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california wealth tax

If California wealth tax passes, other blue states may adopt similar measures

Zach Halaschak · October 17, 2026 8:11 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani talks during a news conference near the scene of a shooting on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in New York.

Mamdani leads New York Democrats in demanding parking lot owners ban ICE

Vance.

Vance backs ICE but acknowledges need to prosecute officers who ‘screw up’

Moscow Iran

Ukraine drone strikes and Iran war split blame on skyrocketing diesel prices

Abdul el Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a campaign rally at the UAW Region 1 Union Hall, Aug. 2, 2026, in Warren, Mich.

El Sayed spends thousands on private security while proposing social workers for 911 response

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

RFK Jr. pauses Medicaid reimbursement to Minnesota and California over fraud

Gabrielle M. Etzel July 21, 2026 11:11 am

War Secretary Pete Hegseth

Pentagon names North Carolina sergeant as third soldier killed in Iran’s weekend strikes

Emily Hallas July 21, 2026 11:06 am

President Donald Trump, left, and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

Judge rules against Trump in Minnesota sanctuary city lawsuit

Emily Hallas July 21, 2026 8:08 am

Detainees talk on telephones at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center.

DOJ’s creative solution to transgender prison case would move male inmates into specialized unit

Mia Cathell July 21, 2026 5:00 am

Newly-sworn Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C.

Darline Graham Nordone signals break with late brother’s defense-focused Senate legacy

Rena Rowe July 20, 2026 10:44 pm

Iran’s killing of American service members over the weekend crosses a red line drawn by President Donald Trump himself, and raises questions about the levels to which the president plans to respond. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

Dignified transfer of US troops killed in Iran war postponed, Leavitt says

Rena Rowe July 20, 2026 9:29 pm

The gates of Harvard Yard at Harvard University.

Trump DOJ probing Harvard over ‘China-based’ financial aid programs

Rena Rowe July 20, 2026 9:19 pm

Donald Trump and Andy Burnham

Trump says he’ll soon meet new British PM Andy Burnham after ‘interesting’ call

Rena Rowe July 20, 2026 7:42 pm

Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's new director of the FBI, reacts as Alexis Wilkins watches during Patel's ceremonial swearing-in, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FBI Director Kash Patel schedules fall trip to Russia: Report

Rena Rowe July 20, 2026 6:46 pm

Soldiers killed in Jordan

Pentagon disputes characterization it downplayed recent casualties in Iran war

Mike Brest July 20, 2026 5:46 pm

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks to reporters.

Trump to impose 50% tariffs on Canada in response to retaliatory duties

Naomi Lim July 20, 2026 5:14 pm

Guthrie et al collage

Bipartisan push mounts for hospital price transparency bills before August recess

Gabrielle M. Etzel July 20, 2026 4:56 pm