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The leaders’ talks will focus on economic and security threats from China, as well as battling climate change and deterring nuclear-armed North Korea.
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The memo allows Justice Department prosecutors to more easily use the tool, which mandates changes at some police departments and other agencies.
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Biden says his proposals are bipartisan because voters of both parties support them. But do they? The evidence is mixed.
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Biden signs emergency determination that officials say will speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but leaves Trump’s cap of 15,000 refugees in place.
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The Constitution leaves it to Congress to decide on how many justices will serve on the Supreme Court.
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Republican leaders of Congress have been making the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump, with the notable exception of Mitch McConnell.
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Republicans capped state and local tax deductions in 2017. California Democrats aren’t joining their East Coast colleagues in insisting on a fix now.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has arrived in Washington for talks with President Biden meant to show the strength of the two nations’ security alliance.
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Biden was joined by Vice President Harris, herself an American of Asian descent, in the meeting Thursday at the White House with the members of Congress.
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The legislation would add four seats to the Supreme Court in a bid designed to counter its rightward tilt during the Trump administration.
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Nicaraguan American Nora Sandigo helps children who have crossed the border on their own to join families in the U.S.
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Some 44 million Americans collectively hold about $1.6 trillion in student loan debt, and the numbers are growing.
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The former L.A. mayor has criticized the recall effort targeting his 2018 gubernatorial foe, Gavin Newsom. But he hasn’t publicly ruled out a run.
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A key legislative committee approves bills to help overhaul the EDD’s operations as the agency apologizes for another error that interrupted payments.
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California’s congressional Democrats have the chance to demand restoration of state and local tax breaks. Will they take it?
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Bills moving forward in the state Legislature were applauded by an array of civil rights and police reform groups.
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A proposal to outlaw hydraulic fracturing and ban oil and gas wells from operating near homes, schools and healthcare facilities failed in the California Legislature.
In Depth
Biden announces sanctions on Russia for hacking federal agencies and interfering to help Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Rejoining the Paris agreement was the easy part. Now the Biden administration must choose a new goal for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that’s both ambitious and practical.
Biden has quietly relaxed one of Trump’s signature immigration bans, even as the new administration struggles to hold back a migrant surge along the border with Mexico.
Corruption underscores the challenge Harris confronts in working with leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to stem migration to the U.S.
Biden announces U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks that drew America into its longest war.
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Politics and the Pandemic
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It’s unlikely that another coronavirus surge would overwhelm California’s hospital system, experts say
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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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There’s a growing movement in Los Angeles and across the country calling for cities designed for people, not cars.
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In the post-Trump internet, online fandoms offer political figures a new kind of support with risks and rewards.
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After years of stability in their ranks, eight election officers in California counties have left since November and more are expected to follow.
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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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Federal officials say former President Trump’s 2016 campaign gave polling data to a Russian political consultant, who gave it to Russian intelligence.
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The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send a bill to the floor for the first time to study reparations for slavery and systemic racism in the U.S.
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The world’s failure to deliver vaccines to needier countries is more than a scandal; it’s a crisis. And it could come to haunt us all soon.
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Biden’s speech will come just before his 100th day in office, and will provide him an opportunity to update the American public on his progress toward fulfilling his promises.
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A bill under consideration would try to make it easier to report and prosecute hate crimes against Asian Americans.
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Angelyne and porn star Mary Carey, who ran in 2003 to replace Gov. Gray Davis, may be on the ballot again if the Gavin Newsom recall effort succeeds.
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The head of the IRS said he expects to meet the July 1 deadline for starting a groundbreaking tax program aimed at reducing child poverty.
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President Biden directed the Department of Housing and Urban Development to review Trump regulatory actions the administration says undermine the Fair Housing Act.
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President Biden has asked the Department of Education to study whether he can unilaterally forgive federally held student loan debt.
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President Biden will miss the May 1 deadline of the Trump-Taliban deal and withdraw remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11.
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President Biden spoke with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, whom he recently labeled a “killer,” and said the U.S. would act firmly to defend its interests.
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The Supreme Court weighs the rights of conservative Christians who oppose same-sex marriages.
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Biden signs emergency determination that officials say will speed refugee admissions to the U.S., but leaves Trump’s cap of 15,000 refugees in place.
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Republicans capped state and local tax deductions in 2017. California Democrats aren’t joining their East Coast colleagues in insisting on a fix now.
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President Biden has asked the Department of Education to study whether he can unilaterally forgive federally held student loan debt.
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Social media was key to the Capitol riot. Now courts are struggling with whether suspects should be banned from using the internet.
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Republican leaders of Congress have been making the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump, with the notable exception of Mitch McConnell.
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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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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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