Government business | Founding principles | Ban ICE. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for April 30, 2025.

The Trump administration has told Congress that it intends to designate Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations, ...

The lawsuit argues that Trump and DOGE are unconstitutionally reorganizing the federal government through mass firings of workers.

First responders, survivors and advocates from the 9/11 community lobbied Congress on Monday to support a critical health ...

A coalition of 24 states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration, claiming it has unlawfully dismantled ...

Plus: California zoning bill survives powerful lawmaker's economic illiteracy, Montana legislators pass simple, sweeping, ...

President Donald Trump is set to address a gathering in Detroit, Michigan, Tuesday as he marks the first 100 days of his ...

Senate Bill 554 is about keeping our community members safe from rapists, from gang members, and from collateral deportation.

The Central Coast of California Conservation Act would prevent new drilling before it starts, protecting the biodiversity of ...

“Protect, baby, protect,” “conserve, baby, conserve,” and “steward, baby, steward” have yet to make it into Burgum’s lexicon.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Democrats in Congress are pushing to pass a bill they say would ban discrimination for LGBTQ+ ...

Are Republicans in Congress willing to assert some control over the regulatory state?