WASHINGTON — The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the …
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Treasury plans to put Trump’s signature on U.S. bills in first for sitting president
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The U.S. Treasury Department is working on plans to put President Trump’s signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced Thursday. The move would be a first for …
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Trump says he will sign an emergency order to pay TSA agents
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — President Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggled to reach a deal to end …
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Trump projects confidence, claims Iran is ‘begging’ for deal, but war exit remains murky
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Trump on Thursday continued projecting confidence in the U.S. war effort in Iran, suggesting online and during a high-level Cabinet meeting that Iran has been “obliterated,” that its leaders …
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The Interior Department is making it hard to report on national parks
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIf I had a nickel for every time an editor has sent me an SFGate story and asked me to match it, I’d be at least a couple dollars richer. …
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Trump will travel to Beijing for rescheduled China trip May 14-15, after delay due to Iran war
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — President Trump will travel to Beijing for a rescheduled summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 and 15, the White House announced on Wednesday. Trump had been scheduled …
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He’s telling Californians they can’t trust elections — and it’s catching on with the GOP
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesREDDING — At a Board of Supervisors meeting in rural Shasta County last month, Clint Curtis dropped a bombshell: A sheriff way down in Riverside was going to confiscate all the ballots …
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Iran dismisses Trump’s peace plan as ‘deceptive,’ as U.S. deploys more troops to Mideast
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has offered Iran a 15-point ceasefire plan aimed at temporarily halting the war in the Middle East, as the Pentagon simultaneously orders thousands of Marines, paratroopers and …
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Governing, the political sages tell us, is all about making choices, particularly when leadership faces finite resources and the choices are between war and peace; this is the “guns or …
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Plans for forum to replace scrapped USC governor’s debate fall apart
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA proposed gubernatorial forum hastily cobbled together in the hours after USC canceled its Tuesday debate fell apart because the candidates of color who were excluded from the previously planned …