Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon. The biggest issue they’re facing is a lack of communication from the federal government as the West faces…
UPDATE: President Donald Trump made a significant trade announcement Thursday with the United Kingdom, yet another sign of some possible relief from historically high tariffs that have threatened serious damage to the US and global economies. The deal, hammered out at the 11th hour in a late-night call with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer Wednesday,…
NEW BERN, N.C. — New Bern won a challenge against the U.S. Census Bureau, city officials said Thursday. The city challenged population estimates that the federal agency releases annually, saying they did not accurately reflect the municipality’s population. The census originally showed slowing growth trends for the city in 2021 and 2023 and a negative…
A joint operation with Davidson County deputes and ICE led to nearly 100 people detained in the Nashville area over the weekend, including an alleged gang member. The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County has released a full timeline of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that led to the arrest of dozens…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K. autos, steel and aluminum in a planned trade deal with Britain, which would buy more American beef and streamline its customs process for goods from the United States. What You Need To Know President Donald Trump has agreed to cut tariffs on U.K….
The Chattanooga Public Library is at risk of losing $435,000 in federal funding following an executive order by President Donald Trump that defunded the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a congressionally established agency that supports more than 123,000 libraries and 35,000 museums nationwide. “At this time, we have had no indication of when or…
President Donald Trump said he would make a significant trade announcement Thursday with the United Kingdom, yet another sign of some possible relief from historically high tariffs that have threatened serious damage to the US and global economies. “Big News Conference tomorrow morning at 10:00 A.M., The Oval Office, concerning a MAJOR TRADE DEAL WITH…
Reform UK has been handed a record-breaking polling lead just days after taking hundreds of council seats across England in May 1’s local elections. Nigel Farage’s party now sits 12 points clear of the Conservatives and seven clear of Labour. Reform is now also the only one out of the top three parties to have…
Nigel Farage says he is looking forward to being back on GB News next month having spent weeks “living on the road”. The leader of Reform UK has been off-air since mid-March spearheading his party’s local election fight. But he said he was pleased that his prime-time show, Farage, will return to the People’s Channel…
WASHINGTON — In the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said Houthi rebels in Yemen have agreed to stop attacking merchant vessels and other ships following a weekslong, daily bombing campaign by the U.S. that the military says struck the small country in southern Arabia more than 1,000 times and killed hundreds since it began…