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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

Republicans score rare blue-to-red flip in Maine during midterm landslide

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Trump bluntly tells JD Vance to shift focus from Iran to targeting 'corruption and crime' at home

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US returns over $12 billion in oil proceeds to Venezuela since Maduro's ouster, report says

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Trump administration will fund new research on controversial psychedelic drug ibogaine

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Black voters view Scott Colom's historic US Senate win through lens of Mississippi's racial legacy

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Hegseth awards soldier who scolded him and his aides at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects

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ICE reports record-high immigration arrests and deportations since Trump's return to White House

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Map: How blue is California's new House delegation, with 2 seats still undecided

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Senators probing RFK Jr.'s testimony on Samoa trip after AP and Guardian showed documents refute it

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Usually private, Melania Trump steps into the spotlight after the midterm election

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Democrats flock to Denver for a post-midterms introspection-turned-celebration

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Midterm wave sets a course for 'Medicare for All' Fight

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Alaska judge rules request by Peltola campaign for ballot data in Senate race 'not reasonable'

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Peanut the squirrel's former owner has been detained by ICE and could be deported

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Trump administration plans to make it harder to get grocery assistance

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Democrat Scott Colom elected Mississippi's first Black senator since Reconstruction

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Hegseth and staff reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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Report: FBI raids homes of political consultant, union leader

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White House faces unusual obstacle on confirming Trump judges: other Republicans

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Trump administration to pursue public land sales and a decrease in federal ownership

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Trump says the towering arch he wants to be build might be dedicated to military veterans

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Judge allows Trump defamation case against BBC to proceed but tosses 1 claim

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Analysts weigh how Democrats' midterm wins could shift Trump's Latin America policy

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Biden says he wouldn't have run for a second term in 2024 if he knew he had cancer

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Bessent moves to a military base over safety concerns, an AP source says

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How Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's extramarital affair could cause collateral damage in Washington

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White House confronts Democrats over planned probes, claiming possible 'criminality'

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent calls for more balanced US-China trade ties ahead of Trump-Xi talks

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Judge weighs lawsuit brought by Peltola campaign over absentee ballots in Alaska's US Senate race

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San Diego is reviving a popular sidewalk repair fee waiver that reduced injuries, lawsuits

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Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump's misgivings after the GOP's midterm wipeout

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Democrat Farias claims victory in 74th Assembly District race in San Diego, Orange counties

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Elliott declares victory over Bruce-Lane in Senate District 40

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San Diego's first female lifeguard captain sues city, alleging she was ignored in chief appointment

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Kennedy family members ask a judge to block Trump's Arlington memorial arch

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More than a dozen key races remain too early to call one week after Election Day

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Lawmakers demand answers after Haitian boy placed in custody following ICE appointment in San Diego

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Bernie Sanders won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it's time for change

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House Oversight Committee criticizes Trump administration over release of Epstein records

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A note to '46': Donald Trump's private message to Joe Biden emerges in new White House memoir

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Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around

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Redistricting battle could spill into 2028

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Faced with influx, prosecutor in Washington says he lacks resources to defend immigration cases

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Democrats have gained control in more states. That could change the way the US elects its president

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Here are some of the House seats that Democrats didn't expect to win this year

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority

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Senate Republicans vote to keep John Thune as leader after steep election losses

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UN body agrees to postpone review of US rights record after Trump administration snub

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UFC's Dana White appears with Trump at a White House briefing — but won't be his press secretary

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San Diego's plan to reap millions from naming rights facing questions about decreased scrutiny

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House Republicans quash effort to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth

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$4.2B Midway Rising project approved after 7-hour city council session

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Ballots are still being counted. Here are San Diego County's closest races.

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Election results: California voters reject proposed billionaires tax

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A significant energy bill on Capitol Hill advances. It includes rules for data centers

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Democrat Eileen Laubacher declares victory over Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 4th Congressional District

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Thune and Schumer face questions about Senate leadership in aftermath of elections

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Trump after meeting with Qatari PM says he believes war with Iran is militarily 'effectively over'

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Feud between former Trump officials exposes divisions over MAHA movement after midterm losses

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Supreme Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend to resume

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Democrats plan to use new power to rein in Trump's education agenda, but their tools are limited

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After saying deportation policy was too tough, Trump now says it's 'very strong,' rejects 'amnesty'

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Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky launches bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

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Senate advances sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections

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Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump's fossil fuel agenda

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Joe Biden, in White House memoir, says Trump should carry the weight of Jan. 6 riots 'to his grave'

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Native American women made history in tribal, state and federal elections

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Trump and his Justice Department stand defiant as Democrats ready an investigative blitz

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Congress returns to a changed Washington after GOP's election wipeout

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Trump says he was just kidding about making UFC's Dana White his press secretary

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Deportation flight of Iranians from US scuttled at last minute, attorney says

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Santee voters leaning toward rejecting 1-cent general sales tax

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Trump says his deportation policy 'might have been too tough' for voters in the election

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Rubio says Trump's war against Iran not 'necessarily popular' but needed to stop a nuclear threat

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With tax-hike, charter rewrite measures nearing victory, San Diego County leaders eye vast new powers — and money

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Michael Smolens: City and county governments are moving in disparate directions

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San Diego City Council to review Flock, other surveillance tech sooner than expected

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US Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots

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Secret Service arrests man near White House after he said he heard voices telling him to kill Trump

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Why it's still too early to call the US Senate race in Mississippi

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Pope 'proud to be an American' after US elections, and credits God and doctors with cancer rebound

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Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy discharged from the hospital after stroke

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Stephen Miller replaces Susie Wiles as Trump's White House chief of staff after GOP's midterm defeat

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2 Justice Department officials resign, including US attorney who oversaw 'grand conspiracy' probe

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Trump's arch is blocked for now, but a glitzy new website highlights the plans

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Democratic candidates with a Christian message help flip Congress

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Latino voters swing left in midterm elections, lifting Democrats to big wins in Texas and nationwide

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San Diego declares $300M structural deficit gone, says no more budget cuts needed after three ugly years

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New limits on federal student loans are steering many borrowers toward private lenders

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Republicans rammed through Supreme Court nominees. Now Democrats will have the votes to stop them

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Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator who was part of a dynasty, dies at 89

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As Congress returns to Democrats, one likely casualty emerges: Trump's District of Columbia projects

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AI data centers took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants

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Michael Smolens: Gloria recall effort — passion, political intrigue and very big hurdles

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Rubio weighs leaving administration after GOP's midterm loss

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Hegseth to face impeachment vote as early as next week

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Iowa Democrat wins state House race despite suspending campaign in September

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Hegseth is not under consideration as jockeying begins for Tennessee Senate seat, AP source says

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Trump administration sues Penn State over in-state tuition for students in the US illegally

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