President Donald Trump welcomed inflation figures released on Tuesday, using the U.S. consumer price data to reiterate his push for Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates "meaningfully." U.S. data showed consumer prices increased in December as the distortions related to the government shutdown that had artificially lowered...
US Supreme Court Begins Arguments Over Transgender Sports Bans
The U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Tuesday over the legality of laws banning transgender athletes from participating on female sports teams amid escalating efforts by dozens of states and Republican President Donald Trump's administration to restrict the rights of transgender people. The justices are considering appeals by Idaho...
Trump Urges Iranians to Keep Protesting, Says ‘Help Is on Its Way’
President Donald Trump urged Iranians on Tuesday to keep protesting and said help was on the way, without giving details, as Iran's clerical establishment pressed its crackdown against the biggest demonstrations in years. "Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING - TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!... HELP IS ON ITS WAY," Trump said in...
Trump Says Nations Doing Business With Iran Face 25% Tariff on US Trade
President Donald Trump said on Monday any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on trade with the U.S., as Washington weighs a response to the situation in Iran which is seeing its biggest anti-government protests in years. "Effective immediately, any Country doing business with...
Fresno Unified, Teachers Union Say Community Using Retirees as ‘Bargaining Chips’
Fresno Unified and the Fresno Teachers Association joined forces Monday to demand Community Medical Centers provide health care to district retirees who were recently cut off from care. On Jan. 5, the district announced contract disagreements between Community and Fresno Unified’s health insurance provider, Aetna, disrupted health care coverage for...
Four Migrants Die in US Immigration Custody Over First 10 Days of 2026
WASHINGTON — Four migrants died while in custody of U.S. immigration authorities over the first 10 days of 2026, according to government press releases, a loss of life that followed record detention deaths last year under President Donald Trump. The deaths included two migrants from Honduras, one from Cuba and...
Iran Prepared for War but Ready to Negotiate, Foreign Minister Says
Iran said Monday that it was prepared for conflict but also ready to negotiate after President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. might intervene to stop an increasingly deadly government crackdown on opposition protests. “We are not looking for war, but we are prepared for war — even more prepared...
A Push to Expand the Rights of Immigrants in Defiance of Trump
Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey — emboldened by convincing wins in November — are poised to expand migrant rights, an effort seen as a defiant and provocative statement of principle in a state with the country’s second-largest percentage of immigrants after California. On Monday the state Legislature is scheduled to...
Oil Prices Settle at 7-Week High on Worries About Iran Exports
NEW YORK — Oil prices climbed and settled at seven-week highs on Monday on worries that Iran's exports could decline as the sanctioned OPEC member cracks down on anti-government demonstrations. Limiting price gains were expectations that supplies could rise from Venezuela, another sanctioned member of the Organization of the Petroleum...
Historic Southern Pacific Engine Finally Makes Move from Roeding Park to Kingsburg
Fresno's historic train engine that embodied the city's origins finally has a new home. For years, Fresno City Councilmembers have worried about the cost of maintaining and protecting the Southern Pacific Engine 1238 at Roeding Park. Back in 2022, councilmembers reached an agreement with the Friends of the Historic Kingsburg...