California expands its electric school bus fleet as federal freeze paused efforts elsewhere
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road as federal cuts and freezes paused efforts in other states to replace aging diesel-fueled fleets that are
US brings first terrorism charges against alleged Venezuelan gang member
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. on Wednesday added terrorism-related charges to its criminal case against an alleged high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua, the first time U.S. authorities have used those charges against the Venezuelan street gang.
Trump’s cabinet ready to take back power with Musk stepping back, sources say
By Nandita Bose and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet will likely move to limit the influence of Department of Government Efficiency employees and reassert control over budgets and staffing once Elon Musk
Trump administration opens national security probe into imported commercial trucks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday it is opening a probe into national security impacts of imports of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks and related parts into the United States. The “Section 232” investigation could
Los Angeles police arrest a suspect in the chainsaw massacre of city trees
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police say they’ve arrested a man who used a chainsaw to cut down large trees in at least three neighborhoods around the city. Outraged residents began reporting the destruction last Friday
US Justice Department directs investigations over gender-affirming care
By Dan Levine and Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed prosecutors to investigate certain gender-affirming surgical procedures, which she characterized as “female genital mutilation” in a Department of Justice memo sent to employees
Exclusive-Trump expected to sign order pushing training for skilled trades
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Timothy Aeppel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump could sign as soon as Wednesday an order to improve job training for skilled trades, an initiative twinned with tariffs in his gambit to revive U.S.
Who is Paula Xinis, the federal judge overseeing the Abrego Garcia case?
U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis is the latest judge at odds with the Trump administration. In a scathing rebuke, she characterized the government as acting in “bad faith” by refusing to provide information about what it has
Iran agrees to allow in a team to discuss restoring nuclear monitoring, a UN watchdog says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran has agreed to allow in an International Atomic Energy Agency technical team in the coming days to discuss restoring camera surveillance at nuclear sites, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Wednesday,
Surveillance video shows New York-to-Paris flight stowaway slipping past gate agents
NEW YORK (AP) — The woman who was able to sneak onto a New York-to-Paris flight without a boarding pass late last year was able to get on the plane by glomming onto a group of ticketed
