Shira Stein
Correspondent at San Francisco Chronicle
Washington correspondent for @sfchronicle. Previously: @BLaw, @washingtonpost, @AmericanU. She/her 🏳️🌈 [email protected]
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2 days ago |
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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3 days ago |
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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3 days ago |
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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5 days ago |
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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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Shira Stein
The Senate voted to eliminate California’s ability to require the phasing out most gas-powered vehicles by 2035. Brontë Wittpenn/The ChronicleWASHINGTON — The Senate totaled California’s signature climate change policy — mandating new cars sold be electric by 2035 — in a 51 to 44 vote Thursday morning. Nearly every Democrat present voted against revoking the EV mandate, while Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, supported doing so.
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