Washington — President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday for a bilateral meeting, the White House said. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the visit and said the week would focus on energy and deregulation, including a Wednesday East Room event promoting coal....
Chicago, Federal prosecutors released body camera footage showing Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shooting Marimar Martinez five times during an October immigration enforcement operation. Martinez, a U.S. citizen and teacher, was charged after Homeland Security accused her of ramming agents; prosecutors later dropped charges and a judge dismissed the case...
Tucson, Arizona. Law enforcement detained a person Tuesday for questioning in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, officials said. Authorities said the Pima County Sheriff's Office, assisted by the FBI, located the individual south of Tucson and searched an associated location. Guthrie was last seen at her Catalina Foothills home...
Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump's decision to limit invitations to Republican governors for parts of next week's National Governors Association (NGA) gathering prompted Democratic governors to boycott a White House dinner and threatened to upend the bipartisan meeting. NGA chair Kevin Stitt informed peers that the White House planned to...
Albany, Mayor Zohran Mamdani testified before state lawmakers Wednesday, urging a 2% personal income tax increase on New Yorkers earning over $1 million and requesting greater state funding to address a roughly $12–12.6 billion city budget shortfall. He reiterated proposals for free bus service and expanded childcare, citing estimated bus...
Atlanta — The FBI executed a Jan. 28 search warrant at Fulton County election offices, seizing more than 650 boxes of 2020 ballots and related materials after an affidavit cited allegations of electoral impropriety. The affidavit, unsealed Tuesday this week, says the probe began with a referral from Kurt Olsen,...
BATON ROUGE — Local authorities and officials reported multiple incidents this week: police arrested a suspect in a series of vehicle thefts and investigated an alleged rideshare impersonation and sexual assault, while city leaders unveiled a solar-plus-battery microgrid and delayed action on removing an indicted councilman from a board. Law...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Tennessee Valley Authority this week announced it will retain its Kingston and Cumberland coal-fired plants, reversing prior closure plans, while pursuing new natural gas generation and battery storage to meet rising electricity demand from data centers and population growth. TVA filed a supplemental environmental impact statement in...
TRENTON, N.J. — Former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded Tuesday to Analilia Mejia in the Democratic special primary to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Mikie Sherrill. Mejia, a progressive activist and former Sanders director, overtook Malinowski by a narrow, widening margin as mail-in ballots were counted. The Associated Press...
WASHINGTON This week the Trump administration revoked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2009 endangerment finding that determined greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The EPA issued a final rule rescinding the Obama-era declaration, a step White House officials said would roll back vehicle and power plant regulations. Officials announced...
