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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

Senate's long day turns to night as GOP works to shore up support on Trump's big bill

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San Diego ready to make a deal to turn 101 Ash St. into low-income housing

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Judges consider whether Trump can use wartime act against Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua

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Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

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Netanyahu to head to Washington next Monday as Trump presses for a ceasefire in Gaza

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Watch live: Senate votes on amendments to Trump's 'big, beautiful bill'

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Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump's gutting of USAID on agency's last day

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What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill moving through the Senate

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Trump to visit new Florida immigration detention facility

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Military requesting to pull 200 troops back from California protest duty

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Trump is expected to sign an executive order ending US sanctions on Syria

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Trump administration sues Los Angeles, claiming the city refuses to cooperate on immigration

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A more defensive Pride: Activists say celebrations are more critical as US, conservative states rescind LGBTQ protections

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After decades in the US, Iranians arrested in Trump's deportation drive

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States brace for impact as Trump's big bill nears completion in Congress

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Supreme Court throws out appellate rulings in favor of transgender people in 4 states

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National pride is declining in America. And it's splitting by party lines, new polling shows

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Trump administration finds Harvard failed to protect Jewish students, threatens to cut all funding

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EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump

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Supreme Court takes up a Republican appeal to end limits on party spending in federal elections

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San Diego County is trying to make its budget less mysterious. But community groups say transparency is still lacking

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Michael Smolens: New Sierra Club leader faces demographic, regional challenges — and Trump

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San Diego's partial takeover of ambulance service is shrinking response times

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California Energy Commission calls for shelving plans to fine oil companies

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Trump Management 101: World leaders adapt to his erratic diplomacy with flattery and patience

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Judge rejects another Trump executive order targeting the legal community

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Republicans hit major setback in their effort to ease regulations on gun silencers

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Former federal prosecutor, Del Mar council member dies. 'Justice was the word that defined her.'

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Senate rejects effort to restrain Trump on Iran as GOP backs his strikes on nuclear sites

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Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed at ending decades of bloody conflict

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High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration

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The Senate is working to put Trump's big bill back on track but hurdles remain

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Guatemala's president denies new asylum deal with US

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Trump tells Iran's supreme leader: 'You got beat to hell'

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Trump administration ends legal protections for half-million Haitians who now face deportations

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University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says

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Trump says he's ending trade talks with Canada over its 'egregious' tax on technology firms

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Read what the Supreme Court justices said in the birthright citizenship case

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Senate Republicans move to slash CFPB funding by half, risking hundreds of job cuts

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A rundown of recent Trump administration vaccine policy changes

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California governor sues Fox News over alleged defamation in story about call with Trump

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Republican plan for nationwide private school vouchers deemed in violation of Senate rules

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The government cuts key data used in hurricane forecasting, and experts sound an alarm

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Democrats are trying to figure out what to do about John Fetterman. One of them is stepping up

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Pardon applications are being carefully crafted with one man in mind: Donald Trump

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Biden pays respects as former Minnesota House Speaker Hortman, killed in shooting, lies in state

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Rural schools feel the pinch from Trump administration's cuts to mental health grants

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Family sues over US detention in what may be first challenge to courthouse arrests involving kids

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Supreme Court doesn't rule on Louisiana's second majority Black congressional district

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'Scared to be brown': California residents fearful amid immigration raids

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RFK Jr.'s made promises about vaccines. Here's what he's done as health secretary

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Supreme Court upholds Texas law aimed at blocking kids from seeing pornography online

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Supreme Court says Maryland parents can pull their kids from public school lessons using LGBTQ books

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Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

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Supreme Court OKs fee that subsidizes phone, internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas

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Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions, but fate of Trump birthright citizenship order unclear

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Deal with Beijing will speed China's export of minerals to the US, treasury secretary says

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Michael Smolens: Catholic leaders bring order to the court

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County wholesale water rate to rise 8.3% in January, less than half of earlier proposals

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Court appoints receiver to take over Campus at Horton in downtown San Diego

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Canadian man held by immigration officials dies in South Florida federal facility, officials say

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Trumps drop 'Made in the USA' label for new phone and a debate ensues: How to define 'made'?

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Meet the Senate parliamentarian, the official tying Republicans in knots over their tax bill

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Native leaders blast construction of Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' on land they call sacred

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Louisiana is latest state to redefine natural gas — a planet-warming fossil fuel — as green energy

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US signs agreements with Guatemala and Honduras to take asylum seekers

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How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it's a future climate solution

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Former top aide to Jill Biden is subpoenaed by House Oversight panel

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Trump administration expands military's role at the border to the southern tip of Texas

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams kicks off reelection bid and casts Mamdani as having a 'silver spoon'

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'A purpose in this world': Older adults fear elimination of program that helps them find work

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Longest-serving woman in Congress says she's not stopping anytime soon

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Senators diverge sharply on damage done by Iran strikes after classified briefing

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Kennedy's advisers back flu vaccination, but not shots with a rarely used preservative

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Supreme Court has 6 cases to decide, including birthright citizenship

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Families and businesses are concerned about the effect of tariffs on youth sports

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States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules

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Key Medicaid provision in Trump's bill is found to violate Senate rules. The GOP is scrambling

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Kennedy says US is pulling funding from global vaccine group Gavi

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Pentagon leaders cite military tactics to show destruction from US attacks on Iran

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Trump's latest rejection of intelligence assessments reflects a long distrust of spy agencies

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Federal judge orders US Labor Department to keep Job Corps running during lawsuit

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Faith leaders and families sue to block Texas' new Ten Commandments in schools law

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Humane Society won't follow through on threats to end service to San Diego thanks to last-minute concessions

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Senate struggle over Medicaid cuts threatens progress on Trump's big bill

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A judge resisted Trump's order on gender identity. The EEOC just fired her

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Trump gets 'golden share' power in US Steel buyout. US agencies will get it under future presidents

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Trump representative Kari Lake on Voice of America's fate: 'Scrap the whole thing and start over'

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Democrats fret about national fallout after Mamdani stuns in New York City

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Who is Zohran Mamdani? State lawmaker seeks to become NYC's first Muslim and Indian American mayor

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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac ordered to consider crypto as an asset when buying mortgages

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San Diego and 'The Simpsons' each mentioned in court case on Trump and EVs

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San Diego exits operations building with move to Mission Valley and a downtown high-rise

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Trump voters cheer his move against Iran. MAGA leaders had warned the bombing could backfire

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Trump wraps up a NATO summit far chummier than the tense meetings of his first term

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CDC nominee Susan Monarez sidesteps questions about disagreements with RFK in Senate hearing

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Fed's Powell repeats warning about tariffs as some GOP senators accuse him of bias

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California found in violation of Title IX in clash with Trump officials over transgender athletes

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A look at how Trump's big bill could change the US immigration system

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US Rep. LaMonica McIver pleads not guilty to assault charges stemming from immigration center visit

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