Shira Stein
Future veterinarian. Former reporter for @sfchronicle, @BLaw, and @washingtonpost. @AmericanU alum. Bay Area born and raised. She/her 🏳️🌈
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sfchronicle.com | Sophia Bollag |Shira Stein
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office on May 30, 2025. Evan Vucci/Associated PressSACRAMENTO — California officials were bracing Friday for a potential major escalation in President Donald Trump’s efforts to starve the state of federal funding, including possibly the elimination of money for the University of California, sources said.
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sfchronicle.com | Shira Stein
The Trump administration said it would rescind about $4 billion in federal funding set aside for California’s high-speed rail project. Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press 2015WASHINGTON — The Trump administration plans to pull the plug on federal funding to California’s high-speed rail project.
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sfchronicle.com | Shira Stein
The president is threatening California funding because AB Hernandez, a transgender student at Jurupa Valley High School, competed in the CIF track and field championships in Clovis on May 31. Jae C. Hong/APWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump targeted California’s education funding again after a transgender student won two high school track and field events at the state meet Sunday.
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sfchronicle.com | Shira Stein
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Alison Thompson, left, talks with Jenn Onofrio, center, a White House fellow to the secretary of the Navy, and Patrik Gallineaux of the Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation prior to the launching of the USNS Harvey Milk in 2021 in San Diego. Alex Gallardo/Associated PressWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Navy to strip the name of slain gay rights icon and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk off a naval supply vessel, Military.com reported Tuesday.
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sfchronicle.com | Shira Stein
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, seen here at a news conference on Dec. 4, 2024, says the Department of Justice “can’t keep up” with its case load. The department lost more than half its staff due to federal cuts. Scott Strazzante/S.F. ChronicleWASHINGTON — Democratic attorneys general fighting the Trump administration on an array of policy issues are seizing on the widespread cuts and resignations of federal employees, an effort that may be coming back to bite the White House.
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