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Walters: Secrecy Abounds on State Budget, Major Bills

May 29, 2019

Fair warning: By reading this you will be plunging into the Legislature’s almost impenetrably arcane thicket of internal procedures. Dan Walters CALmatters To begin at the beginning, for decades the state budget was written in secret by the ...

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Kushner Oversees Immigration Proposals With Eye on Congress

AP News

May 8, 2019

WASHINGTON — Hastily written executive orders. Declarations by tweet. President Donald Trump's White House hasn't been known for its careful crafting of policy. But Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-l...

GOP Warnings About Democratic Socialism Tap Voter Unease

AP News

April 29, 2019

ALAMOSA, Colo. — In this scruffy, high-desert town encircled by prairies and potato farms, Sen. Cory Gardner drew shouts of approval last week for his message that Democrats are shoving the country toward socia...

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GOP Senators Defend ‘Hero” McCain Against Trump’s Attacks

AP News

March 20, 2019

WASHINGTON — Key Republicans on Wednesday defended the late Sen. John McCain as a "hero" against ongoing attacks from President Donald Trump, daring to say what most in the GOP still won't seven months after the Arizona senator's death from brain cancer. A ...

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Walters: ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Just Latest Power Move by Politicians

Dan Walters, CalMatters Commentary

February 25, 2019

Anyone who harbors the quaint notion that high-stakes politics are rational, much less ethical, should be disabused by two terms: “gerrymandering” and “ballot harvesting.” Opinion Dan Walters CAL...

House Dems Introduce Measure to Revoke Trump Border Edict

AP News

February 22, 2019

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday introduced a resolution to block the national emergency declaration that President Donald Trump issued to fund his long-sought wall along the U.S-Mexico border. House S...

Will It Be a Grand Old Party? State Republicans to Decide if Future Is With Trump.

David Taub

February 22, 2019

Much has been written and previewed regarding this weekend’s state Republican Party convention in Sacramento. Party delegates will choose a new chairperson. Three candidates pose two different points of view — former Assemblyman Travis Allen, party activist an...

Budget Deal Allows Far Less Money Than Trump Wanted for Wall

AP News

February 12, 2019

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration ...

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Political Shifts, Sales Slump Cast Shadow Over Gun Industry

AP News

January 22, 2019

When gunmakers and dealers gather this week in Las Vegas for the industry's largest annual conference, they will be grappling with slumping sales and a shift in politics that many didn't envision two years ago ...

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Senate Republicans Target Boycott Movement in $38B Israel Defense Funding Bill

AP News

January 8, 2019

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans' first bill of the new Congress aims to insert the legislative branch into President Donald Trump's Middle East policy — but also tries to drive a wedge between centrist and liberal Democrats over attitudes toward Israel. Amo...

Amid US Tension, Iran Builds Fake Aircraft Carrier to Attack

Amazon’s Homeless Shelter Faces Seattle Crisis, Criticism

Trump Commutes Longtime Friend Roger Stone’s Prison Sentence

Don’t Risk Your Health by Attending Harvard Block Sale: Soria

Crops Grown With Kern Oilfield Water Are Safe, Panel Finds

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Props to You, Californians: A Preview of What’s on Your November Ballot

Temperance Flat Dam Put on the Shelf Indefinitely

Bob Watson, All-Star Slugger and Executive, Dies at 74

Don’t Risk Your Health by Attending Harvard Block Sale: Soria

Singer Says Lawsuit Over Lady a Name Is ‘White Privilege’

City Supplies COVID-19 Masks for Saturday’s Harvard Block Sale

We're Doing This COVID-19 Mask Thing All Wrong

Five Myths About COVID-19 Politicians Insist Are True

Walters: State Unemployment Insurance in Chaos

I Faced a Challenge One of Every Three People in America Has: Depression and Anxiety

Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events

LIVE: Daily Briefing from Gov. Gavin Newsom

COVID-19 Brings a New Kind of Ramadan for Muslim Community

Must Muslims Fast for Ramadan During COVID-19?

Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden Over Trump

Trump’s Superpower Turns to Kryptonite

With Student Gathering, Trump Gets a More Boisterous Crowd

Trump Rally Highlights Vulnerabilities Heading Into Election

Walters: Secrecy Abounds on State Budget, Major Bills

Kushner Oversees Immigration Proposals With Eye on Congress

GOP Warnings About Democratic Socialism Tap Voter Unease

GOP Senators Defend ‘Hero” McCain Against Trump’s Attacks

Walters: ‘Ballot Harvesting’ Just Latest Power Move by Politicians

House Dems Introduce Measure to Revoke Trump Border Edict

Will It Be a Grand Old Party? State Republicans to Decide if Future Is With Trump.

Budget Deal Allows Far Less Money Than Trump Wanted for Wall

Political Shifts, Sales Slump Cast Shadow Over Gun Industry

Senate Republicans Target Boycott Movement in $38B Israel Defense Funding Bill

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