Chicago employees of federal contractor oversight agency put on paid leave: ‘It’s open season out there for all these contractors’ By Talia Soglin April 18, 2025 at 11:10 a.m. The staffers put on paid leave are employees of the agency’s Office of Federal Contract...
What to know about the court cases challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda By The New York Times News Service Syndicate April 18, 2025 at 11:11 a.m. A number of major cases challenging President Donald Trump’s initial moves on immigration are making...
Can US border officials search your phone without a warrant? Here’s what you need to know By Jay Weaver April 18, 2025 at 11:01 a.m. In an age where the data of an entire life can be held in the...
Indiana-Illinois border bill heads to Gov. Braun’s desk By Alexandra Kukulka April 18, 2025 at 11:11 a.m. With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers...
10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination are released, on Trump’s order By Associated Press April 18, 2025 at 10:26 a.m. Approximately 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy...
The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more By Josh Funk April 18, 2025 at 8:21 a.m. America’s only rare earths mine heard from anxious companies soon after China responded to President...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will drop Ukraine-Russia peace efforts if no progress within days By Hanna Arhirova April 18, 2025 at 8:34 a.m. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. may “move on” from trying...
Trump administration seeks explosive expansion of nation’s immigration detention system By Kate Brumback April 18, 2025 at 8:31 a.m. Amid rural Louisiana’s crawfish farms, towering pine trees and cafes serving po’boys, nearly 7,000 people...
Strange sell-off in the dollar raises the specter of investors losing trust in the US under Trump By Bernard Condon April 18, 2025 at 8:30 a.m. Among the threats tariffs pose to the U.S. economy, none may be as strange as...
The ‘return’ of an extinct wolf is not the answer to saving endangered species, experts warn By Adriana Pérez April 18, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Scientists say the Trump administration's embrace of de-extinction won't help endangered species like the Great...