WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that “the Gaza thing has never worked” as he and top advisers made the case that a three-to-five-year timeline for reconstruction of the war-torn territory, as laid out in a temporary truce agreement, is not viable. Trump renewed his call to Arab nations...
First Military Flight Departs to Send Migrants to Guantanamo Bay
WASHINGTON — The first U.S. military flight to deport migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay has departed and is expected to land Tuesday evening, two U.S. officials said. It is the first step in an expected surge in the number of migrants sent to the Navy base in Cuba,...
A Tale of Two Local Districts: Implementing the CA Classroom Cell Phone Ban
People behave in different ways, and the same can be said about school districts. Consider how Madera Unified and Fresno Unified have responded to a recent piece of legislation from Sacramento. In late September 2024 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3216, the Phone-Free School Act. This new law mandates that...
Hawaii Volcano Produces Tall Lava Fountaining in Latest Episode of Kilauea Eruption
HONOLULU — A fountain of lava was spewing from a Hawaii volcano Tuesday in the latest episode of an eruption that has paused and resumed. Fountains from a vent of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island grew to more than 250 feet (76.2 meters) high Monday night, according to...
Trump Has Plan to Have Iran ‘Obliterated’ if It Assassinates Him
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. “If they did that they would be obliterated,” Trump said in an exchange with reporters while signing an executive order calling for the U.S. government to impose maximum pressure on...
Jewish Population in West Bank Keeps Rising. Settlers Hope Trump Will Accelerate Growth
BEIT EL, West Bank — The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year, according to an advocacy group that hopes the Trump administration will support policies that help accelerate the growth of settlements in the occupied territory. The West...
Trump Will Be the First Sitting President to Attend the Super Bowl
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is going to the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, the first sitting president to do so. The U.S. Secret Service, which is responsible for protecting the president, said in a statement Tuesday that it has had staff on the ground for days preparing for...
US Job Openings Fall to 7.6 Million in December, Suggesting Job Market Is Slowing but Healthy
U.S. job openings fell in December, a sign that the labor market is cooling but still healthy. Openings fell to 7.6 million, from 8.2 million in November, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. They were down from 8.9 million a year earlier and a peak of 12.2 million in March 2022...
Tariff Threats Take Aim at Fentanyl Trafficking: Here’s How the Drug Reaches the US
President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is partly aimed at combating the illicit flow of fentanyl into the U.S., where the opioid is blamed for some 70,000 overdose deaths annually. Mexico agreed Monday to send 10,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border as...
San Francisco Ready to Grant New Mayor Greater Powers to Battle Fentanyl Crisis
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is poised to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city's response to a fentanyl crisis that has turned sidewalks into open-air dens of drug consumption and homelessness. The legislation, which supervisors will vote on Tuesday,...