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  • Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

    Federal data website outage raises concerns among advocates

    National News 08/20/2025

    A federal website that informs the public about what information agencies are collecting and allows for public comment went down last weekend, and it has only been partially restored. The outage has raised concerns among advocates who already were tr...

  • Man struck and killed on freeway after fleeing immigration agents

    Man struck and killed on freeway after fleeing immigration agents

    National News 08/17/2025

    A man fleeing immigration authorities outside a Home Depot store in Southern California was struck and killed by an SUV when he ran across a nearby freeway, officials said.Police in the city of Monrovia about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of Los...

  • Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement

    Los Angeles school year begins amid fears over immigration enforcement

    National News 08/14/2025

    Los Angeles students and teachers return to class for the new academic year Thursday under a cloud of apprehension after a summer filled with immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become a target in the Trump administration’s ag...

  • Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction

    Court hears arguments in Trump’s bid to erase hush money conviction

    National News 07/20/2025

    As President Donald Trump focuses on global trade deals and dispatching troops to aid his immigration crackdown, his lawyers are fighting to erase the hush money criminal conviction that punctuated his reelection campaign last year and made him the f...

  •  International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack

    International Criminal Court hit with cyber security attack

    National News 07/02/2025

    The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage, the global tribunal announced Monday.The ICC, which also was hit by a cyberattack in 2023, said the latest inc...

  • Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come

    Defense secretary defends Pentagon firings, says more dismals may come

    National News 02/23/2025

    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists President Donald Trump ’s abrupt firing of the nation’s senior military officer amid a wave of dismissals at the Pentagon wasn’t unusual, brushing aside outcry that the new administration is op...

  • Trump White House cancels freeze on federal funding, resolving confusion

    Trump White House cancels freeze on federal funding, resolving confusion

    National News 01/23/2025

    The budget office under President Donald Trump reversed a memo on Wednesday that had temporarily frozen spending on federal loans and grants, just two days after it caused widespread confusion and legal disputes across the nation.The memo, issued Mon...

  • Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

    Small businesses brace themselves for potentially disruptive TikTok ban

    National News 12/27/2024

    A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business.Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in Conyers, Georgia, started her business solo as a mob...

  • Court revives Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against The New York Times

    Court revives Sarah Palin’s libel lawsuit against The New York Times

    National News 08/27/2024

    A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to dismiss the lawsuit while a jury was deliberating.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...

  • Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court

    Turkey formally asks to join the genocide case against Israel at the UN court

    National News 08/04/2024

    Turkey on Wednesday filed a request with a U.N. court to join South Africa’s lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, the foreign minister said.Turkey’s ambassador to the Netherlands, accompanied by a group of Turkish legislators, sub...

  • Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban

    Court dismisses lawsuit over Tennessee’s anti-drag show ban

    National News 07/21/2024

    A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging first-in-the-nation law designed to place strict limits on drag shows, reversing a lower court ruling that deemed the statute unconstitutional and blocked its enforcement in part of ...

  •  What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling

    What to know about the Supreme Court immunity ruling

    National News 07/02/2024

    The Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case makes it all but certain that the Republican will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election.The Supreme Court did not d...

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