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Supreme Court allows $409 million lead paint fund to 10 CA counties including SF
By on October 16, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way today for three paint companies to pay $409 million to 10 California cities and counties to abate lead paint hazard in housing units »

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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder, dies at 65
By on October 15, 2018
Paul Allen, the taciturn computer programmer who founded the software behemoth Microsoft with Bill Gates when he was 22 and walked away eight years later with what would become one »

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Trump defies California senators with 9th Circuit judge nominations
By on October 12, 2018
WASHINGTON _ After months of negotiations and delays, the White House is moving to fill California’s three vacancies on the influential 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals _ over the »

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Senate narrowly confirms Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court justice
By on October 6, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Senate Saturday narrowly confirmed Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, capping a tumultuous confirmation process marked by partisan rancor, tearful testimony and allegations of sexual assault »

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Kavanaugh, accuser slated to testify; Dems say more witnesses needed
By on September 18, 2018
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Capitol Hill plan to hear testimony Monday from Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, but will call no one else, »

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John McCain, war hero, political maverick and GOP standard-bearer, dies at 81
By on August 26, 2018
Arizona Sen. John McCain, who survived 5 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to become one of the highest-profile, most confounding and pugnacious personalities in American politics — »

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Trump now facing legal assault on two fronts as prosecutors in New York and Washington take aim
By on August 22, 2018
WASHINGTON — After 19 tumultuous months in office, President Donald Trump is being squeezed by legal assaults on two fronts, each of which could imperil his White House tenure. How »

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Trump’s EPA formally launches rollback of fuel economy standards
By on August 2, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Thursday pushed ahead with plans to unravel the federal government’s most effective action to fight climate change — aggressive fuel economy standards aimed at getting »

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