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WASHINGTON —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has always said he believes ethical standards at the Supreme Court should depend not on clear and binding rules, but on the “good …

California state Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), who is running for Congress next year in a competitive Orange County district, was released from Sacramento County jail Wednesday, according to Sacramento Sheriff’s …

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  U.S. officials have authorized sending 1,500 active duty soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border for 90 days to aid U.S. Customs and Border Protection efforts to combat international drug …

Not long ago, the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California released a pair of polls showing that most adults in this state believe violence is a problem in their neighborhoods …

COLUMBIA, S.C. —  Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several battleground states have proposed boosting funding to add staff, enhance security and expand training within election offices that are …

Republican Ron DeSantis would not have to resign as Florida governor in order to run for president if he chooses under a bill given final approval Friday in by the …

Long before Scott Wiener became California’s leading housing iconoclast or a regular target for scathing Fox News diatribes, he was an introverted New Jersey teen with enviable choices for college. …

WASHINGTON —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has declined a request from the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify at a hearing next week on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ethical standards, …

HELENA, Mont. —  Republican legislative leaders in Montana persisted in forbidding Democratic transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from participating in debate for a second week as her supporters brought the House session …

SAN FRANCISCO —  The first time Kenshi Westover walked into AsiaSF, an iconic transgender cabaret in this city’s gritty South of Market neighborhood, it was as a closeted gay Mormon visiting …