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WASHINGTON — Building the border wall. Increasing detention capacity. Hiring thousands of immigration agents. The budget bill narrowly approved by the Senate on Tuesday includes massive funding infusions — roughly $150 billion …

In 2022, Robert Ellis pledged $200,000 to create a garden in the Los Angeles Zoo’s bird theater. By January, the city of Los Angeles had sued its nonprofit partner, the …

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers stood around Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday and celebrated the passage of the state budget and “transformative” housing legislation at the state Capitol. Between mutual praise and handshakes …

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s megabill encompassing his domestic agenda on Monday inched closer to becoming law as Republican senators sifted through familiar procedural hurdles toward a final vote on legislation that would …

A proposal to tax remittances sent by individuals without Social Security numbers has passed the House and is now before the Senate. At 3.5%, the levy was initially expected to …

TAHOE CITY — Today I offer boating tips for Lake Tahoe — actually, for any body of water. That’s not one of my usual column topics. Normally I write about California government …

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday that trade talks with the U.S. have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax U.S. technology firms. President Trump said Friday …

WASHINGTON — Court records show that the Trump administration has agreed to spare from deportation a key witness in the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in exchange for his cooperation in …

NEW YORK — The monthlong celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride reached its crescendo as New York and other major cities in the U.S. and around the world hosted parades and marches Sunday. Pride …

There are plenty of reasons to dislike Carl DeMaio, if you so choose. The first-term San Diego assembly member is MAGA to his marrow, bringing Donald Trump’s noxious politics and …