WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is to meet in private Friday with a high-profile issue on its agenda — President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. What You Need To Know The Supreme Court is meeting in private with a key issue…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Federal judges on Thursday upheld several U.S. House districts that North Carolina Republicans drew in 2023 that helped the GOP gain additional seats the following year. They rejected accusations the lines unlawfully fractured and packed Black voters to weaken their voting power. What You Need To Know Federal judges have upheld…
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country would work with the United States “on the provisions of the plan” to end the nearly four-year war with Russia. “We are ready for constructive, honest, and efficient work,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. What You Need To Know Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that…
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate…
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health risks to nearby communities, according to a new study. What You Need To Know Researchers identified 5,500 sites that store,…
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed for seven weeks by the federal government shutdown. What You Need To Know U.S. employers added a suprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report…
Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states, including North Carolina, that sued the property management giant for using rent-setting algorithms that officials have blamed for driving up housing costs. What You Need To Know Real estate giant Greystar has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states over…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has escalated its attempt to seize Chinese government-owned property across the United States, asking the Trump administration for help collecting on a roughly $25 billion court judgement related to the COVID-19 pandemic that Beijing has flatly rejected. Missouri has asked the U.S. State Department to formally notify China that…
U.S. immigration agents carrying out an enforcement push in North Carolina’s largest city have arrested more than 130 people and are expected to soon move into the state’s capital city. What You Need To Know U.S. Border Patrol agents carrying out immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina’s largest city have arrested more than 200 people …
EL PASO, Texas — A federal court in El Paso ruled on Tuesday that Texas cannot use the new congressional maps redrawn this summer. A three-judge panel enjoined the state from using the updated maps and said that Texas should instead use the previous maps created in 2021. The ruling was a blow to President…