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A Colorado judge affixes a price to spreading the former president’s ‘Big Lie.’

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Column: How George McGovern and a campaign 50 years ago helped poison today’s politics

U.S. to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs
Alex Jones and Roger Stone subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee
In Africa, Blinken sees limits of U.S. influence abroad
Biden renominates Powell as Fed chair, Brainard tapped as vice chair
Latino, Asian American, LGBTQ activists: They want to shape California’s congressional maps
Our oldest president just turned 79. He might have something to learn from the second-oldest
Marathon McCarthy speech highlights GOP leader’s play for speaker

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California has a new battle plan against environmental injustice. The nation is watching

L.A. Unified nears a choice on its next superintendent at a critical moment for students
After decades in California politics, Allan Zaremberg has some parting advice for the GOP
Buscaino aims for November 2022 for anti-camping ballot measure after council defers action
Police Commission backs a 12% increase in LAPD budget for next year
California officials release long-awaited report on troubled state testing lab

Electric cars, climate credit schemes, diverse boardrooms and legal weed: How California exports its ideas and policies across the U.S.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding guidance for which Americans should receive booster shots.

Politics and the Pandemic

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Biden calls vaccine for kids ‘giant step’ to defeat pandemic
Supreme Court declines to block Maine’s COVID vaccine mandate for health workers
Thousands of state workers are unvaccinated. California isn’t testing half of them for COVID as required
California’s job growth took a hit as the Delta variant spread

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