California lawmakers finish work closing $54B deficit

The $202.1 billion budget marks an incredible reversal for the nation's most populous state, which just six months ago was preparing a spending plan that included a multibillion-dollar surplus.

Despite pandemic, Trump administration urges end to ACA

The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic

Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5B for border wall

A federal appeals court ruled against the Trump administration in its transfer of military money to build sections of the U.S. border wall with Mexico.

Native Americans protesting Trump trip to Mount Rushmore

Several groups led by Native American activists are planning protests for Trump’s July 3 visit, part of his “comeback” campaign for a nation reeling from sickness, unemployment and social unrest.

Expansion of California privacy law qualifies for ballot

Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced Wednesday a measure to amend the law will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot.

Trump administration retiring 13 federally operated COVID-19 testing sites amid sharp rise in cases

The Trump administration has announced that it is currently “transitioning” the last remaining federally operated coronavirus testing sites, of which there are 13 located in five states, to be re-established within local pharmacies.

San Francisco permit expediter charged in corruption probe

An influential San Francisco contractor and permit expediter is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in a public corruption case centering around a former public works director, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Democrats confirm plans for nearly all-virtual convention

Joe Biden plans to accept the presidential nomination in person, but it remains to be seen whether there will be a significant in-person audience there to see it.

San Francisco supervisors unanimously approve legislation for safe-injection sites

San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed legislation that would allow safe-injection sites through an overdose prevention program.

Mail voting: Pence, aides embrace practice panned by Trump

Vice President Mike Pence and a half-dozen other senior advisers to President Donald Trump have repeatedly voted by mail, according to election records obtained by The Associated Press. That undercuts the president’s argument that the practice will lead to widespread fraud this November.

Local activists on how this racial justice movement fits in Oakland's history

KTVU speaks with Bay Area folks who have spent their lives fighting for social justice--in theater and art, through organizing, music or politics. They told us how their work, including as members of the civil rights movement, Anti-Apartheid Movement or the Black Panther Party, informs the current sociopolitical moment.

Did TikTok teens, K-Pop fans punk Trump's comeback rally?

For more than a week before Donald Trump’s first campaign rally in three months on Saturday in Tulsa, Oklahoma, these tech-savvy groups opposing the president mobilized to reserve tickets for an event they had no intention of attending.

Pirated editions of John Bolton memoir appear online

“We are working assiduously to take down these clearly illegal instances of copyright infringement,” Simon & Schuster spokesman Adam Rothberg said Sunday.

Judge: Bolton can publish book despite efforts to block it

The decision from U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth is a victory for Bolton in a court case that involved core First Amendment and national security issues.

Top Manhattan prosecutor Geoffrey Berman leaves job after standoff with Barr

Attorney General William Barr on Saturday told the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan that President Donald Trump has removed him from the high-profile job.

Judge rules John Bolton can publish his book
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The government has not proven that the book would be dangerous to release to the public.