Around the Nation
Obama asserts executive privilege on Fast and Furious documents: read more–>>
Video: Obama not a big fan of executive privilege in 2007: read more–>>
Last-minute deal fizzles; Holder contempt vote still on tap: read more–>>
Anti-Obama sentiment fueling Romney on campaign trail: read more–>>
Obama bundlers’ foundations bankroll gay marriage, abortion, unions, ACORN, ‘racial justice,’ anti-coal campaigns: read more–>>
Local Beat
Sacramento City Council OKs charter commission ballot measures: read more–>>
California to lose big if Supreme Court scraps U.S. healthcare law: read more–>>
California tobacco tax trails by razor-thin margin: read more–>>
Dan Walters Daily: ‘Two blows for open government’: read more–>>
Opinions
Obama’s ‘They’-Did-It Campaign: read more–>>
Obamacare to survive Supreme Court ruling: read more–>>
Contra Costa Times editorial: New election rules means Stark has to fight for survival: read more–>>
Putting A Patina Of Bi-Partisanship On Speaker Perez’s Political Play Is A Head Scratcher: read more–>>
Laura Bush’s fight for women: read more–>>
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