Donald Trump
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Trump says the Iran war is militarily “effectively over” after meeting Qatar’s prime minister, and the naval blockade stays in place
The president says the United States is ready to resume strikes if needed while talks continue; Iran calls its own proposal the most reasonable offer, and California drivers are paying about $1 a gallon more than…
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Inquirer Investigation: The $87.6 billion Operation Epic Fury request, line by line, as Congress faces a Dec. 11 deadline
The White House request would send $67.1 billion to the Department of War and about $15.6 billion to farm aid, the Ebola response and domestic projects; the Pentagon now puts the war’s cost at $47.1 billion.
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Commerce extends its pause on the export-control affiliates rule to Jan. 10, keeping a reprieve in place for Bay Area chip-equipment makers
The two-month extension tracks the U.S.-China trade truce; the rule, which the administration says closes a national-security loophole, stays on the books and can be revived.
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Congress returns with 16 House session days before federal funding runs out on Dec. 11
The stopgap law that keeps agencies open also carries highway and transit money and other authorities that matter to California, and both parties enter the lame-duck session with different priorities.
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What California has at stake as Trump and Xi prepare to meet at APEC in Shenzhen
The administration says it wants China to deliver on farm purchases and critical-mineral supplies promised in last year’s Busan arrangement; Beijing says U.S. restrictions are the problem.
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Inquirer Investigation: A draft federal review finds California’s coastal program deficient and calls for talks with SpaceX and Sable
NOAA’s draft cites “a pattern of jurisdictional and regulatory overreach” and suspends future coastal grants until the cited deficiencies are addressed; California officials call the review preordained, and the three state agencies face a Nov. 16…
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Qatar steps up mediation between Iran and the U.S. as Rubio says talks have “never stopped”
Qatari mediators spent three days in Tehran and Doha on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as the Trump administration says it prefers a diplomatic outcome but will not accept one that leaves its…
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Inside the consultant travel that preceded the high-speed rail chief’s exit
An Inquirer Investigation reads the inspector general’s report behind Ian Choudri’s resignation, which found the rail authority paid $595,600 in travel it should not have and corrected its own count of unapproved travel upward to $800,900.
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California adopts a new Bay-Delta water plan, and Washington’s part in it is now the open question
The State Water Board voted 4-1 to build Gov. Gavin Newsom’s voluntary agreements into the rules for the Delta, but the Bureau of Reclamation, which runs the Central Valley Project, has said it will pull out…
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In the Sable pipeline appeal, the Ninth Circuit will test how far the Defense Production Act reaches
The Trump administration says its Defense Production Act order to restart a Santa Barbara County oil pipeline protects fuel supplies for West Coast military bases, California says the order goes beyond what the law allows, and…