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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

Trump administration backs Kalshi, Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

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Minnesota's Legislature braces for a federal immigration fight as the enforcement surge winds down

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Pennsylvania man cleared after 43 years in prison for murder denied bail during deportation fight

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Trump is recruiting thousands of local officers to aid immigration effort. Some states are saying no

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Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president's name

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New subpoenas issued in inquiry on response to 2016 Russian election interference, AP sources say

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Strikes on 3 more alleged drug boats kill 11 people, US military says

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Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks, lawsuit argues

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Stephen Colbert says CBS lawyers pulled James Talarico interview as early voting begins in Texas

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CA regulator says its solar rules are fair, but trio of environmental groups wants to toss them out

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Infrastructure needs will cost San Diego $7.8 billion it doesn't have

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Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

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NAACP asks judge to protect against 'misuse' of voter data seized by FBI in Georgia's Fulton County

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Trump's border czar says 'small' security force will remain in Minnesota after enforcement drawdown

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Rubio plugs Orbán's bid for another term after April elections during a visit to Budapest

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With electricity bills rising, some states consider new data center laws

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It's not just Balboa Park. New parking meters across San Diego face a fierce backlash.

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Michael Smolens: Finally, maybe a moment of reflection on immigration enforcement

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Immigration officials plan to spend $38.3 billion to boost detention capacity to 92,000 beds

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Some US schools cancel class pictures after online claims surrounding Epstein

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Memo says White House was 'excellently preserved' during East Wing demolition for Trump's ballroom

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Trump's Harvard move reflects one of his go-to tactics: Lawsuits

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Judge gives US 2 weeks to retrieve student deported to Honduras while traveling for Thanksgiving

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A judge says she'll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients

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Gifts and soup from 'Uncle Jeffrey': The Epstein ties that ended Kathy Ruemmler's run at Goldman

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Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal

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US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home

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A US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation

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Virginia redistricting election will go forward while court considers appeal

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State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

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As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

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At Fort Bragg, Trump says Maduro raid showed 'full military might' of US and means 'we are feared'

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Justice Department sues Harvard for data as it investigates how race factors into admissions

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Public health workers are quitting over assignments to Guantánamo

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Trump boasts of over $1.5B in political funds. How he chooses to spend it could rock the midterms

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Teachers describe immigration enforcement's impact on classrooms in challenge of Trump policy

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Trump's push for Greenland reveals a political weak spot, new poll finds

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Puerto Rico governor signs law to recognize fetus as human being as critics warn of consequences

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House renames press gallery after Frederick Douglass in bipartisan recognition of Black history

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Scientific studies calculate climate change as health danger, while Trump calls it a 'scam'

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Judge says US must help bring back a handful of Venezuelans deported to notorious prison

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Analilia Mejia, progressive ally of Bernie Sanders, wins special New Jersey House primary

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Trump immigration officials shown video of Minneapolis protester's death in tense Senate hearing

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Judge dismisses California deportation case for Mexican father of 3 U.S. Marines

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NY officials raise rainbow flag at Stonewall in rebuke of Trump administration

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Top Trump antitrust official leaves post following disputes over big mergers

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EPA ends credits for automatic start-stop vehicle ignition, a feature Zeldin says 'everyone hates'

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Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service

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Judge reads death threats during hearing on Trump decision to end legal protections for Haitians

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Homeland Security shutdown seems certain as funding talks between White House and Democrats stall

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Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change

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Girl Scouts moving cookie sales online in Minnesota in response to ICE actions

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RFK Jr. pledged more transparency. Here's what the public doesn't know anymore

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Judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Sen. Mark Kelly for call to resist unlawful orders

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Democratic-led states sue to stop Trump from withholding $600M in health grants

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RFK Jr. promised to restore trust in US health agencies. One year later, it's eroding

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Europe warily awaits Rubio at Munich Security Conference as Trump roils transatlantic ties

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Grieving families press Congress on aviation safety reforms after midair collision near DC

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Speaker Johnson says he disapproves of Justice Department logging lawmaker searches of Epstein files

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US allies at NATO focus on Europe as the Trump administration steps back

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Trump's defamation lawsuit against the BBC is set to go to trial in 2027, US judge says

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In blunt warning, the US says Peru could lose its sovereignty to China

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Long-sought Coaster extension to San Diego Convention Center will break ground this year

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What independents think of Trump's recent immigration actions, according to a new poll

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Speakers at City Council meeting rally in support of Chula Vista police chief

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Member of Trump's Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

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A privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says

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Melania Trump says she doesn't eat 'much sweets' as she celebrates Valentine's Day with children

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House votes to slap back Trump's tariffs on Canada in rare bipartisan rebuke of White House agenda

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Democratic senators decry indictment attempt, warning it 'could break this institution'

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A Yale professor recommended a 'good-looking blonde' student for a job with Epstein. He's not sorry

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Valeria Chomsky admits 'serious errors in judgment' over Jeffrey Epstein ties

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LA28 board backs Casey Wasserman after Epstein files stir scrutiny

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Governors group says Trump will welcome Democrats and Republicans to White House

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House GOP pushes strict proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters ahead of midterm elections

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Kennedy Center head warns staff of cuts and 'skeletal' staffing during renovation closure

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Gabbard ends intelligence reform task force after less than a year of work

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Homeland Security officials voice concerns about looming shutdown

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Crowded Democratic field in California governor's race might provide a rare opening for the GOP

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CBO: Federal deficits and debt to worsen over next decade

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Watch: Bondi clashes with Democrats as she struggles to turn the page on Epstein files furor

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Russia says it will stick to New START's nuclear arms limits as long as the US does

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Amid budget crisis, San Diego is foregoing millions in potential revenue from its golf courses, audit finds

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Former federal prosecutor who quit amid Trump administration dispute now representing Don Lemon

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Federal judge dismisses attempt to obtain Michigan voter data in latest rejection of DOJ

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Close Maduro ally pardoned by Biden once again a target of US criminal investigation

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Moderna says FDA refuses its application for new mRNA flu vaccine

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Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers

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U.S. citizens and legal residents sue over aggressive immigration raid at Idaho horse racing track

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Immigrant rights groups seek to dismiss a Republican lawsuit to exclude noncitizens from US census

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Trump administration plans to hold back grant money for some Democratic-led states

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Why the words 'Armenian genocide' matter after Vance social media reference is deleted

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Republican lawmakers grill telecom officials over phone records access in Trump investigation

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FBI search of Georgia offices in Georgia relied on years-old claims of fraud, affidavit shows

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US-Canada bridge brouhaha deepens as White House says Trump could amend a permit for the project

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US to expand passport revocations for parents who owe child support, AP sources say

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Trump administration takes down a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument

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'We hold these truths': Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims

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Annual governors gathering with White House unraveling after Trump excludes Democrats

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