Albuquerque, N.M. Airlines, drivers and fuel markets adjusted as holiday travel began this week, with AAA and EIA reporting national gasoline averages near $2.89 per gallon and analysts forecasting Christmas Day averages about $2.79. Airlines added seats for an expected 122 million travelers while winter storms caused over 10,000 flight...
CHICAGO — Federal Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino returned to the Chicago area Tuesday and Wednesday as agents conducted immigration enforcement operations across neighborhoods and suburbs. Videos and eyewitnesses showed unmarked vehicles, arrests in Little Village and near Midway Airport, deployment of pepper munitions, and crowds confronting agents. Local officials...
Washington — President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade this week of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, declaring the Maduro government a foreign terrorist organization and citing accusations of drug trafficking, human trafficking and asset theft. The move follows a U.S. seizure of a sanctioned tanker last...
Lansing: State legislators and residents clashed this week over rapid hyperscale data center expansion across Michigan, prompting protesters to rally at the Capitol Tuesday and demand moratoriums and transparency. Lawmakers introduced bills to repeal sales tax exemptions and regulate water use, utility costs and disclosure agreements. Utilities warned repeal could...
Washington — The U.S. House passed a Republican health care bill Wednesday while enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits are set to expire December 31, 2025. Republican leaders blocked an amendment to extend the credits; four Republicans later signed a discharge petition to force a vote on a clean...
Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump defended Chief of Staff Susie Wiles this week after Vanity Fair published recent interviews in which she described him as having "an alcoholic's personality" and criticized other aides. Wiles dismissed the article as a 'disingenuously framed hit piece' on X, while White House officials issued...
Washington — President Donald Trump publicly signed a formal proclamation Tuesday expanding U.S. travel and entry restrictions, adding multiple countries to full bans and imposing new limits on others. The administration raised the list from an earlier June order, now covering about 39 to 40 countries, including Burkina Faso, Mali,...
Brookline, Massachusetts — A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor was shot Monday night and died Tuesday morning. Authorities identified him as Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and a faculty member in Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics. Responding officers found Loureiro in his...
New Iberia, Louisiana — Federal agents arrested Micah James Legnon after surveilling him for alleged ties to members of an extremist group accused of plotting a New Year's Eve bombing in Southern California. Authorities say the 29-year-old ex‑Marine and former New Iberia police officer loaded what appeared to be an...
Washington — State attorneys general and automakers Hyundai and Kia announced a multistate settlement Tuesday resolving claims that millions of vehicles were sold without industry-standard engine immobilizers, enabling widespread thefts. Under the agreement, the companies will offer free zinc‑reinforced ignition cylinder protectors or equivalent hardware for eligible vehicles, equip all...
