A rolling wave of “No Kings” protests swelled through America’s small towns and big cities Saturday, with crowds gathering to blast President Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, the war …
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Iran war rages on heading into fifth week, as Trump maintains that U.S. has ‘already won’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe U.S.-Israeli war against Iran continued to upend markets, cause death and destruction across the Middle East and elude any diplomatic resolution heading into its fifth week on Friday — …
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Vance holds first meeting of a new anti-fraud task force targeting benefit programs
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance on Friday held the inaugural meeting of a new anti-fraud task force he’s leading as the Trump administration seeks to show it’s cracking down on potential …
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A 14-year-old running for governor is the first teen to get on Vermont’s general election ballot
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSTOWE, Vt. — Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started in the eighth grade. And by that he means last year. After working as a legislative page at …
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Georgia’s Fulton County and Trump administration square off in court over seized 2020 ballots
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesATLANTA — Attorneys for Georgia’s Fulton County and President Trump’s administration squared off in court Friday over the county’s demand that the FBI return seized ballots and other materials from the 2020 …
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Senate approves funding for TSA and most of Homeland Security, but not immigration enforcement
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesWASHINGTON — 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. …