Reports of Trump deportation plans highlight abuse of migrants in Libya
CAIRO (AP) — Reports of plans to deport migrants from the U.S. to Libya, a country with a documented history of serious human rights violations and abuse of migrants, have spotlighted the difficulties they face in the
US plans to spend billions to update air-traffic control system
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a plan on Thursday to modernize the aging U.S. air traffic control system at a cost of tens of billions of dollars to address airport congestion, flight delays
Democrats block stablecoin bill as they raise concerns about Trump’s crypto ventures
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats have blocked legislation to regulate stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency, after arguing that the bill needed stronger protections and airing concerns that it could help President Donald Trump enrich himself. The bill,
Democrats ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss state’s congressional boundaries
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic voters on Thursday asked the liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to throw out the battleground state’s current congressional district boundaries after a similar request was rejected last year. Republicans currently hold six of
Wisconsin Republicans kill marijuana legalization and tax increases for millionaires
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted Thursday to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The
FEMA’s acting administrator is replaced a day after congressional testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s Homeland Security chief has replaced the acting administrator of the beleaguered Federal Emergency Management Agency as its continuing existence remains up in the air, an agency spokesperson said Thursday. Cameron Hamilton
US says it opened foreign funding probe into University of Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Education said on Thursday it opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Pennsylvania, alleging the school made inaccurate and untimely foreign financial disclosures in the past. (Reporting by
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more. It is the latest example of changes to the agency and the Trump
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other US tech leaders testify to Congress on AI competition with China
WASHINGTON (AP) — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and executives from Microsoft and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices testified on Capitol Hill about the biggest opportunities, risks and needs facing an industry which lawmakers and technologists agree could fundamentally
Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to ‘avoid more extreme measures,’ director says
The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, teachers, cooks and other workers to
