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CA’s Prop 1 narrowly passes to reform mental health spending
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Lawmakers are leaving Congress in droves. Why?
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Immigration activists raise alarms about OC ICE transfers
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Plans for Rafah offensive could divide Netanyahu and US Democrats
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Shoppers mourn 99 Cents Only as stores wind down operations
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