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California man arrested after allegedly pushing torched car down embankment, sparking massive fire

A Chico, California man was arrested Thursday for allegedly starting a fire that has burned nearly 75,000 acres of land, after torching a car and pushing it down a 60-foot embankment, authorities said. The Butte County District Attorney’s Office said a 42-year-old man was arrested by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire)...

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Harris' shift from tough-on-crime prosecutor to social justice advocate faces scrutiny from conservative group

Vice President Kamala Harris’ checkered prosecution record during her tenure as California attorney general is resurfacing as her bid for the White House heats up. From locking up parents whose children had chronically missed school to supporting a bail fund that let violent Black Lives Matter rioters out of jail in 2020, Harris’ approach to...

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Top Dem who visited Butler says local officials told him 'we need to talk' more about Secret Service failures

BETHEL PARK, Pa. – A top House Democrat who took part in a bipartisan walk-through of the Butler Farm Show grounds in Pennsylvania, where former President Trump was nearly assassinated, said law enforcement rank-and-file seem apprehensive to speak publicly about “who’s in charge.” Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., said officers who serve are “great people” and...

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California Republicans warn Newsom his oil refining ‘phase-out’ endangers military readiness

EXCLUSIVE:Nearly half of California’s Republican congressional delegation sent a letter Tuesday warning Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stringent fossil fuel policies endanger national security in part due to the Golden State’s military prominence. The letter, led by Rep. David Valadao of the San Joaquin Valley, expressed “grave concerns” that Newsom’s “deliberate… hamstring[ing]” of oil refining hurts not...

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Kamala Harris’ record as prosecutor in California spells ‘trouble’ for presidential campaign: lawyer

Kamala Harris’ policies as San Francisco District Attorney and California Attorney General could come back to haunt her as the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president, experts say. “She’s one of these people who’ve talked out of both sides of her mouth, and she’s going to have trouble with both the left and the right...

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Biden's rent-control plan will only make America’s housing crisis worse

President Joe Biden is suggesting that a federal limit on annual rent increases in residential units will ease housing costs. This is what happens when economist Milton Friedman isn’t “running the show”: Policymakers follow ideas that make the problem they say they’re solving infinitely worse. “While the prior administration gave special tax breaks to corporate...

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Hunter Biden trial on tax charges given start date

Hunter Biden’s criminal tax trial will begin on Sept. 9 in California, a federal judge overseeing the legal proceedings said Monday. Biden is charged with failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, while also filing false tax reports.He allegedly used the funds to live lavishly, including spending millions of dollars on...