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The Trump administration’s order to allow import of Russian diesel violates a 2022 law banning Russian energy imports while the country’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, according to a bipartisan group of U.S. senators. Following an Oct. 9 call between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the U.S…
OMAHA — A 131-year-old nonprofit devoted to boosting Nebraska’s economy and workforce has named former University of Nebraska volleyball head coach John Cook its 2026 “Most Honored Citizen.” The Aksarben Foundation revealed the award winner at its annual ball this weekend at the CHI Health Center in Omaha. “John Cook…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump this week will journey out West in an effort to galvanize support for Republican candidates three weeks before the midterm elections and convince voters to support his party amid low presidential approval ratings. As the deeply unpopular war in Iran enters month eight, resulting in…
Hillary Clinton talked to a full room of Nebraska Democrats, emphasizing the importance of seizing the current political environment.
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office is asking the Nebraska Supreme Court to require the city of Lincoln to reimburse about $19,000 in state attorneys’ fees after the state prevailed in its position on three citizen-led Lincoln City Charter amendments. Attorney General Mike Hilgers sued city officials in…
Hurricane Isaias made landfall Friday night in Destin, Florida, packing 110 mph winds that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across a large swath of the Southeast. Heavy rains from the storm’s remnants could still cause major flooding over the weekend, forecasters warned. At least four…
Lost in the din of a presidential visit to Nebraska, the ongoing glut of political campaign ads, a slew of prediction market come-ons and the sports world’s busiest month was Banned Books Week, which readers from bibliophiles to the casual celebrate annually. While I do not play the prediction markets but am an avid…
Measles cases for the calendar year surpassed 4,000 for the first time in decades, with as many as five deaths in Pennsylvania, as the federal government steps in with financial help for states but also fans vaccination fears and skepticism. A weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed…