A judge says she’ll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients
President Donald Trump’s administration cannot force states to hand over detailed information on people who have applied for or received aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a judge said in a tentative ruling Friday. San Francisco-based
Newsom takes his anti-Trump arguments to Europe during Munich Security Conference
All the world’s a stage for California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The second-term governor and likely 2028 presidential candidate has taken his Donald Trump-bashing tour to the Munich Security Conference, weeks after he was in Davos, Switzerland, at
Jury deadlocked in the trial of Stanford students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the trial of five current and former Stanford University students charged after pro-Palestinian protests in 2024, when they barricaded themselves inside the university president and provost
FDA’s Makary backs measles vaccinations as South Carolina cases rise
Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary, in an interview on Friday, urged Americans to get vaccinated for measles, as the country faces its largest measles surge in more than three decades.
Trump says will require voter ID for midterms regardless of Congress
Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that there would be voter identification requirements for midterm elections in November whether Congress approves them or not, without explaining the legal rationale underlying his assertion.
Federal officers appear to have lied about lead-up to immigrant shooting, ICE director says
By Christian Martinez Feb 13 (Reuters) – Two federal officers appear to have lied about the events that led up to the shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis last month, acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of U.S. lawmakers were trying to make their way this weekend to the Munich Security Conference to assure allies of America’s reliability, but burdened with political crises at home, their entrance to the
Federal agency flags safety shortcomings that ‘exposed’ workers to explosion at US Steel plant
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal safety agency investigating an August blast at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh that left two workers dead said it found a series of incomplete, outdated or inadequate procedures and practices
Medical groups urge US judge to block vaccine policy shifts under RFK Jr
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Major U.S. medical groups urged a judge on Friday to block the Trump administration from implementing new guidance cutting the number of vaccines routinely recommended for children and bar
ICE to spend $38.3 billion on detention centers across US, document shows
By Ryan Patrick Jones Feb 13 (Reuters) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend $38.3 billion by the end of the year on detention centers to detain and process tens of thousands of immigrants slated