TORONTO — Mark Carney was just days away from announcing his bid to lead Canada’s Liberal Party in January when his face popped up on a viral right-wing Facebook page. Two photographs showed Carney, who became prime minister last month, at a garden party beside Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex...
Visalia Police Cite Riders, Impound Vehicles in off-Road Enforcement Operation
Officers issued citations and impounded multiple vehicles during an enforcement operation targeting the illegal use of off-road motorcycles in Visalia, police said late Thursday. The Visalia Police Department said its patrol and traffic units conducted the proactive effort in response to ongoing community safety concerns. The operation focused on areas...
9th Circuit Blocks California Limits on Anonymous Immigration Agents
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down California’s requirement that masked federal agents identify themselves, a blow to the state’s ongoing resistance to the Trump administration’s deportation program. A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel handed...
ICE Quietly Opens Another Detention Center in a Former California Prison
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Immigration and Customs Enforcement again has expanded in California’s Central Valley, activating a new 700-bed detention facility operated by the for-profit prison company GEO Group. Advocates say the agency began transferring immigrant detainees to the McFarland facility last...
Pentagon Fires Stars and Stripes’ Advocate for Independence
In a blow to independent coverage of the military, the Pentagon has fired the ombudsman for Stars and Stripes, a newspaper that covers the U.S. armed forces and is partly funded by the Defense Department. “Apparently the Pentagon also doesn’t want you to hear from me anymore about threats to...
Hezbollah Says Ceasefire ‘Meaningless’ as Fighting Continues in South
Lebanon's Hezbollah said a U.S.-mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless a day after it was extended for three weeks, as Lebanese authorities reported two people killed by an Israeli strike and Hezbollah downed an Israeli drone. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the three-week extension on Thursday after...
Union Says US Bailout of Spirit Airlines Must Protect Employees
A union representing workers at Spirit Airlines said on Friday any U.S. bailout of the bankrupt low-cost carrier must protect employees. The Trump administration has made a financing offer to help the airline exit bankruptcy that was being reviewed by its major creditors, Marshall Huebner, an outside lawyer for Spirit,...
US Blockade Will Last ‘As Long as It Takes,’ Hegseth Says
The U.S. Navy blockade of Iranian ships and ports will continue for “as long as it takes,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday. Iran has made lifting the blockade a condition of resuming peace talks with Washington. Hostilities between Iran and the United States have shifted to the waters...
Justice Dept to Close Investigation Into Fed Chair Powell, US Attorney Pirro Says
The Justice Department is closing its investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Friday, removing an obstacle to the confirmation of Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the central bank. Pirro, a Trump ally and the top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C.,...
Israeli Strike Kills Three in Gaza, Medics Say
An Israeli strike killed at least three in Gaza on Friday, according to Palestinian health officials. The strike hit a crowded area in Gaza City near an area where local police are stationed to guard a bank, said the medics and eyewitnesses. Gaza's interior ministry said that the strike had...