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Capital One cites money laundering review in Trump-related suit
Capital One Financial Corp. said in a court filing late Friday that it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s sprawling real estate company in 2021 for legitimate reasons after an internal review by the bank’s anti-money laundering team.
The lender made the revelation in a filing asking a judge to toss out a Trump ...Read more
Trump pushes $1.8 billion DOJ fund over Blanche nomination
President Donald Trump doubled down on his commitment to a $1.8 billion fund to help his supporters, saying he’d now work with Congress to make it federal law — even if it costs him his nominee for U.S. attorney general.
Trump said in a social media post Saturday that he would “push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill” passed, ...Read more
Newsom boasts of California's upcoming minimum wage increase, criticizes Trump for ignoring workers
LOS ANGELES — California's statewide minimum wage is set to rise next year.
Starting on Jan. 1, 2027, the statewide minimum wage will rise to $17.40 an hour, an increase Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted about on Friday.
Newsom — who has been eyeing a 2028 presidential run — said in a statement that California's fiscal policies helped turn the ...Read more
US embassies warn Americans as Iran threatens more choke points
U.S. embassies across the Middle East urged Americans to exercise caution after President Donald Trump said he was considering new military strikes against Iran.
The warning came as Tehran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, said Saturday that a continued U.S. naval blockade and any escalation would not ...Read more
Ukraine hits Russian refineries as Kyiv faces missile barrage
Russia launched ballistic missiles and attack drones against Ukraine’s capital overnight, killing at least nine people, while Kyiv’s forces struck oil facilities deep inside Russia territory.
Local authorities confirmed a fire at an industrial site in Ufa in the Bashkortostan Republic, without specifying what had been damaged. Ufa is home ...Read more
Sanchez isolated after Spain sparks fear of migration crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has been the most progressive European leader on migration, bucking his colleagues’ rightward shift. That stance has now left him politically exposed after thousands of migrants overran a Spanish enclave in Northern Africa.
As he grappled with 50,000 undocumented migrants arriving illegally in Ceuta this ...Read more
Savannah Guthrie marks 6-month anniversary of mom's disappearance with plea for answers
NEW YORK — It’s been six months since Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie, was last seen alive, and her family is still desperate for answers.
“Every day, we wake up and try to be strong and go on — because that’s what our joyful and resilient Mom taught us to do. But make no mistake — our hearts are in...Read more
ICE arrests at California courthouse test balance between immigration enforcement, justice
MODESTO, Calif. — Attorney Matthew Begoun had just arrived at the Stanislaus County Superior Courthouse with his client, the man’s wife and their infant child when four plainclothes federal immigration agents appeared.
The hearing July 22 was expected to be routine. Begoun’s client, 23-year-old Eduardo Mijail Gallegos Jaimes, had posted ...Read more
A 72-year-old criticizes Florida's wildlife agency. They searched his personal data 34 times
TAMPA, Fla. — Like he had a dozen times before, Jim Watt stood behind the lectern and addressed Florida’s wildlife commission.
“Good day, commissioners,” he began.
“As you know, my name is Jim Watt, and this is my 13th time in front of you, pleading with you to stop killing our wildlife and destroying their habitats with dangerous ...Read more
Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year
Every year, millions of pilgrims walk from the deserts of southern Iraq to the holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the largest annual pilgrimages in the world. In 2026, pilgrims will converge on Karbala on Aug. 5.
Arbaeen falls 40 days after Ashura, which commemorates the killing of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Prophet ...Read more
Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes amendment to protect journalists' sources
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed an amendment Thursday would prohibit government bodies from compelling journalists to reveal their sources as the Bay State remains one of nine in the U.S. without a press shield law.
Amendment 17, added to the Senate’s version of broader public records legislation passed by the House (H....Read more
Pilot ejects before F-35 jet crash at US Marine Corps' Miramar air base in San Diego
A pilot safely ejected from an F-35B jet before it crashed Friday morning at the U.S. Marine Corps’ Air Station Miramar in San Diego, according to military officials.
Military crews responded to what the Marine Corps called “an aircraft mishap” around 10 a.m., according to a statement from 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing spokesperson Maj. Larry ...Read more
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Trump blames ‘incompetent’ Minnesota, not Iran, for water system cyberattacks
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump blamed the state of Minnesota and Gov. Tim Walz for the coordinated cyberattack on over 30 water systems across the state even as officials say the attacks may have been carried out by Iran.
“They blame it on Iran, I don�...Read more
Trump appeals ruling against his IRS audit immunity deal
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is appealing a court order barring him from attempting to use a sweeping audit-immunity settlement that resolved his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service.
Trump filed a notice of appeal in federal court in Miami on Friday, the latest twist in a lawsuit he filed in January that made him ...Read more
NASA Langley Research Center opens first wind tunnel in more than 40 years
HAMPTON, Va. — NASA officials and state leadership cut the ribbon Friday on the agency’s first new wind tunnel in more than 40 years as the agency undergoes a wave of consolidation.
The Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley Research Center is a 25,000-square-foot facility that aims to play a major role in providing research for ...Read more
Johns Hopkins researcher arrested by ICE at Baltimore airport is being held in Louisiana
BALTIMORE — A public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was detained and arrested by federal immigration authorities while boarding a domestic flight at BWI Marshall Airport this week, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed to The Baltimore Sun.
Fatima Ameaka, a research associate at the...Read more
Mother of fallen Massachusetts trooper files $20 million lawsuit against restaurant
BOSTON — The mother of fallen State Police Trooper Kevin Trainor is seeking $20 million in damages, alleging negligence by the Saugus restaurant that served an intoxicated patron who caused a fatal crash.
Barbara Trainor has filed a wrongful death civil complaint in Essex County Superior Court against Tribu Mexican Kitchen & Bar and its ...Read more
Federal government implements 10-year Colorado River plan after states fail to find deal
Federal water managers on Friday announced a 10-year plan to manage the critical Colorado River that opens the door to unprecedented water supply cuts to three states and will require near-constant negotiation between water users in the river basin.
The report made public Friday is the culmination of years of intense and divisive negotiations ...Read more
Accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione wants hearing over which reporters get to cover his trial
NEW YORK — Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, on Friday demanded a public hearing on the question of which reporters will get to cover his highly anticipated murder trial and asked for an overflow room to host a bigger audience.
In a letter to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Gregory Carro, ...Read more
Trump casts doubt on new Iran negotiations as war drags on
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he’s losing confidence in Iranian negotiators, the latest sign that the renewal of armed hostilities in the Middle East could drag on.
Speaking during a Cabinet meeting on Friday, Trump took issue with missile attacks that Iran launched earlier this week against U.S. forces in Jordan that ended a ...Read more
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