Tag: National
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Israeli officials say Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. No word from US or Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. or Iran on his status. The assassination of the second leader of the…
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State of the Union: Here’s what Trump didn’t say
President Donald Trump made the case that happy days are here again in the first State of the Union of his second term, but there was little talk of transition or pain. “The state of our union is strong,” he declared. “Our country is winning again. We’re winning so much we really don’t know what…
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Twenty-five Mexican National Guard members killed after army takes out ‘El Mencho’ cartel leader
Twenty-five Mexican National Guard members were killed after Mexico‘s army took out the leader of one of the country’s largest drug cartels on Sunday night. The country’s security head, Omar Garcia Harfuch, confirmed that over two dozen guard members were killed in six separate attacks across the state of Jalisco after the army took out the…
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Why it could take weeks to feel the brunt of a DHS shutdown
The Department of Homeland Security’s broad reach means that everything from disaster relief to airport security could be hampered if funding runs out on Saturday, but it might take weeks before the public feels the impact. The dispute over how to reform the agency, sparked by the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis last…
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Trump’s EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by the president to roll back climate regulations. The rule finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency rescinds a 2009 government…
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Republicans look to usher through voter ID legislation for third time with SAVE America Act
A proof of citizenship and voter ID bill is hitting the floor for the third time in the House, granting Republicans another opportunity to push one of its strongest, election-tested messages as the party scrambles to recapture public opinion on immigration. Eyes will also be on House Democrats to see whether they support the bill,…
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Breezy Johnson’s winding road leads to Olympic downhill gold for US on day marred by Vonn’s crash
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — For Breezy Johnson, the road to an Olympic gold medal was similar to the winning downhill run she turned in Sunday: It was full of jarring bumps that nearly knocked her off course, but not off target. There was the knee injury here in Cortina during a training crash that…
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Signs of forced entry found at Arizona home of ‘Today’ show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Investigators found signs of forced entry at the Arizona home of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, a person familiar with the investigation said Tuesday, as the host asked for prayers to help bring back the 84-year-old, whom authorities believe was taken against her will. The host described her mother as…
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Lindsey Vonn ‘confident’ she can race at Olympics with ruptured ACL in left knee
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics beginning this week with a torn ACL from a crash four days ago. Vonn said on Tuesday the damage to her left knee was a “completed ruptured” ACL, bone bruising “plus meniscal damage.” After three days of…
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Where government funding talks stand as Congress careens toward partial shutdown
The federal government is expected to enter a partial shutdown starting Saturday, but it could be short-lived as Senate Democrats and the White House negotiate new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s sweeping deportation agenda. A procedural vote to advance a funding package and avert a shutdown failed to clear a 60-vote filibuster in the Senate…