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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

RFK Jr. unveils 'treatment first' homelessness guidelines in visit to National City

8 hours ago

Prediction markets, revolving-door lobbying targeted in proposed ethics rules for San Diego County staff

10 hours ago

Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax

10 hours ago

Pelosi says Biden's inner circle should have acted: 4 takeaways from California political summit

11 hours ago

Civil rights agency moves to drop subpoena action against Nike in DEI-related investigation

11 hours ago

San Diego reopens more than a dozen Mission Bay Park bathrooms after closure backlash

12 hours ago

US government charges 11 people in scheme to obtain green cards through sham marriages

13 hours ago

ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse

13 hours ago

Law firm with ties to Trump administration declines offer to represent migrant children

13 hours ago

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is leaving the Trump administration

12 hours ago

Lawsuit seeks to ban Trump Media from charging for early access to president's posts on US policy

15 hours ago

US strikes targeting Houthis killed 153 civilians in Yemen last year, Pentagon review says

15 hours ago

Everyone wants to 'tax the rich.' In New York City, it's getting complicated

16 hours ago

Forget left vs. center. Democratic voters are making clear they just want change

18 hours ago

California ranks as the nation's most controversial state

17 hours ago

Trump's vaccine order hands some MAHA voters a win. It also gives Democrats an attack line

20 hours ago

Governors and lawmakers say they're getting serious about states' rights

22 hours ago

Doctors say Trump's vaccine order will raise fears, cause confusion and endanger kids

22 hours ago

Trump says Secret Service and the military wanted him off Air Force One in Turkey due to threat

23 hours ago

Researchers, advocates rail against government's efforts to end workforce data collection

1 day ago

Medicaid says it will stop paying for some gender-affirming care for transgender minors

1 day ago

Judge again bars Trump administration from implementing order that sought to limit mail voting

1 day ago

ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

1 day ago

FACT FOCUS: Trump makes false claims as he signs order urging revisions around childhood vaccines

1 day ago

Pediatricians and health departments sidestep Trump's CDC on vaccine guidance

1 day ago

Government fights trade judge's order for tariff refunds to all importers

1 day ago

Trump told Ukraine it had no cards. Then Kyiv took the war to Russia

1 day ago

As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it's doubling down on Truth Social and the president

1 day ago

Groups sue the Trump administration over its targeting of the International Criminal Court

1 day ago

Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle

1 day ago

The Latest: Democratic socialist is neck and neck with moderate in Wisconsin governor primary

1 day ago

Former Air Force secretary says he'll sue Trump administration to restore his security clearance

1 day ago

Have a gripe about San Diego's city services? You'll soon have new ways to complain

1 day ago

Trump used elaborate ruse to fly out of Turkey following summit because of Iran threat, report says

1 day ago

Tuesday's takeaways: No clear direction for Wisconsin Democrats

1 day ago

Sen. Darline Graham, US Rep. Ralph Norman advance to GOP runoff for US Senate in South Carolina

1 day ago

Deadline passes for Rep. Max Miller to be replaced on Ohio ballot as he faces domestic abuse claims

2 days ago

Trump media company announces a massive loss and new turnaround effort

2 days ago

Who's endorsing whom for San Diego City Council in all-Democrat race in South Bay

2 days ago

Trump extends Jones Act waiver 90 days for foreign ships moving energy, fertilizers

2 days ago

Todd Blanche is sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation fight

2 days ago

Trump signs order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines, against medical groups' guidance

2 days ago

Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries next to feature progressive clash with Democratic establishment

2 days ago

Trump officials propose new scrutiny of food additives and ingredients

2 days ago

Washington grapples with a National Guard deployment extended until 2029

2 days ago

Ocasio-Cortez says she's freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves

2 days ago

Trump announces staff secretary Will Scharf will be his new White House counsel

2 days ago

Congressional Democrats launch probe into efforts to deport US military members and their families

2 days ago

As Barrera and Shaw compete to lead California schools, their school board histories offer hints of their plans

2 days ago

Todd Blanche is confirmed as Trump's attorney general in narrow Senate vote

2 days ago

What should become of the Lake Hodges Dam? As San Diego studies its options, local leaders worry about lake

3 days ago

Michael Smolens: San Diego appears to dodge Colorado River reductions, for now

3 days ago

Morrison bows out as National City mayor after decades of public service

4 days ago

A union-proposed ballot measure to raise Chula Vista council salaries and extend term limits collapsed under public pressure. What happened?

4 days ago

Mark Cruz to lead Indian Health Service amid staffing and infrastructure challenges

5 days ago

USPS to seek money from Congress to boost strained finances

5 days ago

Is Tesla poised to enter the San Diego robotaxi business?

5 days ago

Mississippi Senate race highlights shifting map as Democrats and Republicans battle for majority

5 days ago

Justice Samuel Alito confirms he's staying on the Supreme Court for another term

5 days ago

Federal prosecutor who was fired over years-old blog posts critical of Trump sues Justice Department

5 days ago

Plaintiff Trump gets reprieve from an order to disclose his finances in BBC case — but only for now

5 days ago

Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

5 days ago

Senate confirms Hamilton to lead FEMA and clears more than 70 other Trump nominees

5 days ago

Senate passes sweeping Russia sanctions bill negotiated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham

5 days ago

Appeals court rules Trump can't build White House ballroom without congressional approval

5 days ago

Democrats try to present a united front in Michigan after bitter primary

5 days ago

Will Mississippi send a Black Democrat to the US Senate? Scott Colom says don't count him out

5 days ago

'I'm very good at grass.' Why Trump goes into the weeds on one of his favorite topics

5 days ago

Department of Education launches probe into antisemitism at California colleges

5 days ago

Trump celebrates US Winter Olympians and Paralympians at the White House

5 days ago

Michael Smolens: Prop. 39 — An election about fraud with no evidence of fraud

5 days ago

ICE will release body camera video only when seen in the agency's 'best interests,' policy says

5 days ago

A deal with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz may require a compromise from Trump

5 days ago

Blanche wins support for attorney general from GOP Sen. Cassidy, likely paving way for confirmation

5 days ago

Another offshore wind project in California blows away

6 days ago

Louisiana school board and federal government end 61 years of segregation monitoring

6 days ago

DOGE overstated savings on federal 'receipts' website, auditors find

6 days ago

Carney says US trade talks are 'nasty' after Trump criticizes Canada's leadership

6 days ago

Union representing IRS workers asks judge to block Trump tax audit immunity deal

6 days ago

Republican Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio says Rep. Max Miller should leave House and end fall campaign

6 days ago

FACT FOCUS: A look at Trump's false and misleading claims about the Reflecting Pool

6 days ago

Trump again tries to restrict birthright citizenship after Supreme Court ruling

6 days ago

McConnell says he's leaving rehabilitation center to continue recovery at home

6 days ago

FACT FOCUS: Trump boasts about the economy but there's more to the story

6 days ago

They once condemned bad behavior in the House. Now, it's 'not my business'

6 days ago

Trump administration's latest buyback of offshore wind leases brings total to nearly $4 billion

6 days ago

Fauci contempt vote reflects the enduring politics of COVID

6 days ago

Trump's IndyCar race: Doing 200 in a 25 mph zone with manhole cover-displacing torque

6 days ago

After Michigan, Democrats' next battleground over the party's future shifts to Wisconsin

6 days ago

Trump administration moves forward with Head Start overhaul, proposing to eliminate regulations

6 days ago

Federal judge lets Utah enforce its anti-gambling laws on the prediction market Kalshi

6 days ago

People with disabilities fear service cuts as Trump's DOJ questions legal protections

6 days ago

Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

6 days ago

Tennessee voters oust Trump-backed congressman, set fall matchup for redrawn Memphis-area House seat

6 days ago

Texas judge rules that law regulating firearm suppressors and some guns can't be enforced

7 days ago

Detroit could regain Black voice in Congress with Thanedar's tumble in 13th District race

7 days ago

GOP Rep. Max Miller resists pressure to drop reelection bid as party anxiety grows over abuse claims

7 days ago

US moves to shut a Kentucky organ donation group, citing safety failures

7 days ago

A $150M contract for migrant kids' lawyers goes to a Trump-linked Texas firm, raising concerns

6 days ago

Man arrested at Trump golf course allegedly had earpiece, told agents he was there for 'security detail'

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