SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a package of bills Friday aimed at shoring up food assistance, rural health care and public broadcasting in response to recently enacted federal cuts. The new legislation responds to President Donald Trump’s big bill as well as fear that health insurance rates will rise with the expiration of …
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Controversies from Cook’s past in academia resurface as she battles President Trump to keep her job As Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook does battle against President Donald Trump to keep her job, controversial experiences from her time as a professor have resurfaced, such as plagiarism claims and her involvement in a high-profile cancel culture incident. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court …
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At least 18 people were arrested outside the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Chicago Friday, where protesters have gathered several weeks in a row amid bubbling tensions as the Trump administration’s larger immigration enforcement efforts continue. Protesters filled the streets outside the facility Friday as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was perched on the rooftop of the controversial …
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Raleigh, North Carolina AP — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train, even while opposing provisions within or wishing for others left out. Gov. Josh Stein said he signed the bill because it …
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President Donald Trump’s escalating rhetoric about Portland peaked last weekend when he seized control of 200 Oregon National Guard troops to deploy to what he claimed was a “war-ravaged” city. Almost immediately, state and local Democratic leaders sued to block the extraordinary move and sought a temporary restraining to stop the deployment. The rapid-fire response, which a federal judge plans …
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North Carolina governor calls for passage of red flag law after deadly mass shooting NPR Husband confirms his wife died in shooting Saturday in Southport WECT ‘You see it in the movies’: Man shares harrowing experience of witnessing Southport shooting WRAL.com Southport Police ID the 3 people killed in weekend mass shooting ABC11 Survivors say suspicious boat spotted night before Southport shooting WWAYTV3 Source link
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Toby Neugebauer, chief executive officer of Fermi Inc., before ringing the closing bell during the company’s Oct. 1 IPO. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Plenty of billionaires have been created by the artificial intelligence and data center booms—and now, the real estate underneath the data centers is generating ten-figure fortunes, too. At least three new billionaires joined the three-comma club on Wednesday …
Read More »Supreme Court says Fed governor Cook can remain in job pending arguments Axios Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now The New York Times Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in case on Federal Reserve independence, leaving Lisa Cook in job for now CNN SCOTUS allows Lisa Cook to stay on Fed board into 2026, accepts case for January …
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FILE: Federal agents confront the protesters in the driveway of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 28, 2025. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Federal authorities pushing for National Guard deployment in Portland gave Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek a tight timeline Saturday: Either call up 200 guard members on her own authority in the next half …
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The candidates vying to be New Jersey’s next governor are pointing fingers after the Trump administration announced it is freezing billions of dollars in federal funding for two infrastructure projects, including the Hudson Tunnel project to connect New Jersey and New York City. Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill slammed the move Wednesday and called the pause in funding further evidence that …
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