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Why California business leaders are fighting to save the gas tax increase

The California Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are crucial to the campaign to defeat Proposition 6. They argue the gas tax increase and new vehicle registration fees pay for necessary road improvements that keep the economy running.

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at the airport in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, July 15, 2018 on the eve of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Amid investigations and tensions, Trump-Putin going 1-on-1

Amid investigations and tensions, Trump and Putin ready to go 1-on-1.

Rosayra Pablo Cruz, center, smiles at he sons 5-year-old Fernando, right, and 15-year-old Jordy outside the Cayuga Center, Friday, July 13, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Even with a green card, an immigrant can be deported under new guidelines

New guidelines implemented last week by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services say that legal immigrants can now be deported from the United States if they break the rules of federal and state programs that offer public benefits to immigrants.

Protesters arrive early to voice concerns about Dixon vice mayor’s comments

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‘He doesn’t have a filter.’ Dixon vice mayor has a history of offending readers

Dixon Vice Mayor Ted Hickman has written derogatory things about gay people and other groups in his column for years, but his last column was the first one to go viral. The column prompted angry emails and calls to city leaders, on Tuesday, a protest at City Hall to urge Hickman to resign.

FILE - In this June 28, 2018 file photo, protesters chant “Families belong together!” as they walk to the front doors of the federal courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, to bring attention to the U.S. immigration policy. A federal judge, responding to a plan to reunify children separated at the border, said he was having second thoughts about his belief that the Trump administration was acting in good faith to comply with his orders. The Justice Department on Friday, July 13 filed a plan to reunify more than 2,500 children 5 years old and older by a court-imposed deadline of July 26 using “truncated” procedures to verify parentage and perform background checks that excludes DNA testing and other steps it took to reunify children under 5. The administration said the abbreviated vetting puts children at significant safety risk but is needed to meet the deadline. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP, File)

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US judge criticizes plan to reunify families split at border

A U.S. judge says he is having second thoughts about his belief that the Trump administration is acting in good faith to comply with his orders to reunify families separated at the border.

'First they beat me, then my son,' says asylum seeker in Sacramento

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New U.S. asylum rules bring confusion, fear and few options for immigrants

Thousands of immigrants, many from Central America, are seeking asylum in the U.S. based on rampant gang violence or domestic abuse in their countries of origin. But two new actions by the Trump administration in recent weeks mean few of them are likely to win their cases.

Dianne Feinstein comments on election results

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California Democrats endorse de León for US Senate race, snubbing Feinstein

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein lost the California Democratic Party endorsement to her more liberal challenger, Kevin de León, on Saturday, July 14, 2018.

The California Influencer Series

Legal residents first. Don’t separate families. California leaders advise DC on immigration

How to address illegal immigration was the topic tackled this week by the California Influencers, a group of the state’s public policy and politics experts. They spoke about family separation and the need to priority right of citizens, among other issues.

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California state controller Betty Yee hurt in car crash

California State Controller Betty Yee has been hurt in a car crash but authorities say her injuries are non-life threatening.

In this Dec. 11, 2017, photo, a tank at a Kiel Bros. facility is torn down in Indianapolis. The collapse of Kiel Bros. Oil Co. in 2004 was widely publicized. Less known is that the state of Indiana and, to a smaller extent, Kentucky and Illinois, are still on the hook for millions of dollars to clean up more than 85 contaminated sites across the three states, including underground tanks that leaked toxic chemicals into soil, streams and wells. (AP Photo/Brian Slodysko)

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Pence family’s failed gas stations cost taxpayers $20M+

Pence family's chain of failed gas stations cost taxpayers more than $20M.

FILE - In this June 13, 2018 file photo, Nicole Hernandez, of the Mexican state of Guerrero, holds on to her mother as they wait with other families to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico. he separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border caught the attention of the world and prompted mass outrage, but it only tells a small part of the story surrounding the Trump administration’s immigration policy. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

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Border measures part of Trump’s bigger immigration crackdown

The separation of families at the U.S. border caught the attention of the world and prompted mass outrage, but it's wasn't the end game for the Trump administration.

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Russia probe indictments spotlight risk of bitcoin, digital currency

The use of so-called cryptocurrencies in global finance are likely to come under increased scrutiny after the Justice Department announced indictments Friday against 12 Russian military intelligence officers.

A police officer stands outside the Cayuga Centers offices Harlem, Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in New York. Attorney Michael Avenatti has an appointment to see two Honduran girls shipped to New York after being separated from their parents at the Mexican border. The girls’ parents are being detained in Texas by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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‘Just a dumb move’: Democrats dismiss potential vote on abolishing ICE as bad politics

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy plans to bring forward a bill that would abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a vote. Republicans believe it is a losing issue for Democrats. But Democrats on July 13, 2018, said they won’t support it.

‘He belittles us.’ Jessica Morse pivots from primary to McClintock

Capitol Alert

Democrats push for unity in California House races after bruising primary

California Democrats are trying to bring together activists in the ten Republican-held House seats they hope to flip in November. Contentious primaries split supporters for Democratic candidates trying to unseat GOP members of Congress.

FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok arrives to testify before the the House Committees on the Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform during a hearing on “Oversight of FBI and DOJ Actions Surrounding the 2016 Election,” on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Partisan divide on full display in hearing on Russia probe

The partisan divide in Congress over the investigation of Russian interference in the election of President Donald Trump remains precipitously deep.

FILE - In this June 5, 2018 file photo, voters mark ballots at a polling place in the library at the Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School in Los Angeles. California’s June primary saw the highest percentage of voter turnout in a midterm primary election since 1998. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified the results Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Politics & Government

California 2018 midterm primary turnout highest in 2 decades

California's June primary saw voter turnout percentage in a midterm primary election since 1998.

See drone footage of a sinking canal in California’s Central Valley

Water & Drought

The Valley floor is sinking, and it’s crippling California’s ability to deliver water

The Friant-Kern Canal in the San Joaquin Valley is sinking as parts of the San Joaquin Valley floor collapse because of subsidence, the result of excessive groundwater pumping during the drought.

National Politics

Democrats urge Trump to cancel Putin summit following Mueller indictments

Senior Democrats called on President Donald Trump on Friday to cancel his planned summit Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland, unless he was prepared to challenge the former KGB official over the U.S. indictment of 12 Russian intelligence operatives for meddling in the 2016 election.

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