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24 states back challenge to transgender inmate surgery ruling with nationwide stakes

Idaho and Indiana AGs argue the Eighth Amendment doesn't require states to fund gender reassignment surgery for prison inmates in a Ninth Circuit brief.

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Newsom still backing $114M 'bridge to nowhere' for mountain lions and butterflies

Gov. Gavin Newsom's $114 million wildlife crossing has critics calling it a patronage program as California now faces a $2.9 billion budget deficit.

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Don Jr.’s shadow hangs over Trump mine fight as China retains critical minerals leverage

Trump's push for domestic mining faces contradiction as his administration defends Biden's EPA veto blocking Alaska's copper-rich Pebble mine project.

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Washington Dems passed an income tax they know is unconstitutional. That was the point

Washington state's Senate bill proposes a 9.9% millionaire income tax viewed as unconstitutional under 93 years of settled precedent. Democrats don't care.

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Spencer Pratt: Newsom is seeing his political ambitions unravel

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt explains why he is running and criticizes Mayor Karen Bass on ‘Fox News @ Night.’

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Appeals court pauses orders limiting federal agents' use of tear gas at protests near Portland ICE building

An appeals court paused two lower court rulings that limited tear gas use on protesters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland.

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Climate executive warns California ‘functionally bankrupt,’ $1T shortfall could shake nation

Climate entrepreneur David Friedberg warned California is “functionally bankrupt," citing pension liabilities, legal limits and spending concerns in a recent interview.

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United jet dodges Black Hawk in last-second maneuver over California airport: 'That was not good'

The FAA is investigating a close call between a United Airlines Boeing 737 and a Black Hawk helicopter at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California.

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Trump praises San Francisco mayor for 'trying very hard' to improve city after moderates took over leadership

President Donald Trump says San Francisco has tremendous potential and claims federal tools could solve the city's crime problems faster than local leadership can.

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Doctor’s bloodied wife seen in bodycam after screaming for help from husband’s alleged attack

Bodycam footage shown at an attempted murder trial in Maui captured Arielle Konig bloodied on a trail. Prosecutors allege her doctor husband attacked her.