Tag: U.S. news
Trump files $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times
NEW YORK – President Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times and four of its journalists on Monday,...
Trump administration boosts HBCU funding after cutting grants for Hispanic-serving colleges
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is redirecting nearly $500 million in federal funding toward historically Black colleges and tribal colleges, a one-time investment covered...
Trump says the US should do away with quarterly earnings reports
President Donald Trump wants to do away with the quarterly earnings report. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said securities regulators should stop...
Trump administration renews push to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook ahead of key vote
President Donald Trump’s administration renewed its request Sunday for a federal appeals court to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board...
Utah governor says the motive in Kirk shooting is not yet certain but the suspect was on the left
WASHINGTON – Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Sunday that investigators are not ready to discuss the motive behind the assassination of conservative activist Charlie...
Blame game after acts of political violence can lead to further attacks, experts warn
DENVER – From the moment conservative activist and icon Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin’s bullet, partisans began fighting over which side was...
Judge extends temporary measures protecting Guatemalan children from deportation
WASHINGTON – A federal judge is temporarily keeping in place measures preventing the Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan migrant children in government custody.Judge Timothy...
Watchdog questions millions spent each year on shuttered US Embassy in Venezuela
MIAMI – The U.S. government employs a sizable staff of 150 Venezuelans and spends upward of $6.7 million annually for upkeep of the shuttered...
Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana
Some West Africans who were deported from the U.S. to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a flight during which all...
Former poet laureate Ada Limón says artists must band together during ‘dangerous times’
During her three years as the 24th poet laureate, Ada Limón said her travels around the United States taught her just how many poets...