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The Mercury News - Politics

Q&A: How would Trump's federal funding freeze affect the Bay Area?

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What Trump's funding freeze could mean for universities, nonprofits and more

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Trump offers all federal workers a buyout with 7 months' pay in effort to shrink size of government

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Trump order aims to end federal support for gender transitions for those under 19

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Head Start and other services for low-income families hit glitches as Trump freezes federal money

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Trump and Biden add to long, strange history of presidential pardons

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Bay Area congressman demands answers on use of military assets in immigrant deportation efforts

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Gov. Newsom orders Coastal Commission to cease 'erroneous' guidance on Palisades rebuilding

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California farms fail, land values plunge amid water crisis

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Bay Area Audubon Society joins legal fray on owl killing plan

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Judge declines to return sexually violent predator to California mental hospital

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A US shutdown on foreign aid is hitting from Africa to Asia to Ukraine. Here's how

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Trump, Project 2025 previewed federal grant freeze

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Karoline Leavitt, the youngest White House press secretary, makes her debut in the briefing room

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'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight amid threats of climate change, nuclear war, pandemics, AI

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Some Trump voters are skeptical of his opening moves to embrace fellow billionaires

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Los Gatos, Monte Sereno still short on police officers

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Recycling company at center of Oakland's FBI case might owe you a refund for overcharging

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San Jose residents liken city's abatement of RV encampments to 'whack-a-mole'

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Pause on communications from federal health agencies sparks concern in the Bay Area

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After ICE operation in Bay Area, officials pledge to defend immigrants

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Planes from Travis Air Force Base among those used in deportations

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San Jose, Oakland fire departments understaffed like L.A.

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Bay Area schools, families worry about potential ICE activity under Trump law

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Half Moon Bay shooting survivors to get new homes. Other farmworkers aren't so lucky

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East Bay veterans unhappy with county over downtown fire station plan

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New bill would allow California communities to decide where battery plants are located

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Gov. Newsom signs $2.5 billion wildfire disaster aid package

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Letters: Donald Trump's new agenda is just what the nation ordered

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California legislation would speed up light-rail, bus lane conversions, exempting them from environment review

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Will California insurance reforms be enough to stop insurers from leaving?

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Letters: Halting U.S. foreign aid hurts our nation and the world

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Letters: Hold politicians accountable for toxic Moss Landing fire

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Opinion: Trump's executive orders are a shortcut to autocracy

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Jarvis: Trump leaving WHO puts U.S. at back of the line in global health

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Kristof: Gaza war proves a tragedy and failure for all

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Trump wants to 'just clean out' Gaza, send refugees elsewhere

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Trump ends Biden's hold on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel

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How much did the youth vote shift to the right in California?

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Judge temporarily blocks Trump's birthright order

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Is the FBI raid in San Leandro tied to the charges of bribery and conspiracy in Oakland?

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