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The Mercury News - Politics

Appeals court rejects the Trump administration's expansion of mandatory detention for immigrants

2 hours ago

Silicon Valley donors poured $194 million into California politics. Now comes the wealth tax fight

3 hours ago

Senate committee advances nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to be Trump's CDC director

3 hours ago

US and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to the five-month conflict

3 hours ago

Why Oakland's voter-approved $100 campaign vouchers will miss another election

10 hours ago

Is California's data center hysteria more hype than facts?

11 hours ago

Ex-Newsom aide says his memoir minimizes their monthslong affair

1 day ago

AG Bonta sued over changes to California voter ID ballot measure

1 day ago

Trump says he may pull Blanche nomination until dissenting senators leave office

4 hours ago

Antioch rejects millions in state funding for homeless housing program

22 hours ago

Anderson Dam: $3.2 billion contract awarded to rebuild largest dam in Santa Clara County

1 day ago

Nonprofit mounts successful campaign to operate Los Gatos stables

2 days ago

New filings in Sheng Thao corruption case allege bribe to bury story, secret recordings of politicians

3 days ago

Prop. 43 would make some local taxes harder to pass. What's at stake in the Bay Area?

3 days ago

Four seats on Midpen open space district board up for election in November

4 days ago

They lobbied San Jose leaders repeatedly. Then came favorable votes

4 days ago

Oakland school closure raises statewide questions over charter renewals

11 days ago

California rental ads would have to disclose if pictures used AI, under new bill

14 days ago

Who are Democrats Kim and Allen, California's insurance commissioner candidates?

15 days ago

California earmarks $40M to speed up vote counting — but elections officials want to temper expectations

17 days ago

Opinion: Big-money Bay Area interests try to shift tax burden onto the poor

8 days ago

Stone: San Jose's downtown economy requires full-time workers far more than visiting soccer fans

14 days ago

Friedman: The quick-fix fantasies of the world's strongmen

10 hours ago

US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump's order to create a federal voter list

4 days ago

Fremont council rejects possible half-cent tax ballot measure

6 days ago

West Contra Costa USD officials implore public to renew parcel tax in November

6 days ago

Endorsed by Trump, Steve Hilton asks president's critics to vote for him

7 days ago