Brady Tkachuk slams White House TikTok as ‘clearly fake’ after anti-Canada slur
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — American hockey player Brady Tkachuk said Thursday that he did not appreciate a doctored TikTok video shared by the White House that made it look like he was disparaging Canadians after winning Olympic
Walz unveils anti-fraud package after Trump administration threatens to halt Medicaid funds
ST. PAUL, Minn., (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz denounced the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a “retribution” campaign as he unveiled a package of legislation Thursday intended to
US regulator may share World Liberty bank application with lawmakers
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – The head of the national U.S. bank regulator said on Thursday he would consider a request to allow senior members of Congress to review the bank charter application of
Chicago man accused of killing girlfriend’s mother in Indonesia pleads not guilty to U.S. charges
A Chicago man convicted in Indonesia of beating his then-girlfriend’s mother to death with a fruit bowl and hiding the body in a suitcase more than a decade ago pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges in
Los Angeles Board of Education to discuss school superintendent after FBI searched his home
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The governing board of the Los Angeles Unified School District will meet in a closed session on Thursday to discuss the superintendent, a day after the FBI served search warrants at his home
Florida deputy kills man who drove into him after fatally shooting 2 people, sheriff says
PAHOKEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man suspected of killing two people at one location, firing shots at another and then wounding someone at a nearby store before striking the deputy
Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom project
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House. U.S.
Federal agents detain Columbia University student in campus housing
By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said they were searching for a missing person when they entered a Columbia University residential building on Thursday and detained
US FDA to offer bonuses to staff for faster drug reviews, Bloomberg News reports
Feb 26 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to give quarterly bonuses to scientific staff for completing drug reviews more quickly, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing an FDA official familiar with the matter.
Trump asks US Supreme Court to end protections for Syrian immigrants
By Andrew Chung Feb 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to intervene in its effort to strip deportation protections from about 6,000 Syrians living in the United States. The