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Sen. Dianne FeinsteinDianne Emiel FeinsteinHillicon Valley: Russia 'amplifying' concerns around mail-in voting to undermine election | Facebook and Twitter take steps to limit Trump remarks on voting | Facebook to block political ads ahead of election Top Democrats press Trump to sanction Russian individuals over 2020 election interference efforts Overnight Defense: US sanctions ICC prosecutor amid probe of alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan | Senators urge Pentagon to keep Stars and Stripes running MORE (D-Calif.), who is poised to become chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Committee if Democrats win the majority, sees guns as the No. 1 issue. … [Read more...] about Emboldened Democrats haggle over 2021 agenda

Mai, who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and came to the United States with his family at age 2, has turned his life around since his hospitalization. He obtained a college degree and a master’s in microbiology, works as an immune monitoring specialist at a research center in Seattle, and, as Bumatay described his record, has had no recurrence of mental illness and no criminal convictions. … [Read more...] about Trump-appointed Ninth Circuit judges in emphatic dissent on gun ownership by ex-mental patients

As Blade Bannon asked around, he found little resistance to lifting the ban. He started making his case before city health leaders — the changes in sexual health, the relative safety of a bathhouse where others might be around, the opportunity these spaces afford those who are just coming out or might need a place to sober up after bars close. He used to go to the bathhouses when he was 18, 19 and 20. “When I was that age, that was a safe place for me to go be myself,” he told them. “Make the healthy choice, the easy choice.” … [Read more...] about Bathhouse ban revoked: Amid one pandemic, San Francisco confronts legacy of another

A group of mainly Southern senators including Isakson introduced a bill last week that would appropriate more than $13 billion in relief for a range of disasters. The Democratic-controlled House passed a $14 billion package during the prolonged government shutdown standoff with President Trump earlier this year. California has requested $9 billion for 2018 and 2017 wildfire recovery. … [Read more...] about ‘It’s embarrassing’: California wildfire relief struggles to get through Senate

Such a probe would “ensure that the crucial facts and witnesses in this matter are assessed in a non-partisan manner,” the lawyers wrote, and that lawmakers are fully informed before “making any decisions.” The lawyers also said Blasey Ford should be spared an appearance “on national television to relive this traumatic and harrowing incident” before an investigation is complete. … [Read more...] about Christine Blasey Ford Calls for FBI Probe Before Testifying About Kavanaugh