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Biden TV interview: ‘Bad episode’ in debate, but ‘I’m running the world’
![The interview appeared unlikely to fully tamp down concerns about his age and fitness for another four years and his ability to defeat Donald Trump in November. The interview appeared unlikely to fully tamp down concerns about his age and fitness for another four years and his ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AP24188022193993.jpg?w=525)
The interview appeared unlikely to fully tamp down concerns about his age and fitness for another four years and his ability to defeat Donald Trump in November.
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California Politics
![The recall effort was sparked by the contentious La Quinta Inn and Suites project, which San Mateo County is attempting to purchase to house homeless families and seniors. The recall effort was sparked by the contentious La Quinta Inn and Suites project, which San Mateo County is attempting to purchase to house homeless families and seniors.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SJM-L-HOMELESS-1207-1.jpg?w=562)
Millbrae voters to decide on recall of councilmembers
The recall effort was sparked by the contentious La Quinta Inn and Suites project, which San Mateo County is attempting to purchase to house homeless families and seniors.
National Politics
![Wisconsin again figures to be a crucial swing state after President Joe Biden barely won it in 2020 and Donald Trump narrowly took it in 2016. Wisconsin again figures to be a crucial swing state after President Joe Biden barely won it in 2020 and Donald Trump narrowly took it in 2016.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-isconsin-Drop-Boxes_199770360.jpg?w=525)
Wisconsin reverses course, will allow more ballot drop boxes
Wisconsin again figures to be a crucial swing state after President Joe Biden barely won it in 2020 and Donald Trump narrowly took it in 2016.
City Politics
![Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe and councilmembers Tamisha Torres-Walker and Monica Wilson face allegations of secret meetings. Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe and councilmembers Tamisha Torres-Walker and Monica Wilson face allegations of secret meetings.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/EBT-L-ANTCOPMEET-0919-22-1.jpg?w=528)
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Illegal meetings in Antioch? Grand jury inconclusive on elected officials’ closed door talks
Antioch Mayor Lamar Hernandez-Thorpe and councilmembers Tamisha Torres-Walker and Monica Wilson face allegations of secret meetings.
Local Politics
![The bill would stop California schools from notifying parents if a student starts using different pronouns or identifies as a gender other than what’s on school records. The bill would stop California schools from notifying parents if a student starts using different pronouns or identifies as a gender other than what’s on school records.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/060223-LGBT-Pride-Protest-School-LA-AP-CM-01.webp?w=525)
Ban on schools’ gender notification policies heads to Gov. Newsom. Will he sign it?
The bill would stop California schools from notifying parents if a student starts using different...
California Legislature
![Plastic industry claims that their new, thicker bags are exempt, but most are neither reused nor recycled statewide. Plastic industry claims that their new, thicker bags are exempt, but most are neither reused nor recycled statewide.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SJM-L-plasticbags-0523-01.jpg?w=498)
Opinion: Close ‘reusable’ loopholes in California’s plastic bag ban
Plastic industry claims that their new, thicker bags are exempt, but most are neither reused...
Opinion
![Vehicles are state's largest single source of greenhouse gases, and efforts to reduce emissions will hit motorists hard. Vehicles are state's largest single source of greenhouse gases, and efforts to reduce emissions will hit motorists hard.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/SJM-L-GASPRICES-0418-2.jpg?w=498)
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Walters: What will happen to gas prices if California shifts away from fossil fuels?
Vehicles are state's largest single source of greenhouse gases, and efforts to reduce emissions will...
Election
![When he did get personal, telling a journalist that he hopes to carve out Friday evenings to spend with his family — his wife is Jewish, and Friday-night Shabbat dinners are a family tradition — the Conservatives used it against him, claiming Starmer planned to be a part-time prime minister. When he did get personal, telling a journalist that he hopes to carve out Friday evenings to spend with his family — his wife is Jewish, and Friday-night Shabbat dinners are a family tradition — the Conservatives used it against him, claiming Starmer planned to be a part-time prime minister.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sjm-ection_199761998.jpg?w=525)
Who is Keir Starmer, the UK’s next prime minister?
When he did get personal, telling a journalist that he hopes to carve out Friday...