Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving post
Read full article: Trump-appointed prosecutor who pursued indictments against the president's foes is leaving postLindsey Halligan, who as a top Justice Department prosecutor pursued indictments against a pair of President Donald Trump’s adversaries, is leaving her position.
US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil
Read full article: US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oilU.S. forces have boarded and taken control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela.
Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii's restrictions on guns in stores and hotels
Read full article: Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii's restrictions on guns in stores and hotelsThe Supreme Court seems likely to strike down Hawaii restrictions on carrying guns in stores in the justices’ latest firearm case since their landmark decision expanding Second Amendment rights.
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Read full article: Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdownDoctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown.
Alcohol commission finalizes rules for hemp industry in Texas, but debate likely to continue
Read full article: Alcohol commission finalizes rules for hemp industry in Texas, but debate likely to continueThe new rules apply to 60,000 TABC license holders, like convenience stores and restaurants. The Department of State Health Services is also working to finalize its own rules for smoke shops.
Israel's settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a month
Read full article: Israel's settler movement takes victory lap as a sparse outpost becomes a settlement within a monthIsraeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children.
Supreme Court takes up politically charged case with independence of the Federal Reserve at stake
Read full article: Supreme Court takes up politically charged case with independence of the Federal Reserve at stakePresident Donald Trump’s bid to reshape the Federal Reserve board is putting the Supreme Court in a familiar position, weighing an emergency appeal from the president’s lawyers in a politically charged case.
Early voting begins for special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District. Everything you need to know
Read full article: Early voting begins for special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District. Everything you need to knowEarly voting begins Wednesday, Jan. 21, for the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
Cassidy primary shows how Trump pits Republicans against each other as they face midterm reckoning
Read full article: Cassidy primary shows how Trump pits Republicans against each other as they face midterm reckoningPresident Donald Trump is fighting a two-front war at the outset of this year’s midterm campaigns, working to prevent Democratic victories while also attempting to purge the Republican Party of the few remaining members who have defied him.
Texas forecast to be top market for data centers in two years, increasing grid demand
Read full article: Texas forecast to be top market for data centers in two years, increasing grid demandAs artificial intelligence pushes demand for more data centers, companies are drawn to the state’s relatively inexpensive land and natural gas that can run on-site power plants.
The new ‘Be The People’ campaign wants to unite hundreds of millions of Americans to solve problems
Read full article: The new ‘Be The People’ campaign wants to unite hundreds of millions of Americans to solve problemsA privately funded initiative called “Be The People” will try to connect hundreds of millions of Americans with efforts to solve local problems as part of a vision for the next 250 years of the United States.
Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it
Read full article: Trump's ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for itPresident Donald Trump promised the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history, but achieving his goal wouldn’t have been possible without his big tax and spending cuts bill.
Texas defends law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments. Here’s what to know.
Read full article: Texas defends law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments. Here’s what to know.A federal appeals court heard arguments in lawsuits seeking to block Texas and Louisiana from requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments.
Russia batters Ukraine's power grid again as officials seek momentum in US-led peace talks
Read full article: Russia batters Ukraine's power grid again as officials seek momentum in US-led peace talksUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russia has launched more than 300 drones and missiles in a nighttime attack on Ukraine's power grid.
Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed it
Read full article: Trump slams UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands after he previously backed itThe British government is defending its decision to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the move.
Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable
Read full article: Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordableOn the anniversary of his inauguration, President Donald Trump is heading to the World Economic Forum in Davos, an annual gathering of the global elite.
Slave descendants score a victory with voters in fight to protect their Georgia island homes
Read full article: Slave descendants score a victory with voters in fight to protect their Georgia island homesBlack landowners from a Georgia island community founded by freed slaves have won their latest property dispute with local officials at the ballot box.
Trump threats and Bukele model on crime back Latin American progressives into corner
Read full article: Trump threats and Bukele model on crime back Latin American progressives into cornerLatin American progressive leaders are increasingly being backed into a corner on organized crime by pressure from the Trump administration and their own voters, who point to the results from El Salvador's war on gangs.
Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilities
Read full article: Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members' access to ICE facilitiesA federal judge has refused to temporarily block the Trump administration from enforcing a new policy requiring members of Congress to give a week’s notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities.
Ken Paxton uses diversity legal opinion on MLK Day to attack John Cornyn ahead of U.S. Senate primary
Read full article: Ken Paxton uses diversity legal opinion on MLK Day to attack John Cornyn ahead of U.S. Senate primaryThe two Republicans are competing in a heated primary. Cornyn accused Paxton of abusing his office and legal experts said the AG’s legal opinion is not binding.
As data centers jostle to get on Texas’ grid, ERCOT promises new rules for planning
Read full article: As data centers jostle to get on Texas’ grid, ERCOT promises new rules for planningERCOT is making a first attempt at a planning process in which multiple requests will be considered simultaneously.
As immigrant arrests rise, here’s what to know about ICE operations in Texas
Read full article: As immigrant arrests rise, here’s what to know about ICE operations in TexasThe Trump administration is going all in on accelerating mass deportation efforts. Here’s how ICE operations look in Texas, home to an estimated 2 million undocumented immigrants.
Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize
Read full article: Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace PrizeU_S_ President Donald Trump has linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s prime minister that he no longer feels “an obligation to think purely of Peace."
Inequality and unease are rising as elite Davos event opens with pro-business Trump set to attend
Read full article: Inequality and unease are rising as elite Davos event opens with pro-business Trump set to attendThe Swiss town of Davos hosts the annual meeting of elites from business, government and culture this week.
Trump's voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permission
Read full article: Trump's voice in a new Fannie Mae ad is generated by artificial intelligence, with his permissionWhat sounds like President Donald Trump narrating a new Fannie Mae ad actually is an AI-cloned voice reading text, according to a disclaimer in the video.
Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources say
Read full article: Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources sayThe Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation.
Republicans and Democrats are trying to contain Trump's Greenland aggression. Will it be enough?
Read full article: Republicans and Democrats are trying to contain Trump's Greenland aggression. Will it be enough?Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland.
Uganda's president says strong election victory over his youthful challenger a taste of his strength
Read full article: Uganda's president says strong election victory over his youthful challenger a taste of his strengthPresident Yoweri Museveni says his landslide victory in Uganda's election shows his party's dominance.
Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over Greenland
Read full article: Europe warns of 'dangerous downward spiral' after Trump threatens tariffs over GreenlandThe eight European countries targeted by U_S_ President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland have criticized the move in an unusually strong joint statement, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.”.