A group of technology researchers filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has adopted an unconstitutional policy that targets foreign nationals who study disinformation and hate speech on social media for visa denials and deportation. The San Francisco-based Coalition for Independent Technology Research in a...
Sex Offender Out. Who Will Be On the Fresno Ballot?
Fresno City Hall can relax. A registered sex offender who contemplated running for city council failed to qualify for the ballot. Rene Campos did not collect enough signatures to run for Fresno City Council District 7, Fresno County Clerk/Registrar of Voters James Kus told GV Wire. Campos returned the other...
As Kari Lake Sought to Shutter Voice of America, Parent Agency Rebuffed Auditors
WASHINGTON — The federal media agency that oversees Voice of America, and whose Trump-appointed leadership has been deemed illegal by a judge, failed to cooperate with a required annual audit of its finances, according to a newly released report. The U.S. Agency for Global Media had consecutively received clean audit...
Iran’s Choice of New Leader Signals Defiance to Foes
On its face, Iran’s choice of a new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, sent a message of continuity to a country battered by war. It was also a show of open defiance to Iran’s attackers. The United States and Israel killed the new leader’s father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in...
Ohio State President Resigns Following ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
The president of Ohio State University resigned after disclosing to university trustees that he had an "inappropriate relationship" with someone seeking public resources to support her personal business, the school announced on Monday. Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. had been the university’s president for two years. The school did not announce...
Trump Says War Against Iran Is ‘Very Complete,’ CBS News Reports
President Donald Trump thinks the war against Iran "is very complete" and that Washington was "very far ahead" of his initial four to five week estimated time frame, according to a CBS News reporter on X, who cited an interview with him. "I think the war is very complete, pretty...
US Weighs Censuring Afghanistan Over Detained Americans, Could Ban US Travel to the Country
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is considering whether to censure Afghanistan over its detention of American citizens, a move that could lead to a ban on U.S. passport holders traveling to the country, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Rubio on February 27 designated Iran as a...
TSA Absences Stretch Airport Security Lines as Spring Break Travel Begins
Rising absences by Transportation Security Administration security officers caused a second straight day of longer-than-normal security lines, sparking worries from airlines as the busy spring break travel period ramps up. For instance, Houston Hobby Airport on Monday reported lines averaging 3 hours at 2 p.m. EDT at standard checkpoints. Funding...
After His Crash Killed a Child, the DMV Renewed His License. Then It Hid His Records
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Placer County prosecutors wanted any information the California Department of Motor Vehicles had on Kostas Linardos, who drove a three-ton pickup truck at high speed into the back of a sedan in late 2022, killing a toddler. The...
Putin Says Energy Crisis Has Arrived but Russia Is Ready to Work With Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran had triggered a global energy crisis and cautioned that oil production dependent on transport through the Strait of Hormuz could soon come to a halt. Putin said that Russia — the world’s second-largest oil exporter and holder...