New York. Maine Democrats criticized Republican Sen. Susan Collins after a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a motorist just south of Maine’s largest city on Monday; officials said the agents were not using body cameras and the victim, a 26-year-old Colombian national, was not the target. Portland-area authorities...
Springfield, Illinois. The Illinois Department of Revenue on July 10 published proposed amendments to multiple local tax rules, consolidating sourcing provisions for Home Rule Municipal Service Occupation Tax, Regional Transportation Authority Service Occupation Tax, and Home Rule Municipal Retailers' Occupation Tax; the rules implement statutory changes from Public Act 104-0006...
Los Angeles — Former Vice President Kamala Harris faced criticism after delivering a motivational speech to the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks over the weekend in Los Angeles. Harris told the players they were making an “incredible impact” on the country and said that young girls, boys and people of every...
The U.S. State Department has unveiled a comprehensive campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing the Hague-based tribunal threatens American sovereignty and could target U.S. military and officials. Secretary of State Marco Rubio detailed the strategy in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece and a subsequent video address...
McALLEN — Last week, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, prompting Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday to announce that Mexico will file complaints with the U.S. Department of Justice and with state prosecutors over the incident and related deaths of Mexican...
Ganderbal — On July 13, Deputy Commissioner Jatin Kishore chaired the District Level Implementation Committee meeting under Mission YUVA, reviewing the pace of sanctioning and disbursement for the flagship self-employment programme and considering beneficiary cases for approval, while instructing departments and financial institutions to expedite processing and support aspiring entrepreneurs. This...
North Bennington, Vermont; Fresno County, California; and Westerly, Rhode Island each moved this week on local ordinances: on July 7 North Bennington Village Trustees adopted an open burning and waste incineration ordinance effective 60 days after adoption; Fresno County unanimously approved the MEHKO ordinance on June 30 with a final...
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has appointed Darlene Graham Nordone to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the unexpected death of Senator Lindsey Graham. The move, announced recently in Columbia, quickly drew national attention after gaining backing from former President Donald Trump and several senior Republican leaders....
A former senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Kanani Moghaddam, has claimed Iran could assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump “inside the White House,” according to remarks published by Iranian website Fararu. In the interview, he said Iran’s talks with the United States are aimed at reducing tensions...
The United States has reinstated a naval blockade on Iranian ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and is demanding a 20% reimbursement on all other cargo passing through the waterway, according to a Central Command statement and public remarks by President Donald Trump. The blockade, targeting vessels entering and exiting...
