news2shortsDoJ says it will not ask US supreme court to rehear tariffs case despite president’s complaint on Truth Social The Trump administration said businesses seeking refunds of tariffs struck down by the US supreme court “will take time,” according to court documents filed by the justice department on Friday. The justice department did not say … Read more
President Donald Trump was disappointed in FBI Director Kash Patel’s behavior at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and conveyed his displeasure in a conversation with him, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Friday said he was ordering the “complete and immediate cancellation” of all Department of War attendants at universities like Princeton, Columbia, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown and Yale, starting with the 2026-27 academic year. Hegseth added that the ban would also include “many others,” claiming the higher … Read more
A Democratic Washington state lawmaker has apologized after admitting that he showed up to a committee hearing after drinking alcohol following his somewhat slurred remarks during the proceeding. Democratic state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, the state House Majority leader, said it was a “serious mistake for many reasons” when he appeared at a House Appropriations … Read more
Neither president nor anyone in administration has reached out after Good was killed by immigration officer, says family The family of Renee Good, an unarmed US citizen and mother who was killed by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis last month, said in an interview with NBC News that neither Donald Trump nor anyone in … Read more
Kate Barr knowingly ran an unwinnable race as a Democrat for North Carolina’s state Senate in 2023. She’s back on the ballot again this year, now as a Republican, challenging Rep. Tim Moore (R-N.C.). NBC News Legal Affairs reporter Gary Grumbach reports on Barr’s long shot campaign to shed light on partisan gerrymandering.
Two transgender people in Kansas have filed a lawsuit to block a new state law that invalidated hundreds of residents’ driver’s licenses by requiring they reflect the holders’ biological sex rather than their gender identities. The law allows those in violation to “surrender” their licenses in exchange for new ones that match their biological sex.
By mid-afternoon, it was 91F (33C) in downtown LA, according to the National Weather Service After a week of heavy downpours that left parts of Los Angeles flooded, the city is now facing unusually high temperatures for late February. By mid-afternoon Friday, it was 91F (33C) in downtown Los Angeles, according to the National Weather … Read more
Sherry Xue Li ripped off millions from foreign investors and funnelled some stolen money into US political campaigns A New York businesswoman was sentenced Friday to nine years in federal prison over a financial scheme that ripped off more than $30m from foreign investors and funnelled some of the stolen money into US political campaigns, … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Homeland Security is calling on Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger to ensure local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration officials by handing over an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who allegedly killed a woman earlier this week at a Virginia bus stop. Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, arrested an … Read more
