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Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the biggest regret of my careerRepublican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career.”

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Adoptees push to access original birth certificates after Bay Area lawmakers’ bill is defeatedThe California Legislature just finished its work for the year last month, but the race to lobby legislators on what bills they should introduce next year is well underway.

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Appeals court weighs judge's authority to restore Trump cuts to HarvardA federal appeals court has heard arguments over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University.

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Obama to appear with El-Sayed as he gets more involved in midtermsFormer President Barack Obama plans to appear with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit this month. Obama is upping involvement in the midterm election. He taped two dozen ads last week for Democratic candidates for governor and Senate that will be released in the coming days and weeks.

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US futures edge lower under sustained pressure from bond marketsU.S. futures are falling as the bond market continues to pressure stocks ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve’s latest minutes.

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Trump names national intelligence director Jay Clayton to lead a new federal AI task forcePresident Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artificial intelligence.

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Governor says Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigningThe head of Tennessee’s prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday.

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Union City's Sakakihara faces Price in state Senate raceCouncilmember, who once was a Palantir executive, has support from Silicon Valley giants

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