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Reporting from Just the News
The ICE officer has been identified as 32-year-old David Gonzalez III, of McAllen, Texas, and he has been charged with felony assault likely to produce great bodily injury, felony elder abuse, felony vandalism and misdemeanor battery.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A new law taking effect in 2027 will cost taxpayers millions of dollars annually to keep convicted sex offenders incarcerated longer.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Former Vice President Kamala Harris remains the top choice for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination among nearly 30% of Democratic and left-leaning independent voters surveyed, with her support holding virtually unchanged over the past year, according to The Center Square’s latest poll.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – With the general election ballots already mailed out and the race drawing national attention, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman faced off in a tense debate Tuesday night.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Birthright citizenship of immigrants' children is costing federal, state and local taxpayers $150.7 billion annually, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
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Reporting from Just the News
Maher, who is known for calling out his own fellow Democratic Party members, said on his "Club Random" podcast that he has accepted the invitation and will be meeting the president, whom he has praised as having "good humor."
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Assembly Minority Leader Alexandra Macedo, R-Tulare, wrote a public letter to the High-Speed Rail Authority calling on CEO Ian Choudri to resign following a report showing that California's taxpayers paid more than $1 million in travel reimbursements for the agency's contractors.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta reiterated voting procedures during a Los Angeles press conference on Tuesday, urging voters to mail their ballots at least one week before Election Day while hitting back against voter fraud claims and potential federal interference.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Adam Gray, D-Merced, Calif., who opposed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, is running for reelection on Nov. 3 against former Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln II, a Republican.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – More than three years after its COVID-19 disaster period ended, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is still closing the books on pandemic spending, including millions of dollars for the Los Angeles Opera Company that pays its top executive $1 million a year.
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