Mexico expelled more than two dozen people imprisoned as suspected cartel members wanted by the United States on Tuesday, amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump's administration to dismantle the country's powerful drug organizations. Authorities sent 26 prisoners who were wanted in the U.S. for ties to drug-trafficking groups, Mexico's...
Valley Children’s Cancer Survivors Get $70K in Help from Taco Bell Foundation
For many children, beating cancer is only the first step to getting well. To help provide for cancer survivors after treatment ends, the Taco Bell Foundation donated $70,000 to Valley Children's Healthcare. The donation, announced Tuesday by the hospital, will go to expand resources at The Fresno Truck Center Childhood...
White House to Lead Review of Some Smithsonian Museums
The White House said on Tuesday it will lead an internal review of some Smithsonian museums and exhibitions ahead of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, after President Donald Trump earlier this year accused the institution of spreading "anti-American ideology" and raised alarm among civil rights advocates. Three...
Smittcamp Ends DA’s ‘Courtesy Appearances’ for Fresno City Attorney’s Office
The Fresno County District Attorney's Office will no longer provide "courtesy appearances" on behalf of the city of Fresno in court. DA Lisa Smittcamp notified her staff and sent an email to Mayor Jerry Dyer and other city officials on Aug. 1 documents obtained by GV Wire show. "After careful...
Tariff Revenue Makes It Hard for Supreme Court to Rule Against Trump, Bessent Says
WASHINGTON — Increasing revenues flowing into U.S. government coffers from tariffs would make it difficult for the Supreme Court to rule against the Trump administration on the issue if a lower court case makes its way to country's top court, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday. "The more...
US Selects 11 Firms for Program to Fast-Track Small Nuclear Test Reactors
The U.S. Department of Energy said on Tuesday it has made an initial selection of 11 companies for a pilot program seeking to develop high-tech test nuclear reactors and get at least three of them to begin operating in less than a year. Why It's Important As artificial intelligence and...
Former Guatemalan Police Officers, Officials Sentenced for Death of 41 Girls in Fire
GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan court on Tuesday sentenced six people to between six and 25 years in prison for the deaths of 41 children in a raging fire eight years ago inside a state shelter for at-risk youth. The sentencing is a step towards closure in one of the...
Trump Picks Heritage Economist Antoni to Lead US Labor Statistics Agency
President Donald Trump on Monday said he was nominating economist E.J. Antoni as the new Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, 10 days after firing the agency's previous leader following a weak scorecard of the job market, accusing her without evidence of manipulating the figures. Antoni is currently the chief economist...
Newsom to Trump: Let’s End This ‘Rigging’ of House District Maps
Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday promising to stand down from his plan to redraw California's congressional district maps if Republican states such as Texas did likewise, KQED reported. Trump set the stage for the redistricting battle royale ahead of the 2026 midterms by...
US Deficit Grows to $291 Billion in July Despite Tariff Revenue Surge
The U.S. government's budget deficit grew nearly 20% in July to $291 billion despite a nearly $21 billion jump in customs duty collections from President Donald Trump's tariffs, with outlays growing faster than receipts, the Treasury Department said on Tuesday. The deficit for July was up 19%, or $47 billion,...