House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends

House Republicans have passed a sweeping bill to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers.

Trump digs in on election lies, attacks accuser during CNN town hall event

Trump continued to insist the 2020 election had been “rigged," even though state and federal election officials, his own campaign and White House aides, and numerous courts have rejected his allegations.

FDA panel backs Opill over-the-counter birth control

Federal health advisers are recommending that a decades-old birth control pill be sold without a prescription.

California Gov. Newsom declines to back reparations checks, says slavery's legacy is 'more than cash payments'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declined to endorse specific recommendations from the state’s reparations task force, which voted last week to recommend proposals that could result in California’s Black residents receiving billions of dollars in reparations.

Debt ceiling deadlock continues with next meeting set for Friday

A critical meeting between President Biden and Congressional leaders ended Tuesday with no deal on the debt ceiling deadlock. 

Rep. George Santos charged by federal prosecutors

The charges are expected to be announced as early as Wednesday in the Eastern District in Brooklyn.

BART can increase ridership with cleaner trains and more police, poll finds

The Bay Area Council, a key player in BART's inception in the 1960s, said the transit system could see a boost in ridership if more was done to improve the overall experience.

SF DA's stance on Banko Brown killing is 'contradiction,' supervisor says

San Francisco Supervisor Shamann Walton called District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' handling of the killing of Banko Brown, an alleged shoplifter shot by a Walgreens security guard, a "contradiction."

Trump rape lawsuit: Jury rejects rape claim, finds Trump liable for sexual abuse in 1996 attack

A jury in New York City has rejected a woman’s claim that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store in 1996, but found Trump liable for sexual abuse against E. Jean Carroll.

Dianne Feinstein returns to Washington

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is returning to Washington, D.C. after spending months in San Francisco due to a medical condition.

California reparations panel OKs state apology, payments

California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

Rep. Barbara Lee speaks to KTVU about the impacts of raising the federal debt ceiling

More than 7,800 people in the East Bay could lose their jobs, nearly 70,000 more could see their Social Security payments jeopardized, and 259,000 people could lose their health benefits if the federal government does not raise the debt ceiling, says East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland).

Rep. Barbara Lee speaks to KTVU about the impacts of raising the federal debt ceiling
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More than 7,800 people in the East Bay could lose their jobs, nearly 70,000 more could see their Social Security payments jeopardized, and 259,000 people could lose their health benefits if the federal government does not raise the debt ceiling, says East Bay Congresswoman Barbara Lee.

Aging infrastructure, missing data, and backlog of repairs plague PG&E

A new look at PG&E by independent monitors finds that the company is not keeping up with maintenance and replacement of vital equipment.

Trump deposition video in rape trial released

In the video, which was recorded last October, Trump denies the allegations of his accuser, the writer E. Jean Carroll, referring to her as a “nut job" and “mentally sick."