WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow him to resume his downsizing of the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds. The Justice Department is challenging an order issued last week by a federal judge in San Francisco...
Ex-FBI Chief Being Investigated Over Social Media Post About Trump
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is investigating James Comey, the former FBI director who was fired by President Donald Trump in his first term, for a social media post that officials claim amounted to a call for Trump's assassination, members of the president's Cabinet said Thursday evening. The Instagram post,...
Trump Cuts Could Leave 5,500 Fresno County Families Homeless
Saying President Donald Trump's proposed cuts to housing programs could leave 5,500 Fresno County households homeless, Tyrone Roderick Williams, president and CEO of Fresno Housing, called on the federal government to preserve funding. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget proposed $32.9 billion in cuts to U.S. Department of Housing...
US Stocks Power Within 3% of Their Record as Wall Street Closes Out a Winning Week
NEW YORK — Wall Street cruised to the finish of its strong week on Friday, as U.S. stocks glided closer to the all-time high they set just a few months earlier, though it may feel like an economic era ago. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% for a fifth straight gain...
Trump Suspends Asylum System, Leaving Immigrants to Face an Uncertain Future
They arrive at the U.S. border from around the world: Eritrea, Guatemala, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ghana, Uzbekistan and so many other countries. They come for asylum, insisting they face persecution for their religion, or sexuality or for supporting the wrong politicians. For generations, they had been given the chance to make...
Fresno Leaders Oppose Parole for Convicted Serial ‘Tower Rapist’
Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp, Mayor Jerry Dyer, survivor Mirna Garcia, and other local and state leaders held a news conference Friday to oppose the potential parole of convicted serial rapist Rudolph Martin Acosta. Acosta, now 59, was sentenced to 78 years in state prison after sexually assaulting at...
US Cable Giants Charter and Cox Pursue $34.5 Billion Merger
Charter Communications has offered to acquire Cox Communications, a $34.5 billion merger that would combine two of the top three cable companies in the U.S. Cox is the third largest cable television company in the country, with more than 6.5 million digital cable, internet, telephone, and home security customers. It...
Nickey Stane Pleads Guilty to 1996 Fresno Murder of Debbie Dorian
A former Visalia man pleaded guilty Thursday to the 1996 murder of Fresno State student Debbie Dorian and the sexual assaults of multiple women in Visalia between 1999 and 2002, prosecutors said. Nickey Duane Stane, 58, entered the plea in Fresno County on Tuesday, nearly three decades after Dorian was...
Despite Budget Woes, Gov. Newsom Wants More Tax Credits for Hollywood
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Staring down a $12 billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed steep cuts to California's health care services and public universities — all while promising more dollars to Hollywood. Newsom on Wednesday doubled down on his proposal to...
Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks End Without a Ceasefire Deal
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended after less than two hours Friday, and while both sides agreed on a large prisoner swap, they clearly remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting. One such condition for Ukraine, backed by...