This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The California Supreme Court handed down two decisions last week that could impact decades of sentencing for gang-related offenses and allow thousands of people to petition courts to reexamine their cases. Both rulings turned on a 2021 law...
Former Fresno Councilmember and Assemblymember Mike Briggs Dies After Cancer Battle
Former Fresno City Councilmember and state Assemblymember Mike Briggs has died following a brief battle with cancer, his family announced on Monday. Briggs was remembered for a life devoted to public service, the arts, and community advocacy, his family noted. His family said he spent his final months surrounded by...
US Congress Returns, With One Month to Avert Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress returns on Tuesday with less than a month left to perform one of its core functions - keeping federal agencies funded and averting a partial government shutdown - a job that it has struggled to perform in recent years. The chamber's bitter partisan divides have...
Trump Says His Administration Will Ask Supreme Court for Expedited Ruling on Tariffs
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his administration will ask the Supreme Court for an expedited ruling on tariffs that a U.S. appeals court found illegal last week. The court ruling on Friday threatens to undercut the Republican president's use of the levies as a key economic policy...
Trump Says He’s Committed to Sending National Guard Troops to Chicago
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans to send U.S. National Guard troops to fight crime in Chicago, but declined to offer a specific timing of the deployment. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said over the weekend that Chicago police will not collaborate with any National Guard...
Fresno Police Arrest Teen After Traffic Stop Leads to Foot Chase, Firearm Recovery
A 17-year-old male was arrested after fleeing a traffic stop and discarding a loaded firearm in southwest Fresno, police said Tuesday. Southwest officers initiated the stop for speeding near Fresno Street and Collins Avenue and contacted three male occupants of the vehicle, according to Fresno police. When the passengers were...
Trump Dismisses Rumors He Is in Ill Health, Calls Them ‘Fake’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said reports on social media that he is in ill health are untrue, saying he was busy over the Labor Day weekend giving media interviews and visiting his Virginia golf club. "I was very active over the weekend," Trump told reporters in the...
US Appeals Court Allows Trump’s EPA to Nix Climate Grants
President Donald Trump's administration can proceed with terminating more than $16 billion in grants awarded to non-profit groups to fight climate change, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday. Trump's predecessor Joe Biden's signature 2022 Inflation Reduction Act had awarded the grants aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The...
Rubio Says US Military Conducted Lethal Strike Against Drug Vessel From Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the U.S. military conducted a "lethal strike" in the southern Caribbean against a drug vessel which had departed from Venezuela after President Donald Trump said U.S. forces "shot out" a drug-carrying boat that he linked to Venezuela. US Military Carries out Strike...
Trump Says He Is ‘Very Disappointed’ With Putin Over Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was "very disappointed" in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without elaborating that his administration was planning to take some actions to bring down deaths in Russia's war in Ukraine. The Republican leader also said he was not concerned about warm...