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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

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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John Thune reelected as Senate Republican leader after tense day of discussions about midterm defeats

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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 nears test vote on impeaching Hegseth as he decries 'political spectacle'

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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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Hegseth allows National Guard to boost DC patrols with military vehicles, boats and patrol cars

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Trump makes the Oval Office a national monument. But future presidents can still redecorate

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In Los Angeles mayoral race, incumbent Bass concedes to progressive Raman, pledges smooth transition

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US escalates economic campaign against Cuba and targets China-based suppliers

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Senate Democrats will not let Trump put a 'right-winger' on the Supreme Court, Schumer vows

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Democrats' victory was clear. The party's future is not

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Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms and came up short

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What races the AP has not yet called in contests for Senate and governor

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Harmeet Dhillon exits after radical overhaul of Justice Department's Civil Rights Division

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Trump administration held talks with Iran on deporting Iranians during the war

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'JD, habibi.' Arabs celebrate El-Sayed's use of a term of affection in his victory speech

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Trump meets with top Putin envoy at the White House — but not visiting Ukrainian officials

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Black voters help propel Democrats, including history makers, in sweeping midterm victories

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'A beautifully American story': El-Sayed's historic Senate victory resonates with Muslim Americans

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After midterm loss, Trump is left to weigh his next move in Iran war that contributed to GOP debacle

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Republicans were punished in the midterms for Trump's economic policies, The AP Voter Poll shows

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The 'long process' of getting the nuclear waste out of San Onofre shows signs of life

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Federal judge orders 14-day delay on any work beginning on Trump's monumental arch

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Court weighs Trump's appeal in the Stormy Daniels hush money case

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After taking control of Congress, Democrats vow major probes into Trump's 'tentacles of corruption'

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Assembly race between Davies, Farias one of state's closest; Elliott leads Senate District 40

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'We have a lot of leverage': What San Diego's members of Congress want to accomplish with their party's new majority

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Alaskans wait for more votes in US Senate, governor's races. Both could go to ranked tabulations

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Lockheed Martin to pay $29.5 million to settle federal claims it discriminated against white workers

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La Mesa mayor and city treasurer races both too close to call

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Two San Marcos races have paper-thin margins

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Billionaire Leon Black sues U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia for defamation over Epstein comments

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Democrats' election rout is poised to dramatically reorder federal health policy

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FACT FOCUS: False claims of rigged elections are limited as midterm vote heavily favors Democrats

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City closes affordable housing loophole in Midway Rising deal

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Backlash against City Hall helped two outsiders win San Diego council seats, but it wasn't enough for reformer Bailey

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El-Sayed says Michigan rejected 'hateful, spiteful campaign' after months of Republican attacks

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The 2028 election season begins as both parties navigate midterm fallout

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Mississippi election results: Hyde-Smith, Colom separated by only 43 votes. Now what?

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Vance tries to distance himself from Iran war after GOP's deep losses in midterm elections

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Which Senate, governors races are still uncalled by The Associated Press

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Trump talks about the White House ballroom project, not the midterms, in extended public comments

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Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House

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Speaker Johnson won't seek reelection as House Republican leader after party's midterm losses

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