National Headlines
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Deportations near one million under Trump as arrests shift into communities, including the Bay Area
A Migration Policy Institute analysis of federal data finds that most removals still begin at the border, but arrests inside the country are driving a growing share, a trend Bay Area immigration lawyers say they are…
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A flaw in the code behind most websites sends governments and companies scrambling to patch
Federal agencies told organizations to update PHP immediately or take sites offline, a warning that reaches from state and city portals to the San Francisco companies that run much of the web’s publishing infrastructure.
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California faces a $2 billion food aid bill unless it cuts an error rate. The deciding year just ended.
Federal error-rate data, state budget records and legislative testimony show how a 2025 law is already shifting CalFresh costs to Sacramento and the counties, why California would pay sooner than several states with worse records, and…
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Trump administration prepares to resume student loan collections after the midterms, report says
Treasury is moving to hire private debt collectors for defaulted federal student loans, a step that could reach hundreds of thousands of Californians as soon as next year.
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Justice Department charges 28 California green-card holders with voting crimes, escalating ballot fight
The cases, six of them against Bay Area residents, are Washington’s newest argument for setting aside some 20,000 California mail ballots; state officials say the numbers show such fraud is rare.
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Poll finds deepening national gloom two weeks before midterms, raising the stakes in California’s House races
An NBC News survey puts President Trump’s approval at a second-term low of 34 percent as Californians begin returning ballots in a handful of districts that could help decide control of the House.
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Trump shelves new Russia sanctions, and California lawmakers join a bipartisan outcry
The president’s order pauses tariffs and penalties that Congress passed last month, a decision the administration ties to strained energy markets that are felt acutely in California, where diesel now tops $8 a gallon.
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Justice Department sues to stop California from counting 20,000 mail ballots
With ballots already in voters’ hands, the Trump administration has asked a federal judge to set aside votes from people it calls likely noncitizens, a demand California officials say rests on an unverified list.
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Shooting at an Oregon elementary school kills three children and a teacher, reviving a West Coast debate over guns
A 16-year-old former student opened fire in a special-education classroom in Bend, Ore., before an armed parent stopped him; Gov. Gavin Newsom urged the country to “wake up.”
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Ring Energy (REI) is expected to surge above $2 a share by week’s end
Proven cash generation, improving well economics, and a multi-bench development program expected to unlock substantially higher recoveries from assets long regarded as mature THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Shares of Ring Energy Inc. are poised for a…