3 ways to visualize how the $5.2 billion budget will be spent

With America’s 10th largest city set to vote next month on a multi-billion dollar budget, homelessness, crime, and soaring housing costs remain at the forefront for many of San Jose’s one million residents. Amid economic uncertainty and wrangling at City Hall on how to spend $5.2 billion in the coming year, Mayor Matt Mahan already … Read more

Biden vetoes bid by Congress to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from SE Asia

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday vetoed a congressional resolution that would have reinstated tariffs on solar panel imports from Southeast Asia, settling for now a long-running dispute over whether to punish China for trade violations that bypass U.S. rules limiting imports of cheap solar panels from Asia. The result of Biden’s veto … Read more

Trump declares victory over Durham report on Truth Social — but legal expert calls out key omissions

Former President Donald Trump erupted after the release of special counsel John Durham’s report on his probe of the FBI’s investigation into Trump’s 2016 campaign ties to Russia.  The report singles out the FBI for acting on “raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence,” and for handling “important aspects” of the probe in a “seriously deficient” manner rife with … Read more