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Will Nancy Pelosi retire? She’ll say in a few weeks, but some San Francisco progressives are rallying around a possible successor. SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi, who has come under increasing pressure from fellow Democrats here to retire, will make an announcement about her plans after California’s election on a redistricting measure early next month, … Read more
The former president joined Gavin Newsom on a volunteer call two weeks out from Election Day. SACRAMENTO, California — Barack Obama joined Gavin Newsom to rally supporters of California Democrats’ congressional redistricting ballot measure as the Nov. 4 special election nears. The former president during a Wednesday call with volunteers painted Proposition 50 — a … Read more
The California Democrat’s remarks come after the president had doubted his own prospects for reaching heaven. STOCKTON, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested that President Donald Trump’s allies are at risk of not getting into heaven, saying they’ll “have a lot to reconcile at the pearly gates.” “To see people in positions of power and … Read more
The San Francisco mayor’s quiet diplomacy helped defuse a federal surge in a city bracing for confrontation. SAN FRANCISCO — Daniel Lurie still won’t say Donald Trump’s name. But on Thursday, that deliberate omission — a strategy ridiculed by progressives in his liberal city — appeared to spare San Francisco from the president’s wrath. Trump’s … Read more
A leading kids’ online safety advocate and the former U.S. surgeon general are pushing for voters to decide on AI chatbots, after Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill. SAN FRANCISCO — Former Biden administration U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and a leading kids online safety advocate announced they are filing a ballot initiative in California … Read more
The discussions surround how to structure and advance an extension of key insurance subsidies before the end of the year. Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are quietly ramping up talks within their senior ranks and with White House officials over how to structure and advance a potential extension of key Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies … Read more
The Trump administration is seeking to overturn a district judge who ordered Khalil released. A panel of federal appeals court judges appeared deeply skeptical Tuesday of the Trump administration’s effort to detain and deport pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil using an obscure provision of immigration law. A three-judge panel from the Philadelphia-based 3rd Circuit Court of … Read more
“Constitutional rights cannot be used as a bargaining chip,” Kris Mayes wrote. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, Mayes asks the court to compel Johnson to swear in Grijalva or … Read more
The one-time national security adviser is among several senior officials who have been investigated for improperly storing or sharing the government’s secrets. Toggle menu How John Bolton’s criminal case stacks up to other high-profile classified docs probes The one-time national security adviser is among several senior officials who have been investigated for improperly storing or … Read more
Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution. The Trump administration is ramping up the pressure on the European Union to repeal or overhaul a regulation on corporations’ greenhouse gas pollution — in the latest example of the … Read more