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Fraudulent Unemployment Claims Filed in Name of Calif. Sen. Dianne Feinstein
Among the more than $110 billion in unemployment benefits California has paid this year to people who lost their jobs because of the coronavirus, $21,000 went to an address in Roseville under the name and Social Security number of U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
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After Criticism, Feinstein to Step Down as Top Judiciary Dem
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she will step down from her role as the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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With a Hug, Feinstein Draws Liberal Critics at Court Hearing
Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California is coming under criticism for her handling of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.
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Judge Barrett Refuses to Say How She Would Rule on Challenges to Roe, Casey During Confirmation Hearing
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett refused to answer questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s top Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, about whether she would rule that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that established the right to abortion, should be overturned. Barrett told Feinstein it would be wrong for her to “pre-commit” to a decision or join the court with...
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Feinstein Says Barrett Jeopardizes Obama Health Care Law
Ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., said “healthcare coverage for millions of Americans is at stake” in the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, because President Donald Trump has promised to appoint justices who will vote to undo the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.
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Dianne Feinstein's Husband Named in UC Admissions Scandal
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, University of California Regent Richard Blum, has been named by the state auditor’s office as one of the regents involved in an admissions scandal where UC wrongly admitted dozens of students as favors to well-connected people
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US Closes Probes Into 3 Senators Over Their Stock Trades
Sens. Dianne Feinstein of California, Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma have been informed that the Justice Department has closed investigations into their stock trades.
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30th Horse Dies at Santa Anita Since Dec. 26, Hall of Fame Trainer Banned
One day before the close of a catastrophic racing season at Santa Anita, another horse died there Saturday– the 30th fatality at the famed racetrack since Dec. 26, and the second death since track officials denied a request from the state regulatory board to suspend racing temporarily.
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30th Horse Dies at Santa Anita Since Dec. 26, Hall of Fame Trainer Banned
One day before the close of a catastrophic racing season at Santa Anita, another horse died there Saturday– the 30th fatality at the famed racetrack since Dec. 26, and the second death since track officials denied a request from the state regulatory board to suspend racing temporarily.
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Protesters Call for End of Horse Racing After Latest Horse Death at Santa Anita
Animal-rights activists Monday called for horse racing to be abolished in California, one day after a third horse died at Santa Anita Park in nine days.
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‘SNL': Comedian John Mulaney Hosts While Country Rocker Thomas Rhett Performs
After a week off, the cast of ‘Saturday Night Live’ eagerly returned to give their take on the week’s news....
The show kept in line with a theme of the season, parodying the Congressional hearing of President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Cohen was interviewed this week by Congress members over his involvement in various potential crimes in the Trump... -
Senate Panel Advances Trump's Attorney General Nominee
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved William Barr’s nomination for attorney general along party lines Thursday, with Republicans praising his credentials and Democrats questioning how transparent he’ll be once special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation concludes. The vote now heads to the full Senate, where Barr is expected to be confirmed in a vote as soon as next...
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Trump Administration Official Defends Use of Tear Gas at Mexico Border
The nation’s top border security official told skeptical senators Tuesday that the use of tear gas on a group of migrants that included children was justified to manage a chaotic clash where a crowd was hurling rocks at agents and trying to illegally cross into the U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan testified before the Senate Judiciary...
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Trump Associate Roger Stone Invokes Fifth Amendment, Won't Give Senate Documents or Testify
Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, says he won’t provide documents to the Senate Judiciary Committee or testify and will instead invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. In a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s top Democrat, a lawyer for Stone said the panel’s requests for information about people with whom Stone has communicated in the...
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Deported Oakland Nurse Wins Approval to Return to the US
A nurse who was deported to Mexico has won her improbable fight to return to her four children and job in California after winning a ticket in a visa lottery.
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Deported Oakland Nurse a Step Closer to Reuniting With Her 4 Kids
An Oakland nurse who was deported to Mexico last year is one step closer to being reunited with her four children in the Bay Area in time for the holidays.
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Timeline: Chaos at US-Mexico Border
U.S. border agents fired tear gas on migrants protesting near the U.S.-Mexico border on Nov. 25. This is the timeline of events that led to the closure of the crossing.
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Trump Ousts Sessions as Attorney General, Shaking Up Mueller Probe
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump, who inserted in his place a Republican Party loyalist with authority to oversee the remainder of the special counsel’s Russia investigation. The move has potentially ominous implications for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe given that the new...
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Read Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Resignation Letter
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned “at the request” of the president, according to a letter he submitted to the White House Wednesday.
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Angry Sen. Graham Attacks Democrats at Kavanaugh Hearing
After Republicans ceded their questioning of Christine Blasey Ford to an outside counsel, a visibly angry Sen. Lindsey Graham claimed his time with Brett Kavanaugh and used it to attack his Democratic colleagues for wanting to “destroy this guy’s life.” Shouting from his seat at the front of the room, Graham accused Democrats of prioritizing the upcoming midterm elections, as...