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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...

/ 4 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...

/ 12 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

Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 6, 2024. The Trump administration said on Monday, March 31, 2025, that it was reviewing roughly $9 billion in federal grants and contracts awarded to Harvard, accusing the school of allowing antisemitism to run unchecked on its campus. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)
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Trump Administration Freezes Future Grants to Harvard

Trump Takes Questions about Pope Image
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Trump Denies Posting Image of Himself as Pope, Laughs Off Critics

Merced Sun-Star building before demolition
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Old Merced Sun-Star Newspaper Building Reduced to Rubble

A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump with the United Nations logo in the background is seen in this illustration taken April 23, 2025. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photo)
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US Seeks to Weaken Global Development Finance Efforts, UN Document Shows

Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo)
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Encourage US Drug Manufacturing

U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken May 4, 2025. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration)
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Dollar Slides Against Peers Weighed Down by Fresh Tariff Worries

The Rivian logo is shown on one of their new electric SUV vehicles in San Diego, U.S., December 16, 2022. (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo)
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Rivian to Build $120 Million Supplier Park in Illinois

President Donald Trump announces the NFL draft will be held in Washington, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
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Trump Signs Order Restricting Research That Enhances Pathogens

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