Sen. Hagel’s wife to back Obama
- Share via
The wife of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska plans to endorse Democrat Barack Obama. Lilibet Hagel has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference in Alexandria today with Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of Republican President Eisenhower.
Lilibet Hagel told the Associated Press that her decision was independent of her husband and that she didn’t know if he would endorse anyone.
She said that it would be her first endorsement of a Democrat and that perilous world conditions were a factor.
The Hagels live in Washington’s Virginia suburbs.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
