WASHINGTON — U.S. Southern Command said U.S. forces apprehended Motor/Tanker Veronica in a pre-dawn Caribbean operation on Jan.15, marking the sixth sanctioned vessel seized under a Trump administration quarantine on Venezuela-linked tankers. Marines and sailors launched from USS Gerald R. Ford and a U.S. Coast Guard team conducted the boarding;...
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces to Minnesota after protests erupted over Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations following a fatal ICE shooting on Jan. 7 and a later wounding during a federal stop. Federal authorities increased deployments under Operation Metro...
Washington, President Donald Trump hosted Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday to discuss Venezuela's political and economic future. The meeting followed a Jan. 3 U.S. special forces operation that removed Nicolás Maduro from power and Trump's call with interim president Delcy Rodríguez. Machado, a...
RICHMOND, Va. House Democrats advanced four constitutional amendments that would enshrine abortion protections, restore voting rights to people with felony convictions, remove a defunct ban on same-sex marriage and permit temporary mid-decade congressional redistricting pending voter approval. The measures passed the Democratic-controlled House after public testimony and await Senate consideration,...
Los Angeles. The Schall Law Firm announced this week that it has opened investigations and filed class actions on behalf of shareholders of Nutanix, Beta Bionics, Fermi, Wealthfront, Ardent Health and Varonis, alleging possible securities law violations after company disclosures and stock price declines. The notices cite specific dates including...
Minneapolis federal officers shot a man in the leg Wednesday night during a targeted traffic stop in north Minneapolis, local outlets reported. DHS said officers fired after the subject allegedly attacked agents with a shovel or broom and attempted to flee; the wounded person is in custody. The city said...
Minneapolis — Federal immigration agents used a battering ram to arrest Garrison Gibson during a Department of Homeland Security enforcement operation that officials say produced more than 2,500 arrests following the Jan. 7 fatal shooting of Renee Good. A U.S. district judge later ruled Gibson’s arrest unlawful; he was detained...
ATLANTA, Governor Brian Kemp outlined priorities in his final State of the State address Thursday, urging lawmakers to approve multi billion dollar investments in transportation, affordability, energy and education. He previewed a plan to spend about $1.8 billion on highway congestion projects, citing a study that commuters lose roughly 75...
Minneapolis, federal and local authorities and lawmakers responded this week after a Jan. 7 federal agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother. Federal enforcement surged following a late-November operation that arrested about 2,400 individuals in Minnesota; officials reported roughly 2,000–3,000 agents deployed. Protests and confrontations followed, including property damage...
Washington — President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Wednesday, allowing schools in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% milk alongside low‑fat and skim alternatives. Congress passed the bipartisan bill unanimously late last year; it affects about 30 million students. Administration officials,...
