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Supreme Court grants review of Trump administration’s mandatory detention policy for immigrants
WASHINGTON | The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for immigrants as the government carries out a sweeping crackdown. The justices will consider whether immigrants who have been living in the U.S. have a right to a hearing to determine if they should remain detained while challenging […]
Second prosecutor resigns from Justice Department ‘grand conspiracy’ probe targeting Trump foes
WASHINGTON | A lawyer who backed President Donald Trump’s false 2020 election claims has resigned from a Justice Department investigation into whether former government officials conspired against the Republican president, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. Kurt Olsen’s resignation from the so-called “grand conspiracy” probe represents further turmoil in a meandering investigation […]
Head Start preschools serve parents, too. Under Trump, advocates fear that will change
WASHINGTON | Cassie Reed and her two young children had just moved from a domestic violence shelter into a third-floor apartment in Spokane, Washington, when she spotted a soon-to-open Head Start preschool on the building’s ground floor. Much of Reed’s first three decades of life had been shaped by abuse and neglect: first, she says, […]
Americans’ view of the economy sinks to the lowest level since 2014, Conference Board survey says
WASHINGTON | Americans’ confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month as prices remain elevated and wages stagnate amid the ongoing Iran war. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index tumbled 6.7 points to 81.9 in September, down from 88.6 in August. That’s the […]
REEL NEWS IN A RUSH: Top headlines in Monday’s NewsMinute video
Read more Muslim Americans push back as Republican politicians stoke anti-Sharia rhetoric ahead of election Read more CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy Read more Taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ad campaign grows with new spot, wider reach
Powerful nor’easter floods Northeast again, causing problems from New Jersey to New England
BOSTON | Residents of coastal communities in the Northeast slogged through floodwaters for a second day as a powerful nor’easter pummeled the shoreline Sunday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of homes. Tidal surges swamped low-lying neighborhoods in New Jersey while wind gusts toppled trees on New York’s Long Island, damaging homes and bringing […]
SpaceX’s supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early
SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlink satellites yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety. The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours after blasting off from Texas. The company had been aiming for a […]
Yemen’s civil war returns and overwhelms hospitals with ‘a very dangerous situation’
ADEN, Yemen | Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail. Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but nothing is normal in Yemen anymore. Tarek’s father carried him on foot from the southwestern city of Mokha as Iran-backed rebels swept in […]
Pope warns a ‘paradise of machines’ could undermine humanity as he opens France trip
PARIS | Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that a “paradise of machines” risked undermining humanity as he opened a trip to France by posing fundamental questions about what it means to be human in the age of artificial intelligence, a nuclear arms race and other threats to life itself. Leo raised existential concerns about scientific […]
Why Yemen’s Houthis have only grown stronger through years of war
At various times over the last decade, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Britain and Israel have carried out punishing air raids on Yemen’s Houthi rebels — only to see them grow even stronger. Now, as the Iran-backed Houthis advance on a key maritime chokepoint and strike Saudi oil facilities, rattling world […]