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In SF, stunning arrests but a familiar script

San Francisco’s district attorney announced the booking of former human rights honcho Sheryl Davis into county jail on Monday, March 30. The case follows a familiar script: Government officials...

California needs oil. Let it flow — as steady as common sense

Few Californians welcome higher gas prices. So they should cheer the news that Sable...

How NYC’s top public schools box poor kids out — with a century-old map

New York City reserves the best public schools for those who can afford to...

Newsom tries to shift blame on homelessness to local government

Gavin Newsom stood before the cameras in early March and once again blamed local governments...

Lawyers for Rep. Swalwell demand that FBI director halt any plan to release old investigative file

Lawyers for Rep. Eric Swalwell demanded Monday that FBI Director Kash Patel immediately end any effort to release records from a decade-old investigation involving the California Democrat and a suspected Chinese operative that resulted in no criminal charges.

Israeli ambassador to US: ‘We need boots on the ground, but they have got to be Iranian boots’

Michael Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., said Sunday that the Iranian people must mobilize to overthrow the Islamic Republic regime. “I think that we need boots on the ground, but they have got to be Iranian boots, and I think they're coming,” Leiter told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”...

TSA lines ‘going to get much worse,’ Duffy says

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at airports is likely to get "much worse," as the partial government shutdown hits Day 41. "I think you’re going to see more TSA agents, as we come to Thursday, Friday, Saturday of next week, they’re going to quit or they’re not going...

Jeffries: ICE officers assisting at airports is ‘last thing’ Americans need

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday criticized the Trump administration’s plan to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports starting Monday. “The last thing that the American people need are for untrained ICE agents to be deployed at airports all across the country, potentially to brutalize or in some instances kill...

Participation in society shouldn’t require a smartphone — America needs offline accessibility

Smartphone ownership and constant connectivity are now assumed. Apps, mobile wallets and digital IDs — often available only through smartphones or smartwatches — are increasingly required to access public services. 

Homan: ICE officers will not assist with airport security operations amid TSA staffing shortage

White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers will not be directly involved in security measures at airports, a day before agency officials will begin assisting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. “Wherever we can provide extra security, I don't see an ICE agent looking at an X-ray machine,...

Tillis rips Trump’s NATO criticism: US lives would ‘be lost great numbers without’ alliance

Retiring Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) ripped President Trump's threats against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in recent weeks, amid escalating tensions over the conflict in the Middle East. "The president of the United States cannot withdraw from NATO," Tillis told ABC's Jonathan Karl in a Sunday interview on "This Week." "Now, having said...

NASA is laying the legal groundwork to build its lunar base in 2027

It stems from the question of how to deal with the other great space power, the People’s Republic of China.

Chicago transit sues Trump administration over funding freeze

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) sued the Trump administration on Friday for freezing $2.1 billion in funding for multiple infrastructure projects. In a 51-page complaint, the plaintiffs argued the funding pause amounted to “political retaliation” in order to punish Democrats for the government shutdown, which had just begun when Office and Management and Budget Director...

SNL UK roasts Trump, Starmer relationship in first episode

The debut episode of “Saturday Night Live U.K.” opened with a dig at the relationship between British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Trump. Starmer, played by George Fouracres, is visibly nervous at calling Trump. In recent days, the president has criticized his British counterpart amid the war with Iran, including for what he called...

Red-state speech laws pose an existential threat to academic freedom  

If courts accept the views advanced by Florida and Indiana, legislators could dictate what faculty may say in public university classrooms.

Obama-era DHS chief says ‘we’ve got to stop with these funding fights’

Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday urged lawmakers to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and pay its employees, which has been in a shutdown for over a month. Johnson, who served under former President Obama, said in an appearance on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM...

Speaker Mike Johnson faces potential attendance problems as major bills loom

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is grappling with an attendance issue as lawmakers begin to prioritize the 2026 midterms, potentially complicating the passage of key measures in the months ahead. The predicament was on full display this week: 22 Republicans did not vote for any bills on Tuesday, followed by seven on Wednesday and five on...

Student misbehavior is still up — and teachers want parents to do more about it

Student behavior in the classroom is not improving, and teachers want parents to do more. An Education Week survey released this month found 64 percent of teachers reporting classroom behavior has gotten worse in the past year.   Their No. 1 solution, coming from more than 60 educators, is smaller class sizes. But teachers also said...

Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iranian power plants if Strait of Hormuz not reopened

President Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the next two days. Trump's warning comes one day after he hinted that the U.S. was "winding down" its military operation in Iran, claiming the U.S. was "getting very close" to achieving its objective. "If Iran...

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