GARDEN GROVE, California, May 26, 2026 — California is under a presidential emergency declaration after an overheating chemical storage tank at a GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove forced the evacuation of about 40,000 residents across six Southern California cities. Governor Gavin Newsom secured the declaration from President Donald Trump...
Washington — On Tuesday a federal district court temporarily blocked Alabama from using the congressional map adopted by state lawmakers in 2023, finding the plan intentionally discriminated against Black voters and violated the 14th Amendment; the judges ordered the state to use a court-selected map featuring two majority-Black districts that...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Florida's original lawsuit seeking to sue California and Washington over issuing commercial driver's licenses to undocumented truck drivers, a case filed after a fatal crash last year involving driver Harjinder Singh, who held licenses from California and previously from Washington. Florida's Republican attorney...
The United States conducted new airstrikes on targets in southern Iran on Tuesday while President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the three‑month Iran war were “proceeding nicely.” Oil markets reacted with sharp volatility: West Texas Intermediate futures fell 5.1% to $91.73 per barrel, while Brent crude in Asian trading...
SACRAMENTO: Pacific Gas & Electric has spent at least $13.5 million this year to oppose gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer, according to state campaign filings, and other major utilities have contributed to committees backing the anti-Steyer effort. Steyer, a billionaire and former hedge fund founder turned environmental advocate, has repeatedly accused...
Washington, DC. On Monday evening President Donald Trump reposted a message from US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Truth Social after Gor posted on X late Sunday that Trump had called and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying 'I love Prime Minister Modi' and that the United States and...
Washington. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for annual medical and dental examinations, the White House said following an announcement on May 11. The 79-year-old president will undergo routine preventative evaluations, marking the fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he resumed...
Portland. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders rallied at Thompson's Point on Memorial Day Monday, endorsing Graham Platner for U.S. Senate and Troy Jackson for governor after a prior stop in Orono; organizers reported attendance from roughly 1,700 to several thousand as Platner positions to face five-term Republican Sen. Susan Collins in...
United States: The US military conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran on Monday, May 25, targeting missile launch sites and vessels attempting to lay mines near Bandar Abbas, CENTCOM said. Spokesman Tim Hawkins said the strikes destroyed two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps vessels and struck a surface-to-air missile site to...
NEWARK, New Jersey. Protesters and detainees converged outside Delaney Hall over Memorial Day weekend as detainees carried out a multi-day hunger and labor strike; on May 24–25, 2026, demonstrators blocked facility entrances and officials say roughly 125 people formed barricades, prompting DHS and ICE involvement and denials of access to...
