Fresno city officials on Thursday clarified that the city’s police department will not arrest federal agents who violate California’s recently enacted law banning law enforcement officers from wearing masks. City Manager Georgeanne White told the City Council at their Thursday meeting that she had contacted Mayor Jerry Dyer, who is...
Major Airlines Urge Congress to Pay Air Traffic Controllers in Event of Government Shutdown
Major U.S. airlines on Thursday urged Congress to pay air traffic controllers in the event of a partial government shutdown after the industry suffered a major disruption during a 43-day standoff last fall. The U.S. government could again face a partial shutdown as soon as Saturday over an ongoing dispute...
Democrats Block Spending Package as DHS Talks Continue
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats grasped for a deal with President Donald Trump on Thursday that could avert a shutdown and lead to new restrictions on his immigration crackdown, after blocking a spending package needed to keep the government open past a Friday midnight deadline. With time running out and no...
Visalia Man Arrested After Alleged Hammer Assault on Roommate
A 41-year-old man was arrested early Thursday after police say he assaulted his roommate with a hammer inside a Visalia residence, the Visalia Police Department said in a statement. Police officers responded at about 4:40 a.m. to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 1700 block...
Trump’s JPMorgan Lawsuit Underscores His Growing Clash With Wall Street
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Jan 25 - U.S. President Donald Trump's lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon highlights a growing, and politically fraught, conflict in the administration's policy agenda for Wall Street, with big banks scoring wins but also facing setbacks. In his most confrontational move yet against Wall...
ICE’s Impunity Is a Formula for More Violence
America stared into the void this week, but pulled back. Federal action in the streets of Minneapolis goes well beyond immigration. It is a test of the government’s power to use violence against its own citizens — a dividing-line between liberty and tyranny. And it will not be the last....
US Shale Producers Coterra, Devon in Advanced Talks to Merge, Source Says
Jan 29 - U.S. shale producers Coterra Energy and Devon Energy could announce an agreement to merge as soon as next week, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A possible combination would rank among the largest between U.S. energy producers in recent years. Both companies have operations...
Oil Prices Surge 3% to Five-Month High on Worries US Could Attack Iran
NEW YORK, Jan 29 - Oil prices climbed 3% to a five-month high on Thursday on rising concerns that global supplies could be disrupted if the U.S. attacks Iran, one of OPEC's biggest crude producers. Brent futures rose $2.31, or 3.4%, to settle at $70.71 a barrel, while U.S. West...
Trump Official Says ICE in Minneapolis Will Be Targeted, Vows Changes on Ground
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 29 - U.S. border czar Tom Homan, newly installed as commander of President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis, said on Thursday that federal agents would focus on targeted operations, shifting away from the broad street sweeps that have drawn widespread outrage. Homan also said he would...
US Faces Growing Risks of Power Outages Due to Rising Winter Demand, Changing Fuel Mix
Jan 29 - The risk of U.S. power outages is worsening due to a changing mix of electricity supplies and rapidly growing demand in the winter months, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation said on Thursday. Before the end of the decade, the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Northeast and Texas regions may...