Los Angeles Times
Staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, covering Orange County
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Nicole Santa Cruz
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FROM Nicole Santa Cruz
Which Way, L.A.?
Who'll Get the Crystal Cathedral? Televangelist Robert Schuller's Chrystal Cathedral is bankrupt, and Schuller's family runs a board of directors that recently changed its mind about selling the complex for $50 million or more. But the lack of donor response suggests that the family has lost the confidence of the congregation. Last week, the official committee of creditors threatened to sue if the board continues to block the sale.
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Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
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Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.