Tag: California

Tens of thousands of people are involved in the industry, which has unions seeking to outmaneuver each other in an effort to sign them up. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Unions look to organize pot industry

Sean Higgins · December 26, 2017 7:35 pm

Police were called after a suspicious package was delivered at the home of Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gift-wrapped horse manure delivered to Steve Mnuchin’s home for Christmas

Kelly Cohen · December 24, 2017 6:04 pm

In this photo provided by Javier Mendoza, the contrail from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is seen from Long Beach, Calif., more than 100 miles southeast from its launch site Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. A reused SpaceX rocket has carried 10 satellites into orbit from California, leaving behind it a trail of mystery, wonder, and speculations about aliens as it soared into space. (Javier Mendoza via AP)

SpaceX rocket triggers social media frenzy, UFO conspiracy theories

Katie Leach · December 23, 2017 3:22 pm

In this Sept. 18, 2013, file photo, spectators at Pier 39 watch Emirates Team New Zealand and Oracle Team USA during the 11th race of the America's Cup sailing event in San Francisco. The FBI said Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, that it found a martyrdom letter and several guns in the home of a former Marine who may have been planning a Christmas Day attack on a popular San Francisco tourist destination. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

National Security

Ex-Marine’s ISIS-inspired San Francisco attack foiled, feds say

Kelly Cohen · December 23, 2017 2:39 pm

A firefighter takes a cellphone picture during a wildfire Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, in Montecito, Calif. The so-called Thomas Fire is now the largest in California history. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

California wildfire now largest in state history

Associated Press · December 23, 2017 2:27 pm

Is the tide turning against campus suppression of free speech?

Washington Examiner · December 23, 2017 12:01 am

One may disagree with a lot of President Trump's policies, but the proposed rule from this administration's Labor Department has been the victim of "fake news." (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

The progressive case for Trump’s tip-pooling rule

Joshua Chaisson · December 22, 2017 5:01 am

The order, in response to a lawsuit from California, comes about a week after a federal judge in Pennsylvania made a similar order. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Second court blocks Trump rollback of birth control mandate

Robert King · December 21, 2017 10:01 pm

"House and Senate Democratic Leadership has continued to insist on parity in the CAPS, which we insist should include funding for opioids, veterans, pensions, NIH, and support for the DREAM Act," House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote in a letter to Democrats. "Unless we see a respect for our values and priorities, we continue to urge a strong NO on the Continuing Resolution." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Pelosi: Democrats should vote against spending bill if doesn’t reflect their ‘values’

Al Weaver · December 20, 2017 10:24 pm

This pointless action is sure to have zero impact on the wall construction. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)

Beltway Confidential

City of Berkeley might boycott companies who build Trump’s border wall

Brendan Pringle · December 20, 2017 9:21 pm

The flyers are not "racist propaganda," and to suggest as much is absurd and counterproductive. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Beltway Confidential

Kate Steinle posters denounced as ‘racist propaganda’ at UCSD

Emily Jashinsky · December 20, 2017 6:43 pm

The House voted to approve the Republican tax bill on Tuesday. Twelve House Republicans voted "no." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans from rich districts oppose tax cut bill

Timothy P. Carney · December 19, 2017 8:22 pm