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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

House rejects Smithsonian women's museum bill after GOP bans 'biological men' from exhibits

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RFK Jr. fires leaders of group that sets guidelines for preventive health screenings

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US military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker suspected of trying to breach blockade

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Trump orders banks to take a closer look at clients' citizenship in new immigration enforcement move

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Trump and Kennedy seek to relax safeguards for AI healthcare tools

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FACT FOCUS: Trump falsely accuses Maryland of sending 'illegal' mail-in ballots to voters

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SEC to ready plan for trading crypto versions of stocks

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Trump shows reporters ballroom construction site as lawmakers balk at $1B for White House security

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US government agrees to drop tax claims against Trump in broadening of IRS lawsuit settlement

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Democratic-led states challenge the Trump administration's new caps on federal student loans

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Iranian family detained for relative's key role in 1979 US Embassy hostage crisis seeks release

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Timeline of recent US-Cuba relations amid heightened tensions in Trump's second term

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Trump administration plans to admit more white South Africans as refugees this year

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NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights

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Federal judge bans most arrests by federal agents in immigration courts in New York

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Blanche doesn't rule out considering payments for violent Jan. 6 rioters as he defends $1.8B fund

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San Diego County unveils $9 billion budget plan — but with storm clouds ahead, future budgets could be in trouble

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Senate confirms Trump's pick to lead federal land agency as drilling and mining expand

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RFK Jr. swaps vaccine talk for healthy foods and reading to tots in push to woo voters

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Trump says he's called off Iran strike planned for Tuesday at request of Gulf allies

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US pauses joint defense effort with Canada that dates to WWII

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FACT FOCUS: Trump distorts recent revisions of scientific projections of global warming

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Supreme Court sends closely watched Native American voting rights decision back to lower court

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Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats

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State officials demand transparency as businesses get billions in Trump tariff refunds

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