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Treasury Watchdog Audits Musk DOGE Team’s Access to Payment System

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls f...

Treasury Watchdog Audits Musk DOGE Team’s Access to Payment System

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the security controls f...

/ 3 months ago

Federal Workers Debate Legitimacy of Financial Incentives to Quit as Deadline Nears

WASHINGTON — Thousands of miles from Elon Musk’s office in the White House complex, a federal worker based in the Pacific Northwest is...

/ 3 months ago

What Is an Executive Order? A Look at Trump’s Tool for Quickly Reshaping Government

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is returning to the White House ready to immediately overhaul the government using the fastest tool he has — the e...

/ 3 months ago

Vivek Ramaswamy, an Ohio Native, Is Interested in Filling Vance’s Old Senate Seat, AP Source Says

CINCINNATI — Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat that was vacated b...

/ 4 months ago

Reparations Proposals for Black Californians Advance to State Assembly

SACRAMENTO — The California Senate advanced a set of ambitious reparations proposals Tuesday, including legislation that would create an age...

/ 11 months ago

California Passed a Law to Stop ‘Pay to Play’ in Local Politics. After Two Years, Legislators Want to Gut It

Described by its author as the “most significant political reform” in decades, a 2022 law designed to limit businesses’ and contractors’ att...

/ 12 months ago

Californians Will See Lower Electricity Rates and a New Fee That Won’t Vary with Power Use

State utility regulators decided Thursday to let California’s largest power providers stick their customers with a new monthly flat fee in e...

/ 12 months ago

California’s Budget Deficit is Likely Growing, Complicating Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Plans

SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Gavin Newsom will update his budget proposal on Friday, and the news likely won’t be good. Newsom, ...

/ 12 months ago

San Francisco Mayor Touts Possibilities After Voters Expand Police Powers, Gets Tough on Drug Users

■New measures will install cameras in high crime areas and deploy drones. ■Breed plans to bring 30,000 new residents and students downtown b...

/ 1 year ago

Charges Against Alleged White Supremacists Are Tossed by a California Judge for the Second Time

■Rise Above Movement members accused of conspiring to riot. ■Judge dismisses charges against Robert Rundo and Robert Boman. ■Prosecutors pla...

/ 1 year ago

Signs supporting NPR outside its headquarters in Washington on March 26, 2025. The Trump administration has accused NPR and PBS of using public funds to produce biased coverage and “left-wing propaganda.” (Eric Lee/The New York Times)
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Trump Signs Executive Order to End Federal Funding for NPR and PBS

Residents of the now evacuated Palestinian refugee camp of Tulkarem return to collect belongings before the destruction of their homes as Israeli forces prepare to carry out the demolition of 116 homes across the two refugee camps of the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
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Israeli Forces to Demolish More Than 100 Homes in Israeli-Occupied West Bank

A driver who ran a stop sign and caused a fatal three-vehicle crash in Visalia was arrested after fleeing the scene on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Visalia PD)
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Visalia Driver Arrested After Running Stop Sign Causing Fatal Crash

A screen displays a trading chart on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City after the White House announced a 90-day pause & lowered 10% reciprocal tariff for other countries, U.S., April 9, 2025. (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo)
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Fed Outlook in Focus as US Stocks Rally Picks up Steam

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the Drake Passage near Antarctica, prompting Chile to evacuate coastal areas in its southern Magallanes region due to tsunami warnings.
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Earthquake Strikes off Chile’s Southern Coast, Sparking Tsunami Threat

Parcels await processing at a post office as Hong Kong Post stops certain U.S.-bound shipments since April 27 due to new U.S. tariff rules, in Hong Kong, China, May 2, 2025. (REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo)
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As Trump Moves to Tax Small Parcels, Some Retailers Give up on US

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High-Speed Rail CEO Won’t Commit to Size of Fresno Station. What’s in the Future for Rail?

A man was rescued early Thursday, May 1, 2025, after falling 60 feet into a ponding basin near Coalinga and was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. (CAL FIRE)
16 hours ago

Fresno County Crew Rescues Man Who Fell Into Ponding Basin Near Coalinga

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