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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Politics

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FBI investigating whether departed counterterrorism official leaked classified info, AP source says

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Lawmakers struggle to make headway on Homeland Security funding

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Democrats storm out of Justice Department leaders' briefing on the Epstein files

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US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran

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State lawmakers push to expand laws allowing guns on college campuses

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US to demand bonds of up to $15,000 for visa applications from 12 more countries

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Japan's leader heads to Washington for a visit complicated by the Iran war fallout

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A new US trade deal with Indonesia secures fossil fuels and access to critical minerals

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Trump's failed strong-arming of allies on Iran shows that pressure is losing its effect

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Trump's tariffs are hurting American manufacturers instead of helping them

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US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war

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China ignores Trump's Hormuz request as the Iran war deepens and his Beijing trip slips

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WADA delays decision over potential ban of Trump from major sporting events until after World Cup

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Trump pays his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East

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Tulsi Gabbard says Iran's government still intact but refuses to discuss talks with Trump about war

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Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of NJ's US Attorney's Office to testify

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San Diego appoints Michael Zucchet to 3rd term on port board

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Trump administration widens Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida, calling it a 'hotspot'

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Judge orders restoration of Voice of America, putting hundreds of journalists back to work

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As Trump keeps Texas guessing, neither Cornyn nor Paxton backs down from Republican Senate runoff

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Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and embraces going it alone

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Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed to answer questions from Congress about the Epstein files

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Chief Justice Roberts says personal criticism of judges is dangerous and has 'got to stop'

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'Medical conscience' bills would let providers refuse more health care

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Trump's tax law changes may increase the number of donors, but reduce donations to nonprofits

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What to know about the resignation of Joe Kent as Trump's counterterrorism chief

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Trump postpones his China trip to focus on the war in Iran

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Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny recent contact

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What's in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor

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Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

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Trump's homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges

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Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks

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Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 of its top officials

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Illinois Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for US Senate

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Last protester in immigration detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released

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Lindsey Graham got a war with Iran. What will it cost the country and his party?

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Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations

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Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years and names a new president

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BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit

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San Diego pension board OKs $563M annual payment, city's highest ever

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US faces elevated terrorism threats against backdrop of Iran war and cuts at FBI, Justice Department

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Trump ally Ric Grenell, a veteran of San Diego politics, stepping down as Kennedy Center president

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Judge quashes subpoenas in Justice Department's investigation of Federal Reserve's Powell

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Trump signs executive orders aimed at addressing home affordability concerns ahead of midterms

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Democratic senators file war powers resolution to check Trump on Cuba

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Federal judge sides with San Diego affordable housing law

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