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The Mercury News - Politics

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California Congress members ask for independent investigation into USS Abraham Lincoln deployment

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After fierce backlash, San Jose stops short of quadrupling neighborhood density

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DOJ plans to deploy 1,000 monitors to watch midterm elections

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Growing threat to free speech: Bogus copyright claims making political stories disappear

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Pro-Israel donors, groups widen backing of Hernandez in congressional race

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Aisha Wahab wins Swalwell's seat, becomes first Afghan American elected to Congress

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Gallagher introduces Representation Act in Chico

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Oakley gives initial OK to short-term rentals plan in effort to boost downtown economy

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Anti-transgender protest before Valkyries' game draws sparse crowd

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Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races

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US ramps up Cuba sanctions and detentions of Americans returning from the island

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California lawmakers consider meaningful alternatives to online-centric childhoods

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California city council member's work as FBI informant is revealed during corruption trial

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California county supervisors vote to end ICE, CBP use of county gun ranges — but sheriff says she'll still allow CBP

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Schiff: How Democrats can repair the broken Supreme Court

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Los Gatos begins search for new town attorney

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Oakland drivers are slowing down near speed cameras. Could red-light cameras be next?

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Why Palo Alto parents sued over mosque field trip

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Bay Area tax measure to bail out transit agencies faces lawsuit over 'misleading' ballot language

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Wahab takes early lead in vote for Eric Swalwell's replacement

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Senate bill, other measures look to solve problematic Bay Area e-bike use

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Home insurance, AI and designer pets: What lived and died in Sacramento

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Opinion: California studied employee ownership. SB 1174 would put the evidence to work.

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Taves: Trump finds a new excuse to play games with California's cash

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Borenstein: California taxpayer pension costs grew eightfold since 1999; new plans add billions more

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What I learned from interviewing 49 candidates on Bay Area ballots

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Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump's toxic coal terminal

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Wahab takes early lead in Congressional District 14 race to fill Swalwell's term

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