The ongoing case against a Tulare County groundwater agency for allegedly not paying its fair share to fix the sinking Friant-Kern Canal will continue, according to a recent ruling. A trial date is set for Dec. 22 in Tulare County Superior Court. A judge recently shut down an attempt by...
California Braces for ‘Devastating’ Cuts to Federal Homeless Housing Funds
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The latest blow in a seemingly endless barrage of bad news for the California agencies tasked with fighting homelessness looms: President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to deeply cut federal funding for permanent housing. The news has sent...
Mr. President, May We Interest You in a Naked Bike Ride?
The National Guard troops dispatched by President Donald Trump to fight “domestic terrorists” in the “war-ravaged” city of Portland, Oregon, will face an unexpected challenge: naked bicycle riders. Cycling in the buff is a Portland specialty, and one organization has announced a naked ride “in response to the militarization of...
Another Deadline in US Shutdown: Will Troops Get Paychecks on October 15?
WASHINGTON — U.S. Republicans and Democrats faced another looming deadline as a government shutdown entered its sixth day on Monday: payday for active-duty military service members. If the standoff between President Donald Trump's Republicans and congressional Democrats does not end in the next week, 1.3 million active-duty military, hundreds of...
US Says Subsidies for Rural Airline Service to Expire as Soon as Sunday
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said on Monday that funds from a U.S. government program that subsidizes commercial air service to rural airports are set to expire as soon as Sunday because of an ongoing partial government shutdown. The U.S. Transportation Department said the subsidies in the Essential Air Service...
First Results for Syria’s New Parliament Show Low Share for Minorities, Women
DAMASCUS — Syria on Monday published preliminary results of its indirect vote for the first parliament since Bashar al-Assad's historic toppling last year, with election officials acknowledging a low success rate for women and religious minorities. Sunday's vote saw around 6,000 members of regional electoral colleges choose candidates from pre-approved...
Solar Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Cancellation of $7 Billion in Grants
A group of labor unions, nonprofits and solar companies sued the Trump administration on Monday over its cancellation of a $7 billion Biden-era grant program that aimed to expand solar energy to low-income communities. The complaint, filed in federal court in Rhode Island, alleges that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Trump Calls Deadly Strikes on Boats in Caribbean an ‘Act of Kindness’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday called the deadly U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea “an act of kindness,” claiming that the attacks had halted drug trafficking via those waters into the United States. Speaking aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia at an...
Trump Says 25% Tariff for Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks to Start Nov. 1
All medium and heavy duty trucks imported into the United States will face a 25% tariff rate staring November 1, President Donald Trump said in a post on his social media platform on Monday. Trump last month had said heavy truck imports would face new duties as soon as Oct....
Gisele Pelicot Attends Court for Appeal by One of 51 Men Convicted Over Her Mass Rape
NIMES, France — Gisele Pelicot returned to court on Monday to face the only man, out of 51, who appealed his guilty verdict in a mass rape trial that shocked France and attracted worldwide attention last year. Pelicot, 72, has become a feminist hero both at home and abroad for...