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Yellen says US-China ties on ‘surer footing’ after critical trip

U.S, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen struck a positive but pragmatic tone after completing a high-stakes trip to China, even as she pressed officials in Beijing on a range of “unfair” economic practices.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

‘Secretive world.’ ACLU database to track conditions at California’s immigration centers

Jose Ruben Hernandez Gomez hopes a new grievance database recently launched by the ACLU Foundation of Northern California for the state’s six immigration detention centers — including three in the Central Valley — will help provide “more of a concrete proof ... of how unsafe these detention centers are.”

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Editorial: Student loan freeze didn’t help borrowers shed debt

President Joe Biden is already scheming to get around last week’s Supreme Court ruling that invalidated his effort to unilaterally make billions in student loan debt disappear. If Plan B involves more executive branch legerdemain not authorized by the Constitution — the details remain murky — expect another legal challenge.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Steve Hummer: Back home in Georgia, Chase Elliott looks to get back on track

ATLANTA — Chase Elliott could use a hug. The kind of warm, understanding embrace you can get only at home. The kind that makes everything OK again. That and some unimpeded horsepower would be nice for Georgia’s own Elliott during Sunday night’s Quaker State 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

A look at Lightning’s offseason facelift — and what’s still left to do

BRANDON, Fla. — Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois has been forced to make some difficult decisions over the past two weeks.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

‘It’s going to change baseball’: Inside the revolutionary hitting program behind LaMonte Wade Jr.’s success

SAN FRANCISCO — Ever since he can remember, LaMonte Wade Jr. has had an innate ability to track the baseball.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Six months later, delays abound in high-profile, slow-moving Young Slim Life trial

ATLANTA — It’s been six months since the “Young Slime Life” trial started and a jury still hasn’t been selected.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Automatic spending cuts would threaten infrastructure funding

WASHINGTON — The backstop mechanism House Republicans inserted into last month’s debt ceiling package to ensure the completion of full-year appropriations would cause some collateral damage if triggered: cuts to bipartisan infrastructure law funding enacted two years ago.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison

California has agreed to improve health care for newly released prison inmates who are disabled, including through a series of measures that advocates say will help almost everyone trying to make the transition from incarceration.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023

Jonathan Bernstein: Why is Biden risking an early loss to RFK Jr.?

Democrats are struggling with the consequences of their decision to reorder the party’s presidential nomination calendar next year. The truth is, their worries are mainly symptoms of the fact that the party is on its way to renominating a president who hasn’t been popular for the last two years.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2023