Judge again rules Trump-era prosecutor unlawfully serving, rejects tax return bid

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge’s ruling that a Trump administration prosecutor in upstate New York was serving unlawfully has spilled into another case — with the same judge saying he can’t obtain tax return information in

US judge to block Trump move to end legal status for 10,000 Latin American migrants

By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – A federal judge said on Friday she will block U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting short temporary legal status for roughly 10,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador,

US household wealth hit record in third quarter 2025, Fed data shows

Jan 9 (Reuters) – U.S. household wealth hit a record high of more than $180 trillion in the third quarter of 2025 on the back of an AI-boom in the stock market and continued gains in home

Vivek Ramaswamy’s family bodyguard arrested on drug trafficking charges

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed alarm that a man who worked as his family’s bodyguard is facing federal drug trafficking charges. Justin Salsburey, 43, of Bellefontaine, and his wife, Ruthann

Newsom faces another multibillion-dollar budget shortfall in his last year as California governor

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said the state faces a $2.9 billion budget deficit this year, an amount significantly lower than what legislative budget analysts projected. The deficit, though small, could still require

US sends delegation to Venezuela in first step toward restoring relations after Maduro’s capture

GUATIRE, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuelan governments said Friday they were exploring the possibility of restoring diplomatic relations between the two countries, and that an delegation from the Trump administration arrived to the South

US treasury secretary says Argentina has repaid its US credit line in a win for Milei

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has repaid the funds it drew from a $20 billion credit line with the Trump administration, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Friday, in a crucial step for Argentine President Javier

Minneapolis schools will offer remote learning amid federal immigration enforcement

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis school system will offer families the option of remote learning for a month amid federal immigration enforcement in the city, the district said. The district provided the update late Thursday in an

Rapper Fetty Wap released from prison early in drug trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Fetty Wap has been released from a federal prison to home confinement after serving just over half a six-year sentence for his role in a New York-based drug trafficking scheme. The federal

US factory headcount falling despite Trump’s promised manufacturing boom

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing jobs in December continued an eight-month skid that began last spring after President Donald Trump rolled out aggressive import taxes that he pledged would lead to a