I'm not sure most Americans appreciate the monumental damage President Donald Trump is doing to the post-World War II order that is the wellspring of American global leadership and affluence. He's shattering it. He's making the world more dangerous. He's siding with an alleged war criminal, President Vladimir Putin of...
Trump Says He May Take Control of the US Postal Service. Here’s What to Know
PHILADELPHIA — President Donald Trump on Friday said he may put the U.S. Postal Service under the control of the Commerce Department in what would be an executive branch takeover of the agency, which has operated as an independent entity since 1970. "We want to have a post office that...
Supreme Court Halts Trump’s Bid to Fire Whistleblower Chief
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday temporarily kept on the job the head of the federal agency that protects government whistleblowers, in its first word on the many legal fights over President Donald Trump's second-term agenda. The justices said in an unsigned order that Hampton Dellinger, head of the...
ICE Official Reassigned Amid Frustrations Over Mass Deportation Effort
WASHINGTON — The top official in charge of carrying out President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda has been reassigned amid concerns that the deportation effort isn't moving fast enough. Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement Friday that Caleb Vitello, the acting director of Immigration and...
Pentagon Says It Will Cut 5,400 Probationary Workers Starting Next Week
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said Friday that it's cutting 5,400 probationary workers starting next week and will put a hiring freeze in place. It comes after staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, were at the Pentagon earlier in the week and received lists of such employees,...
Federal Order to End DEI Policies Has Fresno Schools Scrambling for Answers
The California Department of Education tells education leadership and residences that federal law remains unchanged. The California DOE released a statement Friday, Feb. 21, in response to the federal Department of Education’s new anti-discrimination policy, released a week prior. “… executive orders and memos cannot modify or override statutory requirements or...
Bannon Denies Nazi Salute Accusation at CPAC, Calls It ‘a Wave’
OXON HILL, Md. — Steve Bannon was accused of making a Nazi salute as he concluded a speech at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend, but Bannon said Friday the gesture was merely a "wave." Bannon, who once served as Trump's chief strategist...
Misty Her Calls for ‘Huge Mindset Shift’ at Fresno Unified as She Campaigns for Top Job
Misty Her became Interim Superintendent in early May of last year, and she's leading Fresno Unified with blunt words and an urgency that her mentor, retired superintendent Bob Nelson, rarely exhibited. She's also a candidate for the permanent position as the School Board begins a national search for Nelson's successor....
AP Sues 3 Trump Administration Officials, Citing Freedom of Speech
The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists. The lawsuit was filed Friday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. The AP says its case is...
Bullard Teacher Arrested for 10 Sex Felonies Involving Student
Police arrested 37-year-old Bullard High teacher Ray Waller Thursday on suspicion of having sex with a minor and making or selling pornography, according to a news release from the Fresno Police Department. The victim was a juvenile student at the high school. The teacher has been put on administrative leave...