US court declines to block release of special counsel report on Trump
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday declined to block the Justice Department from releasing a report on Donald Trump, which is expected to detail investigations conducted by Special Counsel Jack Smith over attempts to subvert
Alec Baldwin sues for malicious prosecution over ‘Rust’ shooting
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Alec Baldwin on Thursday sued New Mexico prosecutors, sheriff’s office officials and others who took him to trial for the 2021 “Rust” shooting alleging malicious prosecution and civil rights violations. The lawsuit
Kamala Harris cancels foreign trip due to California wildfires
By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris canceled her upcoming trip to Singapore, Bahrain and Germany due to the ongoing wildfires in California, the White House said on Thursday after
Kinder Morgan shuts two Los Angeles fuel pipelines due to power outages
By Erwin Seba and Shariq Khan (Reuters) -Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Inc said that two of its fuel pipelines in Los Angeles have been shut since Jan. 8 due to power outages, as the most destructive wildfires
Union, employers credit Trump in US port deal that may shape future talks
By Lisa Baertlein and Daniel Wiessner LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A tentative labor deal forestalled potentially damaging trade disruptions at three-dozen U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports, with both sides in the talks crediting President-elect
ACLU sues Florida Gov. DeSantis for not calling special elections for state House and Senate seats
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of failing to fulfill his constitutional obligation to call special elections for two seats in the state
Far from wildfire flames, residents of sunny Los Angeles go about their lives in disquiet and fear
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pedestrians shuffled by the famed Chateau Marmont hotel, customers queued up at Starbucks on Sunset Boulevard and car horns bleated at gridlocked intersections. But overhead, shadowing the usual bustling Los Angeles scene, a
Vice President-elect JD Vance resigns from the Senate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President-elect JD Vance is resigning from his seat in the U.S. Senate, effective Friday. Vance made his intentions known in a letter Thursday to Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, who will choose
Judge releases woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man from a psychiatric hospital
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday
Vice President-elect JD Vance to resign from US Senate seat ahead of inauguration
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Vice President-elect JD Vance said on Thursday he will resign from his U.S. Senate seat from Ohio at midnight ahead of his inauguration later this month. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump
