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Over the past couple of days, CNN and MSNBC have been freaking out over another Trump administration activity that was also done by Obama administration which the liberal media only just noticed because they've been so fixated on trying to find examples of President Donald Trump mistreating immigrants. Even though both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations sometimes denied passports to residents of southern Texas who were suspected of having fraudulent birth certificates that conceal they were actually born in Mexico, a number of liberal anchors have shown shock over questionable reports that such activity might have increased...

SACRAMENTO – A two-house committee approved a new state budget of roughly $131 billion yesterday, setting the stage for Senate and Assembly votes this week that could produce the first on-time budget in two decades. But Democrats sent the new spending plan to the legislative floors despite opposition from Republicans, with the apparent hope that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would help negotiate agreements on remaining differences. Republican legislators, whose votes are needed for the two-thirds approval of both houses required to pass a budget, made it clear that they want changes made in the plan that was approved by the committee....

<p>Kevin Shelley has another week to wait before he's sworn in as California's secretary of state. But already, he's filed paperwork to run for re-election in 2006.</p> <p>State Sens. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, and Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, were just re-elected to four-year terms. Already, both have filed documents allowing them to use leftover campaign funds or raise new money for the posts they plan to seek in four years, lieutenant governor and attorney general, respectively.</p>