Ukraine reported.
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Turkish media are distributing footage of Syrians returning to Damascus after the rebels overthrew the Assad regime.
Kilometer-long traffic jams formed on the roads leading to the Syrian capital.
Source:
t.me/c/1174496297...
Turkish media are distributing footage of Syrians returning to Damascus after the rebels overthrew the Assad regime.
Kilometer-long traffic jams formed on the roads leading to the Syrian capital.
Source:
t.me/c/1174496297...
December 9, 2024 at 5:38 AM
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Turkish media are distributing footage of Syrians returning to Damascus after the rebels overthrew the Assad regime.
Kilometer-long traffic jams formed on the roads leading to the Syrian capital.
Source:
t.me/c/1174496297...
Turkish media are distributing footage of Syrians returning to Damascus after the rebels overthrew the Assad regime.
Kilometer-long traffic jams formed on the roads leading to the Syrian capital.
Source:
t.me/c/1174496297...
I don’t know how I was unaware that there is a little Victorian-era apiary in the Luxembourg Gardens, but there you have it.
December 6, 2024 at 4:01 PM
I don’t know how I was unaware that there is a little Victorian-era apiary in the Luxembourg Gardens, but there you have it.
Hostage situation? This seems like a smart take…https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/opinion/france-marine-le-pen.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Opinion | Marine Le Pen Is Holding France Hostage
The government’s fall shows the strength of the far right.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Hostage situation? This seems like a smart take…https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/opinion/france-marine-le-pen.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Despite some grumbling about the planned presence of a ‘personage vulgaire’ at such an august national occasion, many French thought President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to Trump was smart, pragmatic diplomacy. ‘Our president is preserving the relationship,’ one Paris pensioner told me.
December 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Despite some grumbling about the planned presence of a ‘personage vulgaire’ at such an august national occasion, many French thought President Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to Trump was smart, pragmatic diplomacy. ‘Our president is preserving the relationship,’ one Paris pensioner told me.
In advance of Notre Dame’s reopening, French newspapers reminisced about Trump’s real-time suggestion during the devastating 2019 fire that ‘flying water tankers’ be used to douse the flames. Experts said that would have risked a total collapse.
December 4, 2024 at 5:55 PM
In advance of Notre Dame’s reopening, French newspapers reminisced about Trump’s real-time suggestion during the devastating 2019 fire that ‘flying water tankers’ be used to douse the flames. Experts said that would have risked a total collapse.
Five years after fire ravaged the medieval masterpiece, Notre Dame is set for this weekend’s grand reopening. President-elect Trump is among the VIP invitees.
December 4, 2024 at 5:52 PM
Five years after fire ravaged the medieval masterpiece, Notre Dame is set for this weekend’s grand reopening. President-elect Trump is among the VIP invitees.
Even from a safe distance, Iceland’s current ‘small’ volcanic eruption is impressive…but authorities say tourists often try to get too close
December 1, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Even from a safe distance, Iceland’s current ‘small’ volcanic eruption is impressive…but authorities say tourists often try to get too close