Adam Schiff
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Padilla promises oversight and subpoenas after Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff, and renews a push to bar presidents from trading stocks
The White House says Mr. Miller drove the administration’s results on crime, the border and fraud; California’s senior senator says Democrats will use investigations and their leverage over federal funding once they take control of Congress…
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California’s senators voted against taking up the permitting bill. Now Schiff is trying to change it
The Senate advanced the bipartisan package 73 to 25 on Monday and 62 to 21 on Tuesday, with the White House’s support; Sen. Adam Schiff has offered an amendment to strike its historic-preservation changes, which the…
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Appeals court expedites EPA’s bid to treat California clean-air waivers as rules Congress can overturn
The D.C. Circuit will hear on a fast track the EPA’s appeal of two injunctions protecting six California waivers, while House-passed resolutions targeting two port-pollution rules wait in the Senate.
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Senate Democrats and environmental groups join California’s appeal over Energy Department order restarting Sable pipeline
The Energy Department says its Defense Production Act order shores up West Coast fuel supplies and military readiness; California, three Democratic senators and environmental groups are asking the Ninth Circuit to block it.
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As FEMA tightens its disaster reviews, California’s bid to extend help for fire survivors is still pending
The Trump administration says it is vetting aid requests more closely and has paid every dollar it approved for Los Angeles fire case management; about 1,400 households could lose their case managers when the state program…
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Schiff tours SFO holding room and says detained travelers still cannot call lawyers or family
After a Tuesday oversight visit, Senator Adam Schiff said some people held by Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco International Airport are kept past the agency’s 72-hour guideline, and that detainees, including green-card holders, cannot…