Democrats say they will not support a spending bill needed to keep the Homeland Security Department running past Feb. 13 without new restrictions on federal agents who are carrying out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Congress had been on track to approve legislation providing $64.4 billion to fund the department...
Oil Falls 3% on Easing Supply Concerns After US, Iran Agree to Talks
Oil prices slipped by more than 3% on Thursday after the U.S. and Iran agreed to hold talks in Oman on Friday, easing concerns around any bottlenecks in Iranian crude supplies. Brent crude futures were down $2.33, or 3.35%, at $67.13 per barrel at 11:12 a.m. EDT (1612 GMT). U.S....
US Senator Scott, Facing Block on Fed Chair Nominee, Says Powell Is Not a Criminal
Republican Senator Tim Scott on Wednesday said he does not believe Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell broke the law when he testified to Congress last summer, and would say that to any prosecutor who came asking. The remarks are the first direct pushback from the chair of the Senate Banking Committee against a criminal investigation...
US Spy Chief’s Office Investigated Voting Machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the previously unreported events. The sources said the goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had...
Fresno Man Dies in Nursing Home, Coroner Seeks Family
The Fresno County Sheriff–Coroner’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating relatives of 46-year-old Daniel Joseph Lawrence of Fresno, who recently died in a nursing home. Coroner’s staff said they have searched numerous personal records but have been unable to contact any family members. Locating immediate relatives is required...
Fresno County Authorities Seek Public’s Help to Identify Check Fraud Suspect
Fresno County Sheriff’s Office detectives are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman suspected of passing fraudulent checks through an ATM near Ashlan and Millbrook avenues in Fresno. Authorities said the woman used the ATM to pass the fraudulent checks. Investigators believe she was traveling in a dark-colored...
Starmer Faces Storm of Criticism Over Ties Between Ex-Ambassador and Epstein
LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Thursday tried to dampen a wave of anger from lawmakers in his own party, and even some calls to step down, after new revelations about the friendship between his former ambassador to the United States and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....
Union Leaders’ Message for Newsom: Regulate AI if You Want to Be President
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States then he must address artificial intelligence’s impact on workers. That’s the message sent today in Sacramento by members of the AFL-CIO, a union with a combined...
Pentagon Asked to Probe SpaceX for Potential Chinese Ownership
Two Democratic U.S. senators urged the Pentagon on Thursday to conduct an immediate review of SpaceX amid allegations that Chinese investors have secretly acquired stakes in the closely held rocket maker, citing potential national security risks, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim wrote...
Trump Says He Will Stay out of Netflix-Paramount Fight Over Warner Bros
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to stay out of the Netflix and Paramount Skydance fight over Warner Bros Discovery. "I haven't been involved," Trump said in an interview to NBC News. "I must say, I guess I'm considered to be a very strong president. I've been called...