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New details reveal more about the state of fear and panic on the Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Since he was barred from major social media channels, former President Trump’s power to shape the national conversation is being tested.
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Citing religious freedom, Santa Clara County residents objected to state restrictions on Bible study gatherings in homes. The Supreme Court agreed.
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President Biden ordered a study of adding seats to the Supreme Court, creating a commission that will examine expanding the court and instituting term limits for its justices.
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President Biden’s border coordinator Roberta Jacobson will step down at the end of the month, as the administration struggles to deal with an increase in migrants at the southern border.
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The House ethics panel will investigate Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz after allegations of sex trafficking involving girls. He says he will keep his seat.
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In the first installment of his budget, Biden proposes a 16% increase in domestic spending, saying vital programs have been starved for years.
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The mission of U.S. forces in Iraq has shifted to training and advisory roles, U.S. and Iraq officials say, but there’s no withdrawal agreement.
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Reports of the state’s decline and fall are a cyclical staple. Blame it on envy and partisanship
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An associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz is working toward a plea deal with prosecutors in a sex trafficking investigation, potentially escalating Gaetz’s legal jeopardy.
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In his first major gun control measures since taking office, President Joe Biden announced executive actions Thursday aimed at addressing what the White House calls a “gun violence public health epidemic.”
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Members of the #KHive respond with venom when they think someone has dismissed or insulted the vice president.
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It’s unlikely that another coronavirus surge would overwhelm California’s hospital system, experts say
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Newsom and legislative leaders unveiled a proposal to boost firefighting and prevention, including vegetation management and building fire-resistant structures.
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Newsom has been too slow in allowing Californians to return to normal, everyday life, columnist George Skelton writes.
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Rep. Katie Hill resigned after media outlets published nude pictures of her without her consent.
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Caitlyn Jenner has many admirable qualities, but running a state of 40 million people is something else entirely.
In Depth
Biden’s proposals would require background checks for ‘ghost guns,’ encourage state red-flag laws and more. Yet they stop short of what advocates seek.
With gun limits facing opposition in Congress, President Biden will take executive actions after mass killings in his first weeks in office.
Progressives demand Biden leave out the long-standing ban on federal funding of abortion in his first presidential budget,
As federal agents investigate Rep. Matt Gaetz in a sex-trafficking inquiry, the scandal is fast becoming an inflection moment for the post-Trump Republican Party.
President Biden touted his $2.3-trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday, hoping to summon public support to push past the Republicans lining up against the massive effort.
Politics and the Pandemic
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A California bill would create BankCal, offering free financial services to the “unbanked” and “underbanked,” whose low wages often are eaten up by high fees
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s political survival hinges on how Californians feel about their lives and their governor in the fall when they will probably cast their ballots. And already, voters are more confident about the future — and Newsom — as vaccinations increase in the state and more people begin to envision a return to normal life.
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The First Lady visited a landmark of the United Farm Workers to highlight vaccinations of field laborers on César Chávez Day.
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The White House says it is dedicating another $10 billion to try to drive up vaccination rates in low-income, minority and rural enclaves.
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Online conspiracy theorists have pivoted their focus to a “new world order” - a cabal of global elites they say include vaccine proponents, Biden and Gov. Newsom.
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“We’ve never seen an epidemic that was polarized politically before,” said Robert J. Blendon, a health policy scholar at Harvard.
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Democrats often think higher turnout always helps them, but in 2020, Trump turned out many conservative, Latino voters who had sat out previous elections.
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Most Angelenos are familiar with the L.A. River. But much of the city actually drains into the Pacific through Ballona Creek.
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Coke or Pepsi? In Georgia, it depends on your politics as a new voting law spotlights the role of corporations.
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Recall effort notwithstanding, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s hard-core opposition is about the same size as it was when he was elected in 2018.
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After serving in Johnson’s Cabinet, Clark set up a private law practice in New York in which he championed civil rights and fought the death penalty.
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The United States is urging the international community to take “concrete action” against the military in Myanmar — including an arms embargo and sanctions against its holding companies and those who profit from them.
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Sen. Joe Manchin III, who holds views across cultural lines, confounds the rigid antagonisms that keep us locked in partisan battles at any cost.
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California lawmakers are advancing what they call commonsense legislation requiring two state agencies to share information aimed at helping stop billions of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment fraud
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Former VP Mike Pence has a deal to write two books. The first, an autobiography, will detail his journey from Indiana to the Trump White House.
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The Biden administration says it has resumed assistance to the Palestinians, most of which former President Trump had eliminated.
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The Biden administration argues that higher corporate tax rates would ultimately help an ailing economy.
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As April 15 draws near, let’s focus our collective anger on the millions of tax cheats who don’t pay what they owe.
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It’s looking a lot like 2003: Caitlyn Jenner, decathlete-turned-reality star, is reportedly eyeing a run for governor as Newsom faces recall.
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Legislation by Assemblyman Marc Levine (D-San Rafael) would place a $25 excise tax on retailers for the sale of each new gun and an as-yet-undetermined levy on ammo sales to raise millions of dollars for violence prevention programs.
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Arkansas lawmakers have made the state the first to ban gender-confirming treatments and surgery for transgender youth, enacting the prohibition over the governor’s objections.
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The department said it would formally begin the process to amend federal rules around Title IX, the federal law that forbids sexual discrimination in education.
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Citing religious freedom, Santa Clara County residents objected to state restrictions on Bible study gatherings in homes. The Supreme Court agreed.
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Since he was barred from major social media channels, former President Trump’s power to shape the national conversation is being tested.
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New details reveal more about the state of fear and panic on the Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Members of the #KHive respond with venom when they think someone has dismissed or insulted the vice president.
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President Biden’s border coordinator Roberta Jacobson will step down at the end of the month, as the administration struggles to deal with an increase in migrants at the southern border.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, with Gov. Gavin Newsom, visited a water plant in Oakland on Monday to promote the administration’s infrastructure plan.
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After more than two months of living in temporary housing, Vice President Kamala Harris will soon move into her official residence in Washington.
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Kamala Harris will make a third trip home to California since taking office, the first on official business: selling the Biden infrastructure plan.
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Essential Politics: Kamala Harris is taking on the migration issue, but staying away from the border
Essential Politics: Kamala Harris is taking on the migration issue, but staying away from the border
The vice president has her first solo assignment, but she’s struggling to clarify exactly what she’s responsible for.
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The former California senator has backed off the bold promises she made as a presidential candidate, falling in line with President Biden
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