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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

Could a little-known new law bring sales tax rates in San Diego County to 10% — or higher?

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Lofty promises have been made for a countywide sales tax hike. Here's where the money would go.

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Democrat Sara Jacobs seeks fourth term in Congress, faces challenge by little-known Republican

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Michael Smolens: San Diego's century-long mayor-city manager debate never dies

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Encinitas plan to use shelter beds in National City sparks debate over regional homelessness responsibility

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Outside influence, cost of living top issues in Chula Vista's District 1, 2 council races

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San Diego's Midway Rising deal prioritizes public benefits over rent payments

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AI, tech leaders are lobbying Trump health officials in a government-run chat room

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He says county supervisors conspired to deny him a promotion. Now his lawsuit is heading toward trial.

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Trump names commentator Katie Zacharia of his media company as next White House press secretary

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Justice Department won't enforce registration rules on silencers and certain guns after court ruling

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Legal path seems narrow to challenge livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution, experts say

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FACT FOCUS: Trump says tariffs have brought more US auto factories. His numbers are off.

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Trump strikes deal with Putin to get diesel in sharp reversal of US policy weeks before midterms

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US plans for livestreamed execution would put it in company with few nations

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Vance expresses doubts about Pentagon plan to livestream Ford Hood shooter's execution

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Republicans once raced to embrace Trump. Their debate answers tell a different story now

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National 'Mr. Measles' campaign targets Florida vaccine mandates

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Top Democrats and allies join the wealthiest to fight a California billionaire tax

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The midterms stakes are high for these 2028 presidential prospects

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Time for term limits? Dems in majority could have familiar faces in key roles

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How Texas landowners are fighting back against Trump's border wall

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FBI arrests suspect in ShinyHunters hack of the bureau's jobs portal

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A seven-term congressman is likely to win reelection — with possible ambitions an unknown challenger calls disqualifying

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US hits International Criminal Court with sweeping sanctions as part of drive to dismantle tribunal

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Trump establishes committee to investigate Federal Reserve's Lisa Cook in latest effort to fire her

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Videos show ICE shooting in NYC unfolded in a few chaotic seconds

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Democrats could win majority of governor's offices for first time in 16 years

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Midterms have revived universal healthcare debate. These states are ahead of everyone

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Michael Smolens: Trump gives San Diego Republicans long-term heartburn

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Von Wilpert widens lead over Desmond in closely watched 48th Congressional District

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Trump's memorial arch faces new lawsuit from Arlington County, Virginia

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Trump veers into Nobel Prize grievances during upstate New York rally on day award is announced

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ICE agents shoot man in NYC as 5-year-old boy sits in backseat of car

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Trump on the stump: Extreme lines, vague threats

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What to know about Trump Accounts and automatic enrollment

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Trump wants Talarico and Paxton to debate. Talarico couldn't be happier

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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed

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Homeland Security targets Democratic campaign after ICE arrest in Pennsylvania

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Laotian man deported by US to South Sudan leaves for Laos after year in detention

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NFL urges the Supreme Court to rule on regulation of prediction markets

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Arizona congressional candidate says she was sexually assaulted when repairing campaign signs

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Sandwiches to socialism: How a DSA chapter in Austin is building political power

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Trump plans to honor Microsoft's CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company

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Family of Mexican father shot dead by ICE in Chicago files claim over 'unlawful' shooting

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As Democrats eye big midterm wins, Republicans look to turn the tables in some House districts

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FDA says its safety review of abortion pill will continue into next year

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The midterm elections won't keep Trump from college football on Saturday. A hurricane might

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Media attorneys ask court for help in preventing White House ban until legal case is resolved

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Trump says US will not resume military strikes on Iran before the Nov. 3 midterm elections

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Lake America backlash fuels interest in Google Maps alternatives

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The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program, alleging fraud

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Rubio says US pressure on NATO allies to boost defense spending is 'not hostile'

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Rubio refuses to comment on Guilfoyle allegations

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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again

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Trump says he'll award fireballer Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Coronado voters to decide on height limits for residential buildings

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Voters to weigh different approaches to housing affordability in November

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Senior citizens say affordability, cost of living is hurting them

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Trump mentions L.A. and San Diego getting 'hit' in another speech: 'We're not going to let that happen'

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San Jose has seen some success with homelessness. Can San Diego learn from it?

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Trump proposes Camp David-style presidential retreat at his private Florida golf club

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Hegseth visits the long-deployed USS Lincoln to bestow a top award before the ship returns home

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Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump's midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there

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Two lawsuits challenge Trump's taxpayer-funded ads, alleging they violate propaganda law

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Flight attendants' union flags safety concerns over Trump's Washington arch

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Trump's executive order on dyed diesel will offer little relief, farmers and truckers say

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Trump's $90 Medicare rebate rolls out, but millions aren't eligible. Critics see a political stunt

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Senators push the Trump administration to act swiftly on Russian sanctions to help Ukraine

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In Virginia, Democrat hoping to oust Republican tests anti-corruption message echoing around country

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Can $1 billion power Republicans to victory in the midterms?

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Trump administration proposes a $70,000 fee for international students to work in the US

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FCC considers allowing more political robocalls before midterms, including those created with AI

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From the Acropolis, Rubio urges Europe to defend Western values and strengthen alliance with US

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Prediction markets spend millions to influence state, federal governments

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After states sue, Trump administration walks away from disability rights enforcement

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New state law could help San Diego revive lower water rates for people who conserve

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County meetings can get racist, paranoid and off-topic. Supervisors are limiting public input even more.

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'Unbelievably distressing': Latest comments from Trump outrage elected leaders across San Diego, California

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Trump says he has call scheduled with Putin to discuss possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia

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Trump highlights a big new defense project in Maryland, a blue state whose governor didn't attend

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Republicans to spend $5 million in South Carolina Senate race as Trump plans trip there

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Longtime San Diego lifeguards chief is out, replaced by top fire official on interim basis

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Trump doesn't commit to repaying federal funds already spent on controversial ads

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Families of some US troops killed in the Iran war's deadliest strike absent from White House event

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Trump administration to assign government lawyers to migrant kids' cases, worrying advocates

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El Cajon council candidates spar over surveillance cameras, immigration and homelessness

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ABC and Trump's FCC battle in federal court over issues of free speech and jurisdiction

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Russian oligarch says Donald Trump Jr. has paid him back for wedding celebration expenses

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Army study found shock gloves purchased by ICE cause pain, compliance and fear

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Lawyers for ex-Olympian cleared in Reflecting Pool case call for government watchdog investigations

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Republicans return to tough-on-crime message before difficult midterm elections

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RFK Jr.'s embrace of AI confounds some MAHA allies and medical experts

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Arkansas campaign ad sparks conservative backlash for portraying lazy welfare recipient as white

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White House aide says Trump did not call for attacks on US cities but explained how he's preventing them

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Arizona welcomes new Taiwan representative office, rejecting warning from China

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Alito says Supreme Court can't stem emergency appeals and voices concern over Trump's rhetoric

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Trump criticizes election officials in Arizona's Maricopa County over error affecting 3,000 ballots

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Cold War memories stir Rubio in Iceland as he champions diplomacy and downplays differences

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Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked backlash for glorifying him

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