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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

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Trump's planned appearance bringing renewed scrutiny to annual correspondents' dinner

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New York Times says FBI investigated reporter after article about director Kash Patel's girlfriend

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Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

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Trump orders US military to 'shoot and kill' Iranian small boats choking Strait of Hormuz

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4 Democrats running for San Diego City Council in South Bay clash on sewage crisis, budget and San Ysidro

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Houston changes ordinance limiting cooperation with ICE after pressure from governor

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Kalshi fines and suspends 3 congressional candidates for wagering on their own elections

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Democrats demand Trump administration halt plan to collect federal workers' health data

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Federal appeals court blocks California law requiring federal agents to wear identification

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County OKs partnership with Mexican Consulate to provide more resources for immigrants

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Rep. David Scott, a Georgia Democrat seeking his 13th term in Congress, dies at age 80

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ICE detains the wife of an Army sergeant in Texas as military family leniency wanes

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Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls

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Trump renews his call for Congress to intervene and pass legislation to control college sports

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Dr. Oz announces a 50-state audit of Medicaid program oversight

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Federal judge strikes down some Trump administration actions that have slowed clean energy projects

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Republicans launch a new effort to fund the Department of Homeland Security

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Human Rights Campaign targets battleground districts during broader reckoning over LGBTQ+ rights

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Southern Poverty Law Center charged with defrauding donors with payments to extremist informants

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US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

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In county charter overhaul push, Lawson-Remer floats, then walks back letting supervisors live outside their districts

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Warsh says he got no pressure from Trump to cut rates even as president publicly pushes for them

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Trump and other top Republicans will read passages in a marathon Bible event

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Trump says the US will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request

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Pennsylvania court overturns limits on Medicaid coverage for abortions

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Betty Yee drops out of crowded California governor race

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