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Gifford Fire Grows to 72,000 Acres in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo Counties

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Wall Street Pares Gains After Fresh Economic Data; Earnings in Spotlight

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Texas Governor Vows to Replace Democrats Absent at Monday Redistricting Vote

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US Links $1.9 Billion in State Disaster Funds to Israel Boycott Stance

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More Than 3,000 Boeing Fighter Jet Workers Go on Strike After Rejecting Contract Offer

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Trump Says He Will ‘Substantially’ Raise Tariffs on India Over Russian Oil Purchases

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More Gazans Die Seeking Aid and From Hunger, as Burial Shrouds in Short Supply

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Fresno Man Who Drowned in Kings River Identified

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White House Backs Away From IVF Coverage Mandate Despite Trump’s Campaign Pledge, Washington Post Reports

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‘Freedom Week’: California Gun Owners Rush to Buy Ammo After Court Ruling

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US and Mexico Face Stark Choices as New President Takes Over

MEXICO CITY — Migrants, trade, crime, the border wall: The challenges to the modern U.S.-Mexico relationship have perhaps never been as stark and divisive as they are now, at a critical juncture for both countries. With a new president preparing to take power in Mexico City this weekend and the...

CNN Sues Trump, Demanding Return of Acosta to White House

NEW YORK — CNN sued the Trump administration Tuesday, demanding that correspondent Jim Acosta's credentials to cover the White House be returned because their revocation violates the constitutional right of freedom of the press. The administration stripped Acosta of his pass to enter the White House following President Donald Trump's...

Trump Plans to Send Troops to Border as Response to Caravan

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to dispatch at least 800 active-duty troops to the southern border at the direction of a president who has sought to transform fears about immigration into electoral gains in the midterms as a caravan of thousands of migrants makes its way through Mexico....

US Considers Limit on Green Cards for Immigrants on Benefits

SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration has proposed rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers and other forms of public assistance. Federal law already requires those seeking green cards to prove they will not be a burden — or "public charge"...

US Plans to Sidestep Limits on Detaining Immigrant Children

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Thursday it plans to circumvent a longstanding court agreement that governs how immigrant children are treated in immigration custody, in part to detain families longer as a way to deter migrants from crossing the Southwestern border illegally. The Homeland Security Department announced proposed regulations...

Trump Insists He's 'Exact Opposite' of Woodward's Portrayal

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Wednesday that he's "the exact opposite" of Bob Woodward's portrayal of him in a new book that has set off a firestorm in the White House with its descriptions of current and former aides calling Trump an "idiot" and a "liar." Trump complained on...

Poll: Few Democrats Favor Liberal Cry to Abolish ICE

WASHINGTON — The rallying cry from some liberals to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn't a likely winner this election year, as a new poll finds only a quarter of Democrats support eliminating the agency that carried out the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents....

Iran Asks UN's Highest Court to Suspend US Sanctions

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Iran warned Monday that re-imposed U.S. sanctions would cripple its economy and plunge the volatile Middle East deeper into crisis as it urged the United Nations' highest court to suspend the Trump administration's economic pressure on Tehran. In a written statement about the case at the...

Feds Pledge to Thin Forests, Work with States to Fight Wildfires

WASHINGTON — As wildfires choke California and other Western states, the Trump administration pledged Thursday to work more closely with state and local officials, including to those in California, to prevent wildfires from starting. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said the Forest Service and other agencies will step up efforts to...

Victory Offers Muslim Candidate New Platform to Oppose Trump

MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump, meet Ilhan Omar. Just two years ago, the Minnesota Democrat became the first Somali-American elected to a state legislature. Now she's likely to become one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress. And she says one of her top priorities will be resisting...

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