Donald Trump tried to trademark the term “rigged election.” His attitude toward everything — including America — is “How can I keep it for myself?” Nicholas Goldberg writes — a stark contrast to musical satirist and Santa Cruzan Tom Lehrer.
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What’s next for California’s gun laws?
California already has the strictest gun laws in the nation, but after a string of mass shootings rocked the state, Democrats in Sacramento say more is needed.
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Landmark Jan. 6 report concludes Trump intentionally misled and provoked insurrectionists
The report by the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol provides a road map for potential criminal charges against former President Donald Trump.
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Congressional panel votes to release Trump’s tax returns to public
A Democratic-led House panel voted Tuesday to release parts of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
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Supervisors look past labor opposition, pick Rotkin over South County rep for transit board seat
Mike Rotkin, a UC Santa Cruz politics lecturer and longtime labor advocate, survived a campaign to paint him as anti-labor and unseat him from the influential Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit board. Labor’s choice, former Watsonville mayor Daniel Dodge, said status quo politics “once again showed its ugly head.”
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Feinstein says she won’t step down early from Senate
Dianne Feinstein, 89, suggested she has more work to do before leaving the Senate. “There’s still two years,” Feinstein said. “A lot can happen in two years.”
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Warnock defeats Walker in Georgia runoff, giving Democrats a 51-seat Senate majority
Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock defeats Republican Herschel Walker, a Trump endorsee, in the Senate runoff election in Georgia.
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House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as Congress’ first Black party leader
House Democrats tapped New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to lead them in the next Congress, with California Rep. Aguilar as caucus chair.
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Despite losing school board races, California conservatives confident in new playbook
Conservatives running in school board races across California mostly fell short. Groups like the American Council say they’ll keep trying.
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Pelosi to step down as House Democratic leader
After months of speculation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she would not seek to lead House Democrats for another term.