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President Donald Trump wants to sharply curtail mail ballots. He’s called them “inherently corrupt” and baselessly condemned them as a major source of fraud. But with Republicans falling behind in the polls, the president is now urging his supporters to vote in the midterm elections any way they can, including by…
Healthcare costs are continuing to rise. Nevadans who get insurance through Nevada Health Link, the state-based Affordable Care Act marketplace, can expect to see an average rate increase of 17% for 2027 coverage. The Nevada Division of Insurance announced the approval of the rate increases last week. It marks the…
Eighth Judicial District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt is seeking a fifth term on the bench, as she faces a challenge from Clark County public defender Dan Gillium. Leavitt has retained the Department 12 seat for more than two decades after first being appointed by former Gov. Kenny Guinn in 2002. Before that, Leavitt…
WASHINGTON — This summer, arrests of immigrants in the United States soared to the highest levels since President Donald Trump returned to office. An unprecedented increase in cooperation between local and state law enforcement and federal immigration officers through collaborations known as 287(g) agreements helped…
Jobs across the United States rose by 29,000 in September, a disappointing result as recent growth was also revised down in Friday’s monthly jobs report, the last one before midterm elections. September growth was a large dip from a strong August number that was revised down from 162,000 to 133,000 in the new report…
A pregnant woman shot dead in a parking lot. What a horrible tragedy. And if you’re the political professionals trying to reelect Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo, what a fabulous campaign issue. Lombardo’s campaign and allied PACs and organizations have been hammering Lombardo’s Democratic opponent, Attorney General…
Republican Lieutenant Gov. Stravos Anthony is looking to defend his seat against Democratic challenger Sandra Jauregui at a time when Democrats are feeling optimistic about their chances of flipping control of statewide seats. In Nevada, the post is largely ceremonial with little day-to-day statutory authority – but…
Judge Jennifer Schwartz, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench, faces a reelection challenge from prosecutor Jacob Villani in Clark County District Court Department 17. Schwartz is a lifelong Las Vegan and graduate of UNLV’s Boyd School of Law. She began her career as a law clerk for Judge Michael Cherry, who
Henderson City Councilwoman Carrie Cox, who among a flurry of scandals is facing a criminal investigation, is at risk of being unseated this November by Jennifer Atlas, a nonprofit government affairs director. Cox, who has represented Ward 3 since 2022, was indicted last year on a felony charge for monitoring or…
Nevada’s failure to keep track of children placed into informal foster living arrangements with relatives or family friends is contributing to the exploitation and trafficking of youth, says a former state senator, Patricia Farley-Moore, who is asking the Nevada Legislature to pass legislation that would require the…
After nearly winning re-election outright during the June primary, incumbent Henderson Mayor Michelle Romero will face the former Henderson Police Chief Hollie Chadwick in the general election. The election comes amid a recent ethics complaint against Romero alleging a conflict of interest stemming from her consultant…
Clark County District Court Judge Jacob Reynolds faces a challenge from prosecutor Alex Quagge in the race for District Court Department 29. Reynolds says attorneys who think he owes them favors that he failed to deliver are behind the effort to elect his opponent. “I think some people got upset that I didn’t rule…
Over the past year and a half, a dozen states have embraced a new vision for solar power: small, cheap panels that can be hung from a balcony or porch, be plugged into a standard wall outlet and take a dent out of residents’ utility bills. These systems, known as balcony solar or plug-in solar,
Every day, companies find better, and sneakier, ways to reach deeper into our wallets. They trap us in subscriptions, bury fees until checkout, use algorithms to collude with competitors, and mine our personal data to charge us the most we’re willing to pay. With each trick and tactic, companies are reinventing the…
Democratic and Republican governors say they will more aggressively push back on federal overreach regardless of which party controls Washington. Earlier this month, the bipartisan National Governors Association for the first time in over a decade updated its internal principles on federalism — the system of power…
The state of Nevada collects a lot of money from taxes, fees and investments — and while the state Legislature directs how that money is spent, it’s the state treasurer who acts as steward of the state coffers. The current treasurer, Zach Conine, has served for two terms and cannot run for office again. That
“Although former Vice President Kamala Harris carried this seat by just two points in 2024, the 4th District isn’t a particularly high priority for either party,” reads the Cook Political Report’s thumbnail analysis of the race between incumbent Nevada Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford and Republican challenger Cody…
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack. The Trump administration recently moved the funds into a U.S. Customs and…
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Judiciary Committee Republicans repeatedly dissected Smith’s work…
The Nevada State Assembly is currently composed of 27 Democrats and 15 Republicans. Will that split change this year? Maybe. But if it does, it isn’t expected to shift by much. With the exception of a 2014 “red wave” where only 15 of 42 Assembly districts went blue, Democrats have held between 23 and 29
Voters narrowed the field of candidates vying to represent Las Vegas City Council Ward 2 during the June primary, now the top two voter-getters will get a rematch in November. Former Clark County firefighter Luke McCarthy and former Las Vegas Municipal Court judge Shannon Nordstrom will face off again during the…
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Noreen DeMonte and civil attorney Danielle Tarmu are hoping to win an open seat in Clark County District Court Department 28. Judge Ron Israel, who was first elected to the seat in 2010, is not seeking reelection. The prospect of running for an open seat attracted Tarmu to the
The challenges and dire threats surrounding the unchecked growth of artificial intelligence appear unlikely to move Congress or President Donald Trump to act as the U.S. Senate enters its last week before the midterms. The rapid emergence of the technology has sparked a host of policy debates, with some warning of an…
Election deniers are once again expected to seek a variety of statewide and congressional offices across the country in the upcoming midterm election. Nevada is no exception as incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar will face Republican Jim Marchant, an election denier and ardent supporter of…
Clark County District Judge Jerry Wiese is seeking a fourth term on the bench. Wiese first won election in 2010. He was reelected in 2014 and was not challenged in 2020. “I’ve been a judge for 16 years, and I’m just trying to keep my job,” he told the Current. “People ask me why I
Former state legislator Pete Goicoechea was appointed to the Nevada Board of Regents by Gov. Joe Lombardo in December 2024. Now, Goicoechea is hoping voters in District 8 will let him stay on the board for two additional years. Standing in his way is Lori Lane, an entertainment industry professional who wants the…
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office. The congressional watchdog’s report also raised…
Martina Bauhaus, an attorney for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. for almost two decades, is challenging Judge Jasmin Lilly-Spells, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench. District Court Dept. 23 hears both criminal and civil cases, a docket that Lilly-Spells, a former public defender, acknowledges…
Republican Nevada State Controller Andy Matthews is seeking reelection this November as the state’s independent fiscal watchdog, while his challenger, Democrat Michael MacDougall, hopes a blue wave will help launch him to victory. The state controller is responsible for administering the state’s accounting system…
Five Nevada Board of Regents seats are on the ballot this year, but only one is an open seat not featuring an incumbent. That race, for District 5 in Southern Nevada, will bring to the board either a former state legislator or a current higher education professional with a background in workforce development…
Gambling has exploded in the United States. American casinos and sportsbooks earned US$79 billion in 2025, up nearly 20% from the $66.5 billion just two years earlier. That doesn’t include the enormous sums earned by prediction market companies, which are technically not considered gambling but instead help forecast…
Both Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo and the Democrat hoping to unseat him, Attorney General Aaron Ford, have been playing catch-up on data centers. Their positions have been reactive and unimaginative. It’s as if their hearts aren’t in it. Most of the Nevada press, and some national outlets as well, generously gave…
WASHINGTON — U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Kelly early Thursday issued an order that temporarily blocks President Donald Trump’s ban of three news organizations from the White House. Kelly, in the eight-page order, said that the White House must “immediately return, reinstate, and restore the White House ‘hard…
More than six months after Rickie Slaughter’s 20-year-old conviction was vacated by a district court judge after finding prosecutors withheld evidence in his case, he is still incarcerated at High Desert State Prison. Attorneys and local organizers are fighting for Slaughter to be released from prison as he awaits for…
More than half of women of reproductive age have seen or heard the false claim that hormones in contraceptives are harmful, and about 4 in 10 have been exposed to the false idea that hormones in contraceptives limit your ability to get pregnant in the future, according to a new survey. The survey by KFF,
Republican State Sen. Carrie Buck, who is challenging longtime U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat, appears to be distancing herself from President Donald Trump’s agenda. In recent months, Buck has scrubbed social media posts in which she exalted tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill, and compared women who have…
Voters will have the chance to reelect or replace three Clark County School Board District incumbents this November as public schools in Nevada face budget cuts and declining student enrollment. The Clark County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees is a nonpartisan 11-member board responsible for governing the…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump faces a “big decision” to make a deal with Iran or “annihilate” the country, he told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. During a 37-minute speech to his international counterparts including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in New York City, Trump asked, “Will a deal…
In 2025, the price of gold skyrocketed. Accordingly, a record-smashing $12.2 billion worth of gold mined in Nevada — the nation’s largest gold producer — was 26% higher than the $9.7 billion mined in 2024. One by-product of those higher gold prices: As a percentage of the much larger gross revenue, the industry’s…
Patrick Villa, a mathematics professor at the College of Southern Nevada, will face higher education Regent Jennifer McGrath, the incumbent who was appointed to the seat in 2025, during the upcoming general election. No candidate running for Nevada System of Higher Education District 2 won more than 50% of the vote in…
Medicaid enrollees from five states and leading medical organizations filed a lawsuit Friday challenging new Medicaid work requirements. The broad tax and spending law that President Donald Trump signed last summer, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, established work, school or community service requirements for…
WASHINGTON — Diesel prices hit a record average of $6.51 a gallon Monday, and some in President Donald Trump’s own party are breaking their support for the ongoing war in Iran that has driven fuel prices to staggering levels in the United States and across the globe. Already House Republicans locked in tight races as
A former member of the state board that regulates armed security guards and private investigators says he resigned from his position over what he calls a lack of regulatory oversight by the agency, the Private Investigators Licensing Board. Rick Brown, a Northern Nevada polygrapher and former law enforcement official…
The Trump administration’s top wildlife official issued a directive last week that expands a recent rollback of endangered species protections much further than the feds had told the public. Individuals and industries may kill endangered animals in the course of logging projects, developments and other activities, it…
As a public school educator in the Clark County School District, I’m being told data centers are supposed to be good for my students because they might generate money for schools. I don’t buy it. I have a simple question: Why should funding for my classroom and students depend on Nevada building more data centers?
WASHINGTON — The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers. The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation forcing state regulators to consider requirements that data centers absorb the cost of…
Gov. Joe Lombardo in a new executive order is making clear his eagerness to welcome more AI data centers into the state, calling them “the means by which Nevada will meet an unprecedented challenge and realize an unprecedented opportunity, one of the most significant for economic growth and fiscal diversification this…
Nevada regulators on Thursday approved the construction of two private methane gas power plants proposed by a major data center developer, which says its power needs have outpaced NV Energy’s ability to supply electricity for a surge of new developments. During a special meeting in Carson City, the Public Utilities…
Peter Reed, a long-time UNR professor, is challenging Nevada System of Higher Education regent Joseph Arrascada, who is seeking a second term, in the upcoming election for District 10. Arrascada, who was first elected in 2020, said he wants another term representing Northern Nevada constituents in order to provide…
From mortgages to auto loans to credit cards, borrowing is set to get even pricier. But the Federal Reserve’s decision on Sept. 16, 2026, to hike its baseline interest rate also highlighted an increasingly confounding dilemma: It can raise the price of money across the economy, but it can’t determine which sectors are…
Nevadans this year have the opportunity to double down on the state’s abortion protections with Question 6. Abortion in Nevada is currently legal up to 24 weeks after the start of the pregnancy and after 24 weeks if a physician believes the pregnant person’s life or health is at risk. Those protections were put in
More than 45,000 young children in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District live in a child care desert, the highest rate among all the congressional districts in five mountain west states, according to a recent report from UNLV. Brookings Mountain West and Lincy Institute at UNLV’s analysis, which was published Sept. 11…
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to increase its benchmark interest…
Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen joined the rest of their Democratic Senate colleagues Tuesday, along with a handful of Republicans, in killing a cryptocurrency bill the industry really, really wanted. The industry believed that if the Clarity Act, which the House passed last year, was enacted into…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House departed Wednesday for a seven-week campaign break after spending less than two weeks in session during August and September. The extended “district work period” is intended to give incumbents from both political parties time to meet with constituents and fundraise back home before voting…
When they show up to polling places this fall, Nevadans will not be required to show a photo ID in order to cast their ballots. But it could be the last time that’s the case. Nevadans appear poised to embrace voter ID requirements. They overwhelmingly supported the idea two years ago, with 73% voting in
Attorney Patricia Marr and prosecutor Gwynneth Smith are hoping to fill the Clark County Family Court Dept. D vacancy resulting from Judge Bob Teuton’s decision not to seek reelection. Marr moved to Las Vegas from Ohio in 1985. She worked in the hospitality industry, and as a single parent, obtained a psychology…
WASHINGTON — The cost of U.S. military operations in Iran has exceeded $40 billion and the war will continue to cost taxpayers between $2 billion and $3 billion per month, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The ongoing bombing campaign, which President Donald…
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel sidestepped questions about FBI agents at polling places in the midterm elections at a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that also featured a tense exchange between GOP Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. With the November midterm elections fast…
The Retail Association of Nevada, which represents stores and restaurants in Nevada, is endorsing Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford for governor, a turnaround from the 2022 election when it endorsed now-Gov. Joe Lombardo, a Republican. “This is the first time in recent history that RAN has endorsed a Democratic…
The Clark County School District Police Department’s first legislatively mandated use of force findings, which showed when pepper spray or stun guns were deployed during the 2025-26 school year it was overwhelmingly against Black people, raises more questions about school police practices that prompted the report’s…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday kept in place a lower court’s order blocking President Donald Trump’s embattled plan to place new restrictions on mail ballots for this year’s midterm elections. The unsigned, one-paragraph order upheld a Massachusetts federal court’s injunction on a U.S. Postal Service rule until…
States, cities and counties filed a pair of lawsuits Monday challenging new federal rules that will allow immigrants’ use of safety net resources to be taken into account for green cards and other applications to stay in or enter the country. The new federal policy goes into effect Friday and broadens the discretion…
Amid intensifying debate in the US about domestic regulation of the artificial intelligence industry, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday called on US President Donald Trump to end his hands-off approach to AI on the international stage by engaging directly and urgently with China to forestall a global AI race that could…
New rules going into effect next week allow immigrants’ enrollment in safety net resources to be taken into account for lawful immigration status applications, the latest in the Trump administration’s immigration overhaul. The rules will have wide implications for mixed-status households, as people without lawful…
Despite an election year forecast that’s less than encouraging for Republicans in states across the country, Nevada Republicans hope to flip control of the state Senate by ousting three Democratic incumbents, all in Southern Nevada. It’s a tall order. All the Democratic candidates have significantly out-raised their…
Former Family Court Judge Paul Gaudet is hoping to regain the Dept. N seat he lost in 2024 to now-Judge Kerri Maxey, who defeated Gaudet by more than seven percentage points. Gaudet says the reason Maxey won is simple – she’s a woman. He will appear on the ballot this cycle using his middle name,
Who is coming to Las Vegas is changing, in large part to a K-shaped economy where higher income households are disproportionately thriving while lower income households are barely above water. The shift is not a new revelation for the tourism-dependent city, but it is one fiscal analysts are actively considering as…
Boulder City residents will get to decide this November whether an additional 14,000 acres of city-owned land should be opened to data center development. In February, the Boulder City Council authorized a ballot measure allowing voters to approve data center development as a new permitted use within portions of the…
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001. The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did more than reshape the nation’s…
WASHINGTON — Latino advocacy groups and voting rights organizations Thursday filed a suit in federal court challenging the Trump administration’s policy of allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to enter polling locations in certain circumstances to conduct immigration enforcement during the 2026…
The Clark County Education Association is calling on Nevada lawmakers to stop pushing to ban data centers entirely and instead focus their efforts on ensuring revenue from the data center boom benefits public education. CCEA, which represents teachers and licensed staff within the Clark County School District, on…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both congressional chambers. While the Republican National Committee’s…
The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous consequences for the upcoming midterm elections if it is allowed to move forward…
A preliminary hearing is scheduled Nov. 4 in the criminal case against former Mesquite Police Chief MaQuade Chesley, who is accused of one felony count of secretly recording a conversation in Mesquite City Hall. Chesley is the second public official prosecuted by Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson for the…
Clark County District Judge Tara Clark Newberry, who is wrapping up her first term on the bench, faces a challenge in November from longtime Deputy Public Defender Alex Hubert. Hubert, who says his job as a public defender “is 85% social worker, 15% lawyer,” says he chose to run against someone with whom he “would
The country’s two largest school districts — New York City and Los Angeles — banned most student use of artificial intelligence in classrooms for this school year as anxiety over AI’s effect on learning intensifies. The Los Angeles Unified School District announced last week that it is barring student use of…
Marty O’Donnell, the video game composer challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Susie Lee in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District, is 1 of 12 Republican candidates scheduled to speak at an atypical party convention later this week. Conventions are typically held every four years in conjunction with the selection of…
WASHINGTON — Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on American goods kicked in Tuesday, escalating a trade war with one of the largest U.S. trading partners that President Donald Trump continued to antagonize over the holiday weekend. Trump posted an AI-generated cartoon image of himself Sunday evening in which he is depicted…
The combination of a Republican candidate easily characterized as a carpetbagger and growing frustrations with President Trump may provide the perfect recipe for Democrats to do what previously has been thought impossible: flipping Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District blue. Prominent political analyses, including The…
State leaders are breathing a sigh of relief that the Trump administration’s threats to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency have subsided. But experts say there’s still confusion about President Donald Trump’s decisions to approve or deny disaster declarations, leaving states with uncertainty about…
When union workers and their families gather this Labor Day, some may ponder Ronald Reagan’s memorable refrain, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” All workers – unionized or not – are dealing with higher prices for food and gasoline. For America’s unionized workforce, the overall state of the…
A Joe Lombardo campaign ad that says Aaron Ford is horrible because Ford has supported tax breaks for data centers (a policy Lombardo continues to support) also flashes on your screen the words “FORD VOTED FOR THE LARGEST TAX INCREASE IN NEVADA HISTORY.” The largest tax increase in Nevada history was enacted in 2015…
Nevada Medicaid has begun reaching out to recipients about eligibility changes set to go into effect on Jan. 1. The Nevada Health Authority, which houses Nevada Medicaid, announced Wednesday it has started mailing notices to affected enrollees, and will follow up with text messages and emails throughout the month of…
The movers and shakers and elbow-rubbers on the Las Vegas Stadium Authority this week perfunctorily rubber-stamped another $75 million of public funding to build a new entrance to the Las Vegas NFL stadium that will include, among other things, a station for Elon Musk’s preposterous tunnels (though perhaps…
Thousands of people from El Salvador living in Nevada could face deportation if the Trump administration decides not to extend their protected status next week. Temporary protected status (TPS) for El Salvador is scheduled to end on Sept. 9, ending the longest-running TPS designation in U.S. history. Nevada is home to…
Officials in Page, Arizona, a small city near the Glen Canyon Dam, passed a land sale agreement last fall that establishes a framework for future construction of a data center. The sale of the 500-acre parcel about a mile away from the Colorado River’s Horseshoe Bend — one of the most visited natural landmarks in the…
Northern Nevada residents who lost food purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits due to the Bug, Fred, Stallion or Hawk fires or related power outages can request replacement benefits through September 7, 2026. Four major fires in the last month have burned through more than 100,000…
Allegiant Stadium, Southern Nevada’s $2 billion partially taxpayer-funded football arena, opened just six years ago but is already poised for a facelift, courtesy of taxpayers. The Las Vegas Stadium Authority Board, without a comment or question from a single member, except Chairman Steve Hill who presented the item…
Concerned that Nevada agencies have relied on artificial intelligence without much oversight, state lawmakers are proposing legislation to establish basic standards on how the technology is used by state and local government entities. Proposed legislation that would require transparency around AI and prevent bias in…
WASHINGTON — As public opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court flags amid decisions that have roiled the nation, Democrats renewed calls ahead of the midterms to expand the high court, while House Republicans attempted but failed to pass a constitutional amendment this week that proposes to cap the number at nine. Just…
WASHINGTON— More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant youth remain at risk of losing their legal representation, one month after the Trump administration ended a federal contract with an organization that provided legal services to migrant children, advocates and attorneys said Tuesday. Most of those children who…
While some Nevada officials want to implement guardrails to limit the use of automated license plate readers like Flock, others have warned regulations won’t go far enough and want Nevada to ban surveillance technology outright. Democratic Assemblymember Selena La Rue Hatch of Reno confirmed with Nevada Current she…
Clark County Judge Jessica K. Peterson is hoping to retain her seat in District Court Dept. 8 after a bumpy first term. Earlier this year, the Nevada Supreme Court found Peterson violated the First Amendment when she ordered the removal of reporters from her courtroom and altered a court transcript, a move her…
The U.S. Postal Service rushed the development of electronic tools to comply with a Trump administration policy placing new restrictions on mail-in voting, and defied a court order to stop work on the system, according to an explosive whistleblower complaint published Tuesday by Democratic U.S. Sen. Richard…
A federal administrative court has temporarily revoked authorization to build a massive data center near Boulder City, concluding the federal government likely erred when it approved the project construction on public land without a proper environmental analysis. The Interior Board of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the…
A major data center developer is looking to build two private gas power plants less than 30 miles from Reno as data center growth outpaces NV Energy’s ability to supply electricity for a surge of new developments. Denver-based Fleet Data Centers, a subsidiary of Tract Capital Management, is asking the Public Utility…
Kelsey Brickl can’t get a ride from the airport to the Las Vegas Strip. Brickl is a non-ambulatory wheelchair user who cannot ride in a conventional passenger vehicle. Her medically prescribed power wheelchair weighs 388 lbs. The concierge team at the hotel where Brickl initially planned to stay this fall attempted to…
Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. The recalls have focused attention on the Trump administration’s…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump does not have to follow a lower court order to stop aboveground construction on his $400 million East Wing ballroom, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in a 5-4 decision, all but guaranteeing work on the new complex will continue to accelerate. In an opinion from the conservative…