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FILE - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is flanked by aides as she returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee following a more than two-month absence as she was being treated for a case of shingles, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Feinstein's office said Thursday, May 18, that she is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a complication from the shingles virus that can paralyze part of the face, and that she contracted encephalitis while recovering from the virus earlier this year. (AP Photo/J.

A majority of Californians say Feinstein is no longer fit for office, a new poll finds

FILE - Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is flanked by aides as she returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee following a more than two-month absence as she was being treated for a case of shingles, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Feinstein's office said Thursday, May 18, that she is suffering from Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a complication from the shingles virus that can paralyze part of the face, and that she contracted encephalitis while recovering from the virus earlier this year. (AP Photo/J.

May 25, 2023, 8:00am Politics

A substantial majority of Californians feel that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is no longer fit for the job because of her recent declining health, and more voters believe she should resign than support her staying in office, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the… Read story

GOP measure would overturn student loan relief

May 24, 2023, 8:14pm Nation & World

House Republicans passed a resolution on Wednesday that would overturn President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan, but the White House has vowed to veto it and the plan remains on hold as the Supreme Court considers its fate. Read story

Biden picks history-making Air Force fighter pilot to serve as next Joint Chiefs chairman

May 24, 2023, 4:50pm Politics

President Joe Biden will announce Thursday that he is tapping Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., a history-making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China, to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Read story

FILE - This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, left, as he testifies before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022. Rhodes and members of his antigovernment group will be the first Jan. 6 defendants sentenced for seditious conspiracy in a series of hearings beginning this week that will set the standard for more punishments of far-right extremists to follow.

1st seditious conspiracy sentences in Jan. 6 attack to be handed down for Rhodes, other Oath Keepers

FILE - This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, left, as he testifies before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022. Rhodes and members of his antigovernment group will be the first Jan. 6 defendants sentenced for seditious conspiracy in a series of hearings beginning this week that will set the standard for more punishments of far-right extremists to follow.

May 24, 2023, 9:25am Nation & World

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and members of his antigovernment group will be the first Jan. 6 defendants sentenced for seditious conspiracy in a series of hearings beginning this week that will set the standard for more punishments of far-right extremists to follow. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden listens as he meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, May 22, 2023, in Washington. A federal prosecutor tapped by President Joe Biden to become a U.S. district judge in Kansas has withdrawn from consideration, citing the nearly two-year wait for action on his nomination. Jabari Wamble is Biden's second judicial nominee to withdraw this month.

Biden judicial nominee Wamble withdraws from consideration, cites nearly 2-year wait for action

FILE - President Joe Biden listens as he meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, May 22, 2023, in Washington. A federal prosecutor tapped by President Joe Biden to become a U.S. district judge in Kansas has withdrawn from consideration, citing the nearly two-year wait for action on his nomination. Jabari Wamble is Biden's second judicial nominee to withdraw this month.

May 24, 2023, 9:14am Politics

A federal prosecutor tapped by President Joe Biden to become a U.S. district judge in Kansas has withdrawn from consideration, citing the nearly two-year wait for action on his nomination. Read story

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks as her receives the Henry J. Friendly Medal during the American Law Institute's annual dinner in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks as her receives the Henry J. Friendly Medal during the American Law Institute's annual dinner in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

May 24, 2023, 9:12am Politics

Chief Justice John Roberts said there is more the Supreme Court can do to “adhere to the highest standards” of ethical conduct, an acknowledgment that recent reporting about the justices’ ethical missteps is having an effect on public perception of the court. Read story

Fighters of Russian Volunteer Corps prepare for the press conference not far from the border in Sumy region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Russia's military said Tuesday it quashed what appeared to be one of the most serious cross-border attacks from Ukraine since the war began, claiming to have killed more than 70 attackers in a battle that lasted around 24 hours.

Half of U.S. public approves of Washington’s arms deliveries to Ukraine in 2nd year of Russia’s war

Fighters of Russian Volunteer Corps prepare for the press conference not far from the border in Sumy region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Russia's military said Tuesday it quashed what appeared to be one of the most serious cross-border attacks from Ukraine since the war began, claiming to have killed more than 70 attackers in a battle that lasted around 24 hours.

May 24, 2023, 9:08am Latest News

Like the blue and yellow flags that popped up around the U.S. when Russia invaded Ukraine 15 months ago, U.S. popular support for Washington’s backing of Ukraine has faded a little but remains widespread, a survey by the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and NORC shows. Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, left on screen, and his attorney, Todd Blanche, right on screen, appear by video before a hearing begins in Manhattan criminal court, in New York, May 23, 2023. Trump speaks about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense attorneys wince. The former president has never hesitated to offer his opinion or joust with his antagonists. But legal experts say Trump's freewheeling speaking style could give prosecutors additional ammunition to use against him in court.

Trump’s freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness speaking style draws legal attention amid probes

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, left on screen, and his attorney, Todd Blanche, right on screen, appear by video before a hearing begins in Manhattan criminal court, in New York, May 23, 2023. Trump speaks about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense attorneys wince. The former president has never hesitated to offer his opinion or joust with his antagonists. But legal experts say Trump's freewheeling speaking style could give prosecutors additional ammunition to use against him in court.

May 24, 2023, 9:07am Nation & World

Donald Trump speaks about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense attorneys wince. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his "Investing in America Cabinet," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully for two years, an administration official said Monday, May 8.

Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his "Investing in America Cabinet," in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, May 5, 2023, in Washington. Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully for two years, an administration official said Monday, May 8.

May 23, 2023, 1:19pm Politics

On President Joe Biden 's first day in office, he handed Congress a legislative plan to modernize the nation's immigration system. Read story

Salazar, Escobar to propose comprehensive immigration bill

May 23, 2023, 7:57am Politics

WASHINGTON -- Florida Republican Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar and Texas Democrat Rep. Veronica Escobar have teamed up on a sprawling immigration bill that aims to revamp asylum processing, slash visa backlogs and provide a path to legal status for millions of undocumented immigrants. Read story