US judge accuses Trump of ignoring rule of law to curb birthright citizenship
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday accused Donald Trump of ignoring the rule of law for political and personal gain as he declared an executive order that the Republican president signed
US homeland secretary plans to visit Guantanamo migrant site on Friday
By Ted Hesson and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to visit a migrant detention site in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement efforts, a department spokesperson said
OpenAI looks across US for sites to build its Trump-backed Stargate AI data centers
OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project
Trump administration disbands task force targeting Russian oligarchs
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department under President Donald Trump is disbanding an effort started after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to enforce sanctions and target oligarchs close to the Kremlin. A memo
Harvard law library acts to preserve government data amid sweeping purges
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A unit of Harvard University’s Law Library says it is releasing an archive of more than 300,000 government data sets, aiming to protect vital public information at a time when President
House lawmakers push to ban AI app DeepSeek from US government devices
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan duo in the the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from federal devices, similar to the policy already in place for the popular social media
San Jose State and Penn face inquiries in Trump crackdown on transgender athletes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women’s teams, the Education Department said Thursday. The agency
Newsom wants to speed up a delayed rule to make California homes more fire resistant
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — As Los Angeles reels from deadly January wildfires that destroyed thousands of homes, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he will order the state to advance long-delayed regulations requiring homeowners in high-risk areas
Judge temporarily blocks Trump plan offering incentives for federal workers to resign
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal employees by offering them financial incentives. The ruling came hours before the midnight deadline for workers to apply for the
Key safety system off in Army helicopter that collided with American Airlines jet, senator says
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A key safety system was turned off on a U.S. Army helicopter that collided with an American Airlines regional jet last week near Washington Reagan Airport, killing 67. Senate Commerce Committee chair
