Trump’s freeze on foreign aid, meaning of home from Angeleno who lost it

With President Trump back in the White House, Ukraine finds its once top ally has now become a wild card in its three-year war with Russia.

The U.S. has frozen billions of dollars earmarked for foreign aid, significantly hampering medical, food, and other humanitarian aid and development assistance programs overseas.

Instrumentalist and audio engineer Daniel Ramirez lost his family’s rental home in the Eaton Fire. He reflects on his sons’ learning music there, and what the disaster meant for his history of depression. 

Kelsey McKinney hosted the podcast “Normal Gossip” for two years, spilling the tea with guests and dramatizing certain details. Her lessons about gossip are now published in a new book, which combines research, personal essays, and memoirs. 

Host Madeleine Brand looks at news, culture and emerging trends through the lens of Los Angeles.