SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday. The records in a federal student database maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been terminated in...
Trump Is a Revolutionary. Will He Succeed or Fail?
The hyperactive first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have been the most consequential of any president this century, and perhaps since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Before the inauguration Americans wondered what sort of government they were getting. That debate is now over. Mr. Trump is leading...
Trump Now Doubts Putin Wants to End Ukraine War, a Day After Saying a Deal Was Close
ROME — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he doubts Russia's Vladimir Putin wants to end his war in Ukraine, expressing new skepticism that a peace deal can be reached soon. Only a day earlier, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were " very close to a deal." "There was...
We Need Proof of Life for the Makeup Artist Trump Sent to El Salvador
I understand why Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become the face of Donald Trump’s monstrous policy of sending migrants to a gulag in El Salvador. In a court filing, the administration’s own lawyers initially admitted that his deportation was an “administrative error,” and the White House has been disregarding a Supreme...
Fresno Elderly Woman Evicted, Forced to Leave Dogs Behind. One Still Needs a Home.
A Fresno woman’s eviction has left heartbreak in its wake — not just for her, but for the four dogs she was forced to leave behind when authorities padlocked her home and yard. The woman, described as elderly, was evicted roughly a month ago. With nowhere to go, she and...
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41. Giuffre died by suicide, according...
California Proposes Allowing Testing of Self-Driving Heavy-Duty Trucks
LOS ANGELES — California regulators have released a new proposal to allow the testing of self-driving heavy duty trucks on public roads. The state's Department of Motor Vehicles announced proposed regulations Friday to allow the testing of self-driving vehicles over 10,001 pounds, opening the door for companies to test self-driving...
Higher Taxes on Millionaires? Trump Says He’s Open, but Many in His Party Are Not
WASHINGTON — Why not tax the millionaires? As Congress begins drafting a massive package for President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" with trillions of dollars in tax breaks and federal program cuts, it's a question that won't seem to go away. A Lingering Question Trump himself has mused he'd "love"...
Ex-US Rep. George Santos Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison for Fraud and Identity Theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer to federal wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, appealed...
Selma Mayor Charged With Electioneering Violation on Election Day
The mayor of Selma is facing a criminal charge for allegedly campaigning at a polling place while seeking reelection last November, the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday. Scott William Robertson, 57, was charged with one misdemeanor count of prohibited electioneering. Prosecutors allege that on Nov. 5, 2024, Robertson...