This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If you found out your neighbor had a past criminal conviction, your knee-jerk reaction might be that you’d want them relocated. But what if that person committed a burglary in their late teens, served years in state prison,...
$7 Billion Fresno Transportation Tax Committee Stalls On Key Issues
For a group with only advisory capacity, the Measure C Steering Committee went on a deep dive into the language to renew Fresno County’s transportation sales tax. After two and a half hours, there was still work left to do, inching toward final recommendations for the 2026 ballot measure, which...
Supreme Court To Decide Legality of Trump Move To Limit Birthright Citizenship
The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump's directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th century constitutional provision has long been understood. The justices...
Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry
On Tuesday, President Trump called my friends and me “garbage.” This comment was only the latest in a series of remarks and Truth Social posts in which the president has demonized and spread conspiracy theories about the Somali community and about me personally. For years, the president has spewed hate speech in...
Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack
WASHINGTON — The two survivors of the U.S. military’s first boat strike on Sept. 2 climbed atop the overturned hull and waved to something overhead, according to multiple people who have seen video of the attack. The signaling by the survivors has been interpreted in different ways. Some of the...
Trump Strategy Document Revives Monroe Doctrine, Slams Europe
The United States will reassert itself in the Western Hemisphere, build military strength in the Indo-Pacific, and possibly reassess its relationship with Europe, President Donald Trump said on Friday in a sweeping strategy document that seeks to reframe the country's role in the world. The National Security Strategy, released overnight,...
Oil Climbs to 2-Week High on Fed Rate-Cut Signals, Supply Concerns
Oil prices edged up about 1% to a two-week high on Friday on increasing expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week, which could boost economic growth and energy demand, and geopolitical uncertainty that could reduce supplies from Russia and Venezuela. Brent futures rose 62 cents, or...
US Minerals Projects Seek ‘Industrial Vision’ From Washington To Compete With China
NEW YORK, Dec 4 — Washington must move even faster to bolster critical minerals projects and offset Beijing's grip on the world's supply of the building blocks for electronics, weapons and a range of other goods, three U.S. mining and refining executives said on Thursday. The push underscores how Washington's...
Trump and Newsom Square Off Over Valley Water Supply Increase
The Bureau of Reclamation said Thursday it will begin releasing more water every year from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to Central Valley farms and communities as ordered by President Donald Trump. The decision drew a sharp rebuke from California Gov. Gavin Newsom via a spokesperson who said, "The Trump...
US Consumer Spending Slows in September as Prices Remain High
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 — U.S. consumer spending increased moderately in September after three straight months of solid gains, suggesting a loss of momentum in the economy at the end of the third quarter as a lackluster labor market and rising cost of living curbed demand. The report from the Commerce...