A new Trump admin housing directive aims to tackle the U.S.'s housing affordability crunch by ending Obama-era rule allowing indefinite liability for property owners over past building design errors.
An early government projection on the exposure to toxic chemicals following the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment indicated that the incident could have put thousands of Americans at risk, according to documents obtained by a watchdog group. The incident, which became a political flashpoint, spilled chemicals including vinyl chloride, which is used to make plastic, into...
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday rejected a push from Minnesota officials to force the extradition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan migrant in the leg during the height of "Operation Metro Surge" earlier this year. Christian Castro, 52, has been jailed in Brownsville, Texas since late...
Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany are tied in a new poll of the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, suggesting a tight race in the presidential swing state. In the Marquette Law School Poll, 44 percent of registered voter respondents said they would back Tiffany and 44 percent said they would back Crowley if the election...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued Tuesday that AI will either be the “greatest equalizer ever invented” or the “worst source of injustice,” calling for society to act quickly to prepare for the technology’s impacts. In an essay published on his website Gates Notes, the tech billionaire suggested that leaders are not adequately confronting the challenges...
Bobby Charles, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Maine, recently said he wants the Trump administration to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and U.S. Marshals to polling sites in the state. In audio obtained by the Bangor Daily News, Charles said he would ask White House border czar Tom Homan to fulfill the request. ...
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) — a former Democrat known for his staunch centrism — is continuing his push to bring more independents into Congress, now arguing that breaking away from the two-party system helped him better collaborate with fellow senators. In a New York Times interview published Wednesday, Manchin was asked about why he...
General Mills said Wednesday that it has ended the use of artificial coloring in its United States cereal portfolio with intentions to remove the dyes from its full U.S. retail portfolio by the end of 2027. In a press release, the company stated that 90 percent of General Mills's U.S. retail portfolio had made the...
A federal judge in Houston ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities on Monday to release a witness to last month’s fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in the Texas city by agency officers. U.S. District Judge Alfred H. Bennett granted Daniel Tirado Pantoja’s petition for writ of habeas, ordering ICE to release the man...
A Maryland judge Wednesday blocked an effort that would have proposed a constitutional amendment to redraw the state’s congressional districts to residents, marking another setback for Democratic redistricting efforts. Judge Robert Thompson ruled against House Bill 2100 — signed into law by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Aug. 5 — calling the wording in...
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) brushed aside fears Wednesday morning about possible negative environmental impacts from SpaceX’s planned $100 billion launch facility in the state. He told CBS News on Wednesday that he was “not concerned about the environmental impact” of the new spaceport, which will be constructed along the Gulf Coast on a former...
Iran’s recent saber-rattling against Bulgaria has renewed questions over how much it’s willing to directly attack Europe in an effort to deter U.S. allies from aiding war efforts against Tehran. Bulgaria, among Iran’s biggest trading partners in Eastern Europe, is among the European countries Iran considered striking if President Trump escalated the war, Financial Times...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, has launched an investigation into Flock Safety’s national surveillance network and is demanding to know who has access to the personal data of Americans captured on Flock cameras. Hawley in a letter to Flock CEO Garrett Langley wrote that the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday will honor the Marines who served during the 2021 Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan to mark five years since the deadly bombing. The Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing outside Kabul’s airport killed 13 U.S. service members and roughly 170 Afghan civilians as the U.S. carried out its swift withdrawal...
