ELECTION RESULTS
New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregations
Read full article: New DHS rule aims to shorten visa wait times abroad for religious workers serving US congregationsThe Department of Homeland Security is making it easier for visa-holding religious workers to serve U.S. congregations with less disruption.
Celina football coach retires after district clears him of cover-up allegations amid son’s sex abuse scandal
Read full article: Celina football coach retires after district clears him of cover-up allegations amid son’s sex abuse scandalBill Elliott was placed on administrative leave in October after his son Caleb, a football coach at Celina’s middle school, was accused of secretly filming boys in the school’s locker room and possessing child pornography.
Trump administration slashes funding for substance abuse and mental health programs nationwide
Read full article: Trump administration slashes funding for substance abuse and mental health programs nationwideThe Trump administration has made significant cuts to substance abuse and mental health programs.
Trump claims killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran signals executions ahead
Read full article: Trump claims killing of Iran protesters 'has stopped' even as Tehran signals executions aheadPresident Donald Trump says he’s been told “on good authority” that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has signaled fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters.
Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstated
Read full article: Hundreds of laid-off researchers at US workplace safety center are being reinstatedFederal officials are reinstating hundreds of U.S. health workers who were laid off last year from a small health agency that aims to protect workers.
Trump administration restores federal funding for family planning after ACLU lawsuit
Read full article: Trump administration restores federal funding for family planning after ACLU lawsuitReproductive rights advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Trump administration after officials agreed to restore millions in federal funding for family planning services.
Trump administration lawyers blessed US operation to remove Maduro from power, memo shows
Read full article: Trump administration lawyers blessed US operation to remove Maduro from power, memo showsA legal memo that came out days before the U_S_ military operation against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro said such a move would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests."
US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concerns
Read full article: US will suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries over public assistance concernsThe State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan Trump helped broker, US says
Read full article: Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan Trump helped broker, US saysThe United States says it’s moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan involving disarming Hamas, rebuilding the war-ravaged territory and establishing the group of Palestinian experts that will administer daily affairs.
Louisiana governor picked as Trump's envoy headed to Washington to discuss Greenland
Read full article: Louisiana governor picked as Trump's envoy headed to Washington to discuss GreenlandJeff Landry has embraced his role as President Donald Trump's special envoy to Greenland, but the Republican governor of Louisiana says he hopes to connect with everyday islanders rather than with Danish diplomats.
Supreme Court revives GOP congressman's challenge to late-arriving mail ballot law
Read full article: Supreme Court revives GOP congressman's challenge to late-arriving mail ballot lawThe Supreme Court is reviving a Republican challenge to a law allowing the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
FBI searches a Washington Post reporter's home as part of a classified documents investigation
Read full article: FBI searches a Washington Post reporter's home as part of a classified documents investigationAttorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter’s home was done at the Pentagon’s request as part of a leak investigation.
Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attack
Read full article: Some personnel at key US base in Qatar advised to evacuate as Iran official brings up earlier attackSome personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate.