“Why were state law enforcement officers excluded?” U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder wanted to know. It applied to everyone else, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. — Bridget Lavender, staff attorney at the State Democracy Research InitiativeLegally, the mask ban was always going to be a cat fight. The mask ban would be on the same track now, if not for the state police exemption. Law enforcement objections shaped the changes the governor’s legislative office sought just days before the Sept. 5 amendment deadline, according to a stakeholder involved in those discussions.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday voted to subpoena U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Justice Department’s failure to make public its records related to sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. The committee voted 24-19 on the resolution by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), with five Republicans and all Democrats in support. AdvertisementShortly before the vote, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) made a half-hearted effort to persuade his colleagues to oppose Mace’s motion for a subpoena. During a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee last month, Bondi mostly insulted lawmakers instead of answering their questions. “I don’t expect to be talking about the stock market, so she better not bring those notes when she comes to the Oversight Committee,” Mace said.

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The companies made Forbes' annual lists of the "Best Large Employers" and "Best Midsize Employers" nationwide, released Feb. 10. Forbes named 1,200 organizations to its 2026 lists – 700 large employers and 500 midsize employers. As for midsize employers, Green Bay Packaging was named the best in Wisconsin by Forbes, ranking 9th of 500 employers. Eighteen of the 700 companies on Forbes' "Best Large Employers" 2026 ranking were headquartered in Wisconsin. Fourteen of the 500 companies on Forbes' "Best Midsize Employers" report were headquartered in Wisconsin.

Novato is one of the Northern California communities that have seen high concentrations of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, detected in local wastewater. A respiratory virus that doesn’t have a vaccine or a specific treatment regimen is spreading in some parts of California — but there’s no need to sound the alarm just yet, public health officials say. AdvertisementHMPV has also been detected in L.A. County, though at levels considered low to moderate at this point, data show. However, as was the case with many respiratory viruses, COVID disrupted that seasonal trend. Before the pandemic hit in 2020, Americans were regularly exposed to seasonal viruses like HMPV and developed a degree of natural immunity, August said.

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What we know for sure is that the Middle East is now in a regional war with no end in sight. Trump has refused to rule out U.S. troops on the ground and has said operations could last four to five weeks. AdvertisementIf the U.S. is merely trying to weaken Iran’s military power, this can certainly be done in the short term, as the Iranians are learning. Just as it did after last summer’s 12-day war, Iran will inevitably rebuild its military capacity once the U.S. concludes its air campaign. In June, Trump agreed to support Israel’s war against Iran even though U.S. negotiators were scheduled to continue talks days later.

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The Senate rejected a resolution Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran, declining to halt a war that Trump started without the consent of Congress. Democrats — along with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) — forced a vote on the war powers resolution over the opposition of most Republicans, who control the Senate. The vote was the latest setback in Democrats’ long-shot strategy to block Trump from ordering military strikes without authorization from Congress. But even if Congress passed such a resolution, it would stand little chance of forcing Trump to end the war with Iran because he could veto it. Kaine said before Wednesday’s vote that he would file more resolutions to end the conflict in Iran if the vote failed.

Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said critics have “appropriately” described Israel as an “apartheid state” and argued that the current leadership under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given the U.S. no choice but to reconsider its military support. Gavin Newsom also called out the Trump administration and its newly formed Board of Peace. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty ImagesNewsom decried that Israel and the U.S. have been discussing regime change in Iran, arguing they haven’t been able to resolve “the Hamas question” in Gaza despite having had several years to do so. The U.S. military death toll in Iran on Tuesday rose to six. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner last month said “people are not personally profiting from this.” A permanent seat costs $1 billion.

Amazon Announces Fresh Job Cuts in Robotics Unit as Layoffs ContinueAmazon's Ongoing Workforce Reductions and Impact on Robotics DivisionBy Greg BensingerDetails of Latest Layoffs in Robotics UnitSAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, with at least 100 white-collar jobs affected, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. This comes after a January cut of about 16,000 jobs with the company at the time hinting layoffs would continue. Business Insider earlier reported the robotics cuts. The layoffs represented nearly 10% of white-collar workers, though the bulk of Amazon's 1.5 million workers are hourly staff, particularly in warehouses known as fulfillment centers. Impact on Robotics ProjectsBlue Jay Robotic Arm Project HaltedThe latest job cuts come after Amazon in January halted development of a robotic arm known as Blue Jay that it demonstrated at an event in October.

Since then, his administration's justifications for war with Iran have changed repeatedly. All of that is to say, the presidency and the norms surrounding it have changed a lot under Trump. And I think the difference between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 is that he's much more willing to take risky, big actions like this. Trump can now say, I'm the guy who did it, you know? DETROW: I've been, over the past few days, comparing this war with Iran to the Gulf War in a few different ways.

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Soccer fields in San Bernardino, where a 12-year-old boy died after collapsing during soccer practice on Feb. 26. A 12-year-old boy died Thursday after collapsing during soccer practice following a hot day in San Bernardino. Adriel Enriquez collapsed on the soccer field on Feb. 26, while practicing with the Platinum IE soccer club, said his uncle, Joshua Gutierrez in a social media post . “What started as a normal afternoon doing what he loved turned into every parent’s worst nightmare,” Gutierrez wrote in a GoFundMe launched by the family to help cover funeral costs and expenses. “Adriel had no medical issues that we were aware of, and his passing was unexpected and an absolute shock,” Gutierrez wrote on Facebook, alongside a video memorializing his nephew.

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