Rep. David Valadao, R-Hanford, and other Republicans in Medicaid-dependent districts, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson saying they can't support the Senate's version of President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." "Protecting Medicaid is essential for the vulnerable constituents we were elected to represent,"...
Buying a Home With Solar? Beware of CA Bill Written by Former Utility Co. Exec
A new California bill would eliminate existing solar credit contracts for homeowners when they sell their homes, potentially removing thousands of dollars from the value of a home. Assembly Bill 942 — authored by Assemblymember Lisa Calderon, D-Whittier, a former utility company officer — ends the Net Energy Metering 1.0...
Apple Loses Bid to Dismiss US Smartphone Monopoly Case
Apple must face the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit accusing the iPhone maker of unlawfully dominating the U.S. smartphone market, a judge ruled on Monday. U.S. District Judge Julien Neals in Newark, New Jersey, denied Apple's motion to dismiss the lawsuit accusing the company of using restrictions on third-party app...
US Supreme Court Tosses Rulings That Favored Transgender People
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from North Carolina, West Virginia, Idaho and Oklahoma, including in legal challenges to state health insurance programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming medical treatment. Acting in appeals by officials in North...
Trump Administration Sues Los Angeles Over Immigration Enforcement
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration sued Los Angeles on Monday over policies limiting city cooperation with federal immigration authorities, continuing a confrontation over the Republican's deportation efforts in a largely Democratic city. The lawsuit, filed by the U.S. Justice Department, alleges that policies barring city resources from aiding in...
Catholic Bishops Try to Rally Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Agenda
As the Trump administration escalates its aggressive deportation campaign, Roman Catholic bishops across the United States are raising objections to the treatment of migrants and challenging the president’s policy. For years many bishops focused their most vocal political engagement on ending abortion, rarely putting as much capital behind any other...
US Revokes Visas for Bob Vylan After Music Duo’s Glastonbury Chants
WASHINGTON - The United States has revoked visas for members of Britain's Bob Vylan punk-rap duo after they led chants during their set at the Glastonbury music festival in England over the weekend that the State Department and the BBC, who broadcast the event, said were antisemitic. "The @StateDept has revoked the US...
Israel Acknowledges Palestinian Civilians Harmed at Gaza Aid Sites, Says ‘Lessons Learned’
The Israeli military acknowledged on Monday that Palestinian civilians were harmed at aid distribution centers in the Gaza Strip, saying that new instructions had been issued to Israeli forces following "lessons learned". Since Israel lifted an 11-week aid blockade on Gaza on May 19, allowing limited U.N. deliveries to resume,...
Suspect Identified in Ambush Shooting That Killed 2 Idaho Firefighters
Two firefighters were killed and a third was injured when they were ambushed while responding to a wildfire in the Idaho panhandle Sunday afternoon, authorities said. The incident rattled the city of Coeur d’Alene and the outdoors communities around Canfield Mountain in northwest Idaho, where police said a wildfire was...
Immigration Raids Leave Crops Unharvested, California Farms at Risk
OXNARD, California - Lisa Tate is a sixth-generation farmer in Ventura County, California, an area that produces billions of dollars worth of fruit and vegetables each year, much of it hand-picked by immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Tate knows the farms around her well. And she says she can see...