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Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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The San Diego City Council's Rules Committee today initially approved a proposed ballot measure by Councilman Raul Campillo to keep parking at the city's beaches and bays free unless voters decide otherwise. -
The California Federation of Labor Unions endorsed not one, but four separate Democrats on Monday – former Congresswoman Katie Porter, East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell, billionaire Tom Steyer, and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. -
His District 9 office will now work with the city attorney's office to draft language for the ballot proposal, which must then be approved again by the Rules Committee and then the full City Council before being placed on the November 2026 ballot. -
Several Republican-led states are passing their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote. -
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a panelist in Sen. Markwayne Mullin's Department of Homeland Security confirmation hearing, discusses the reforms he wants for the agency and shares his views on the Iran war with NPR's Steve Inskeep. -
Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz. -
Investigators in the U.S. search for motives in three recent instances of targeted attacks, and whether they are related to the war in Iran. -
President Trump started a war with no clear end in sight. If his predecessors' experiences are an indication, conflicts don't bode well for presidential approval ratings. -
If the U.S. follows through on its threats to bomb the oil assets on Kharg Island, the war would likely escalate and oil prices would increase exponentially. -
The adoption followed four hours of heated public comment and a lone "no" vote by a Jewish councilmember.
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