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Trump's media machine-gun: How Karoline Leavitt is rewriting the White House rules

The new front line of American politics is young, female, and digital-first - and it is led by the youngest press secretary in the history of the White House.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt walks outside of the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 21, 2025
San Francisco city supervisor Scott Wiener comments on a pilot program to permit private commuter buses to use public bus stops in San Francisco, California, January 21, 2014

After debate backlash, California Democrat Scott Wiener says Israel carried out 'genocide' in Gaza

Cast member Jon Hamm attends a premiere for the television series Your Friends and Neighbors in Los Angeles, California, US, April 4, 2025.

Jon Hamm to host NFL Honors ceremony ahead of Super Bowl LX

An illustration of a woman checking a fuse box by candlelight during a power cut.

Power restored for about 110,000 customers after major outage hits San Francisco


Israeli law firm demands California uni. drop PLFP hijacker as speaker

Plane hijacker Leila Khaled is due to address San Francisco State University's Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas study program on September 23.

PFPL plane hijacker Leila Khaled in South Africa

SFSU to host PLFP hijacker Leila Khaled as part of 'resistance' event

The PLFP was heavily involved in terrorist attacks and suicide bombings during the Second Intifada from 2000 to 2005.

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SF Giants’ first home game blessed by seafaring ‘Rally Rabbi’

Rabbi Yosef Langer blew his shofar to bless the Giants, who faced off against the San Diego Padres.

Rabbi Yosef Langer on a yacht before the San Francisco Giants’ home opener, July 28, 2020.

Facebook ad shows Jewish California senator clutching Monopoly money

Jeremy Russell, a spokesperson for the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, called the ad “cringeworthy,” CalMatters reported.

Woman holds a tablet displaying WhatsApp's logo in front of the screen with the Facebook logo.

San Francisco health dept. confirms giving drugs to homeless in hotels

The health department handed out controlled substances to at least 43 homeless individuals staying in the hotels, in order to deter them from leaving the premises.

Tents set up by homeless people are seen on a corner street as people walk by amid an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, California, U.S. March 27, 2020

Cruise ship 'in limbo' off San Francisco awaiting coronavirus tests

It's still unclear what would occur should anyone now aboard the Grand Princess test positive for the respiratory virus, which terrorized the passengers of a different Princess cruise not long ago.

Passengers on board the Grand Princess cruise ship off San Francisco watch while a U.S. military helicopter hovers above the deck

'Phallic fish' wash up on California shore

The worms are described to be approximately 25 centimeters in length and "pulsing."

Live gaebul (AKA 'phallic' fish) sold at a fish market at Busan, South Korea

Former Twitter employee accused of spying for Saudis pleads not guilty

A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered him to be released next week, but prosecutors are appealing that decision.

People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013.

Fliers accusing Jews of being behind 9/11 attacks appear in San Fran

At the bottom of the page it says, “Wake up USA!”

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San Francisco-area synagogue fire destroys building

Rabbi Raleigh Resnick of Chabad of the Tri-Valley in Pleasanton rushed to the site in order to save the Torah scrolls housed there.

California's Golden Gate Bridge, near San Francisco