ATLANTA — President Donald Trump’s brash populism has always involved incongruence: the billionaire businessman-politician stirring the passions of millions who, regardless of the U.S. economy’s trajectory, could never afford to live in his Manhattan skyscraper or visit his club in south Florida. His second White House is looking a lot like...
White House Budget Office Orders Pause in All Federal Loans and Grants
WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has ordered a pause in grants, loans and other federal financial assistance, according to a memo sent to government agencies Monday, potentially paralyzing a vast swath of programs and sowing confusion and alarm among the array of groups that depend on them. The...
What Has Changed With Immigration Under Trump and What Is Still Playing Out?
SAN DIEGO (AP) — During his first week in office, President Donald Trump signed 10 executive orders on immigration and issued a slew of edicts to carry out promises of mass deportations and border security. Some actions were felt immediately. Others face legal challenges. Some may take years to happen, if ever,...
Scott Bessent Confirmed as Trump’s Treasury Secretary
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed billionaire investor Scott Bessent on Monday to serve as President Donald Trump's treasury secretary, giving him the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting forward a plan on tariffs that doesn't jeopardize growth. He cleared the Senate roll call with...
Trump’s Gaza Displacement Plan Faces Rejection, Regional Concerns
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate over a million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries has faced widespread condemnation, CNN reported. Critics, including experts, Palestinian leaders, and some U.S. politicians, have labeled it a form of ethnic cleansing and warned of severe regional instability. Trump Suggests Gazans Move to...
California Projected to Lose Congressional Seats While Texas, Florida Gain
New Census Bureau estimates indicate the South could gain nine congressional seats after the 2030 census, the largest single-decade increase in the region’s history, reports the Brennan Center for Justice. Florida, Texas to Gain Seats Florida and Texas are projected to gain four seats each, with Texas potentially adding a...
Trump’s Conditions on LA Fire Aid Put CA Republicans in a Vise
As swaths of Southern California burn, the state’s Republican members of Congress find themselves facing a dilemma. Blaming the fires on California’s liberal policies, President Donald Trump and GOP congressional leaders have proposed attaching assorted conditions to federal disaster aid — a move that, if taken seriously, threatens to delay recovery...
Public’s Help Sought in 2019 Fresno County Cold Case Slaying
Valley Crime Stoppers is requesting information regarding the 2019 deadly shooting of a 47-year-old man in Selma. Officers were dispatched around 10:14 p.m. on March 30, 2019, near C and Gaither streets after reports of multiple gunshots in the area. They discovered the victim, Rudy Salas, lying in the roadway...
Behind the Colombia Blowup: Mapping Trump’s Rapid-Escalation Tactics
WASHINGTON — In the end it took only about 12 hours for President Donald Trump’s first head-to-head confrontation with one of the United States’ closest allies in Latin America, a blowup over Colombia’s rejection of U.S. military flights to return immigrants, to result in a complete retreat by the target...
Who’s In, Who’s Out in the Hush-Hush Fresno Police Chief Search?
City Hall is keeping its mouth shut on hiring Fresno's next police chief. Mayor Jerry Dyer and his administration have ignored several requests from GV Wire for an update. Dyer last spoke on the matter on Jan. 9, saying he had an upcoming meeting with the recruiting firm, Public Sector...