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Michael Smolens: San Diego, California push subsidies for affordable housing

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SANDAG overrules San Diego, requiring high-rise housing near 17 disputed bus stops

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Supreme Court declines to halt $800-a-day fine for ex-Fox News reporter refusing to divulge sources

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The FBI is directing hundreds of analysts to its probe of Georgia's 2020 presidential election

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A grand jury indicts Louisiana's attorney general in a fight over changes to the local courts

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ICE arrests 10,000 in 5 days, a sharp late-June surge in Trump's deportation push

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Report: Mitch McConnell was unconscious when he was hospitalized last month

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Former Olympian indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism

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Democrats accuse Trump-linked fundraisers of fraud over diverted donations for America's anniversary

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Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

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Trump administration's $46 billion 'smart wall' races ahead on the US-Mexico border

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The Supreme Court tackled race, history and the law in fraught and reflective major rulings

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Iran warns oil tankers to use approved routes in Strait of Hormuz or face a 'forceful response'

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Encinitas council member completes court diversion, ending criminal case against him

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Trump administration sues California, Virginia over new gun laws

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Democratic congressman asks the CFPB to investigate 'rent now, pay later' companies

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Crypto, real estate, watches: How Trump made over $1 billion last year

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Ex-CIA Director John Brennan seeks court order requiring records from investigations be preserved

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As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

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As the Pentagon stays quiet, AP reconstructs a US strike that killed over 100 Iranian children

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Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

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Trump administration lifts restrictions on Anthropic's Claude models after cybersecurity alarm

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Federal Reserve Chair Warsh emphasizes political independence, signals focus on inflation

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Retrofitted Qatari jet takes flight as Air Force One for Trump's trip to North Dakota

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The US, Canada and Mexico begin bumpy negotiations to renew North American trade pact

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How the Supreme Court became a pivotal force in Trump's immigration agenda

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Judge orders Pentagon to lift policy that journalists be accompanied by an escort

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Writer E. Jean Carroll calls for Trump to pay $5.8M after high court appeal fails

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San Diego uses $8.5M from developers to create long-awaited fund to preserve low-rent apartments

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Trump visits newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands

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House GOP deadlocks over Trump's demands, sending lawmakers home early

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US and Iran hold separate meetings in Qatar and agree to continue discussions

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House GOP deadlocks over Trump's demands, sending lawmakers home early

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Trump announces midterm convention for Republicans in Dallas in September

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Judge strikes down Trump administration overhaul of student loan forgiveness program

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Trump filing shows he took in about $1.2 billion from crypto businesses last year

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Another New York resident says he was warned by officers after criticizing ICE

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Vance and Rubio take different approaches as Iran tests their 2028 prospects

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The divided Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision exposes sharp rifts among justices

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Harvard professor with polarizing alien theories is picked to lead Trump administration UFO council

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NPR retracts article incorrectly reporting Justice Alito's retirement, citing 'misunderstanding'

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Trump administration seeks to stomp out all fires quickly, reviving policy that has been discredited

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Trump administration suspends funding for New York's Medicaid fraud unit

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Federal judge denies effort by Trump administration to get New Hampshire's detailed voter data

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Rights lawyers sue Ghana over third-country deportation deal with the US

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Supreme Court will consider whether laws known as assault weapons bans violate the Second Amendment

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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship, rejecting Trump's proposed limits

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Supreme Court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal

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Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams

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Alaska Supreme Court says a man with the same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan can be on primary ballot

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US envoys arrive in Qatar for meetings on Iran, with tensions high over Hormuz

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Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to be agency's permanent chief

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Trump's fixation on voting has had mixed results. He still has ways to affect November's elections

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Republican Tom Kean Jr. reveals depression diagnosis after his four-month absence from Congress

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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats longtime US House incumbent in Colorado

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Longer meetings coming to San Diego? City is boosting public participation by allowing online group presentations

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Nursing gains 'professional' label for student loans after judge's ruling, but theology now dropped

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What the Supreme Court's ruling in the Cook case means for Federal Reserve independence

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Supreme Court ruling gives a reprieve to states with grace periods for receiving mail ballots

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Iran says this. The US says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict

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Professor known for 'torture memos' will advise conspiracy probe focused on perceived Trump foes

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Supreme Court rules constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone users' location history

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Kara Swisher took Silicon Valley by force. Now she's eyeing influence in the 2028 campaign

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America split from monarchy 250 years ago. Trump's presidency is testing how far it's come

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Supreme Court says Fed's Cook can keep her job for now, but it upholds other Trump firings

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Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge

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Supreme Court will weigh Trump-backed Republican appeal to enforce Arizona voting laws

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Supreme Court rejects Trump's push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

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FACT FOCUS: A look at the Trump administration's challenge to birthright citizenship

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The Supreme Court nears the end of its term with momentous cases about Trump's power to be decided

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House Republicans are looking to get their agenda on track after a chaotic week

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US and Iran pause strikes but disagree over next steps on talks

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Michael Smolens: Questions about county raised as crucial fall sales tax vote looms

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We mapped San Diego County's voter registration, turnout and governor election results from the June primary

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San Diego is shrinking late-night hours at 35 coastal parking lots to reduce crime

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Newsom urges a national 'billionaires' tax' while fighting one in California

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Judge blocks Tennessee from reporting sick children to immigration authorities, for now

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A Trump commission urges 'bridges' between church and state in sweeping draft report

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Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after police say he was target of false report

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OpenAI limits its newest ChatGPT product to Trump-approved customers during cybersecurity review

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Touring Trump's Washington: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation's capital

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DNC plans weekend of events to focus on affordability concerns

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Vance, an admirer of Richard Nixon, says Watergate would be 'a 12-hour news story' today

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Trump threatens 100% tax on European imports if countries impose tax on digital services

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Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom

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988's LGBTQ+ hotline to relaunch this year. But the group that helped start it might be excluded

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Lawmakers subpoena billionaire Leon Black after contentious interview on Epstein payments

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Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the US-Iran deal, and challenges remain

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ATF cancels phone tracking contract after lawmakers raise concerns

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Supreme Court's ruling to end protections for Haitian, Syrian immigrants could have broader impact

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US strikes Iran to respond to attack on ship that Trump says violated ceasefire

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Judge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields

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Ex-national security adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to illegally retaining classified information

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Michael Smolens: Sens. Padilla, Schiff call out Trump's attempt to manipulate election

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