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Sen. Padilla got $250 million in local projects for California. Job well done or pushing pork?

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla boasts he’s secured about $250 million for 134 projects, ranging from bike and pedestrian path improvements to flood control.

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Devin Nunes drops California lawsuit against man he claims was ‘Twitter cow’s’ spouse

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Devin Nunes has dropped his lawsuit against a constituent whom he said inspired a cyber-stalking campaign against him and was married to the so-called Twitter cow that teases him online.

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US demands allies share biometric police data on citizens in wake of Texas synagogue standoff

WASHINGTON — When a U.K. citizen traveled to Colleyville, Texas, to take hostages at a synagogue in January, U.S. law enforcement had no information about his criminal record and terrorist sympathies in their databases. But the British did.

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NC Rep. Alma Adams arrested in abortion rights protest outside US Capitol

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Alma Adams has been arrested outside the U.S. Capitol in a protest in support of abortion rights.

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North Carolina Rep. Alma Adams arrested in abortion rights protest outside Capitol

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Alma Adams has been arrested outside the U.S. Capitol in a protest in support of abortion rights.

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Kansans will be the first to vote on abortion. The White House won’t comment.

In two weeks, Kansans are set to be the first in the country to vote on abortion rights in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning a constitutional right to an abortion.

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Rep. Val Demings announces she has COVID after speaking at Florida Democrats’ summer gala

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Val Demings, Florida Democrats’ all-but-certain Senate nominee this year, said Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19.

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Many California Latinos sat out 2022 primary election. Will they come back in November?

WASHINGTON — Many Latino voters sat out California’s primary election last month, according to counts by Political Data, which tracks voter trends.

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National interest in DeSantis surges, sparking new round of presidential buzz

WASHINGTON — Ron DeSantis insists he’s focused only on trying to win his reelection race for governor this year.

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Rand Paul raises $3.1 million in second quarter for Senate re-election

WASHINGTON — Rand Paul is set to report raising $3.1 million over the last three months for his U.S. Senate race against Democratic nominee Charles Booker this fall.

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PPP program was awash in fraud. Now, one lender may finally face a legal reckoning

The Paycheck Protection Program was one of the signature federal economic relief measures in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing small businesses loans of up to $10 million that were forgivable if used for payroll and other approved expenses.

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California’s no party preference voters were no-shows in June 7 primary, report says

WASHINGTON — Only 18% of the 6.4 million Californians who are registered Independent, third-party or without a preference voted in the June 7 primary, according to Political Data, which tracks voter trends.

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Missouri politics awash with firearms as Greitens, rivals provoke with ‘hardcore’ gun ads

As mass shootings grip the country with lethal regularity, Missouri politics is swimming in firearms.

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Trump rally in North Carolina canceled as former president summoned to court

Former President Donald Trump and a host of Republican personalities have canceled their scheduled appearances Friday in Greensboro, North Carolina.

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Biden extends temporary protected status for eligible Venezuelans to March 2024

Eligible Venezuelans will be able to live in the United States with temporary protected status for another 18 months, the Biden administration announced Monday, although Venezuelans who have arrived in the country after March 8, 2021, will not be eligible for the immigration relief.

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Will California’s Central Valley have a ‘red wave’ in November election? What analysts say

Republican congressional candidates did better than expected last month in California’s Central Valley, the purple, 450-mile stretch down the middle of a deep blue state.

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McConnell briefly floated a national abortion ban. Democrats have seized on that.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell’s suggestion that Republicans could pursue federal legislation to ban abortion everywhere has supplied potent political ammunition to Democrats’ midterm campaign strategy.

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Five reasons why California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Florida ad is a big deal

WASHINGTON — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Independence Day Florida ad has vaulted him deep into the national conversation about the 2024 presidential race as Democrats on social media hail him as a tell-it-like-it-is stalwart.

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For Florida women seeking an abortion, the rules are muddy — and may be for a while

MIAMI — Florida’s fight over abortion restrictions — the 24-week threshold that has been in effect for years or the new 15-week limit approved by the Legislature but blocked by a judge on Thursday — may be just getting started.

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Josh Hawley became a symbol of the Jan. 6 insurrection. He hasn’t come up in the hearings

WASHINGTON — The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol has presented a lot of evidence about the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Now hold Epstein and Maxwell’s powerful friends accountable, says sex trafficking victim

NEW YORK — At her New York sentencing Tuesday, Ghislaine Maxwell addressed victims who had suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and herself, telling them she hoped her conviction would provide them closure.

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Anthony Fauci says he didn’t call Roger Marshall a ‘moron’— at least not directly

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci said he didn’t call Sen. Roger Marshall a “moron” during a January congressional hearing — at least not directly.

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Former Jan. 6 committee counsel to run as independent in Missouri

WASHINGTON — John Wood, the former U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, Wednesday officially entered the U.S. Senate race in Missouri, adding an independent candidate to an already crowded field of congressional hopefuls.

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Rabbi’s suit over Florida abortion law tests bounds of religious objections after Roe

WASHINGTON — Weeks before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, revoking a woman’s constitutional right to abortion, a rabbi and lawyer in Boynton Beach was preparing to take action against Florida. The state’s ban on abortions after 15 weeks, he said, directly targets Jews.

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Biden officials travel to Venezuela for second round of talks on ‘welfare and safety’ of Americans

WASHINGTON — Senior officials in the Biden administration traveled to Caracas on Monday to discuss “the welfare and safety of U.S. nationals in Venezuela,” a State Department official told the Miami Herald.

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