California Attorney General Rob Bonta hoped to earn his anti-fossil fuel credentials when he filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil in 2024, alleging the company was engaging in deceptive practices related to its “advanced recycling” program.
A federal judge on Wednesday declined to lift a stay on the Department of Homeland Security's policy of deporting illegal aliens to third countries that will accept them.
"The emergency motion for a stay of the April 18 preliminary injunction pending appeal and for an immediate administrative stay is denied, the government not having met the standard for the relief sought," the order read.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday confirmed that the Republican conference was not unified on the prospect of using the talking filibuster to pass the SAVE Act and that he preferred to resolve the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) before committing to such a move.
Cuban officials said Wednesday that four people were killed, and six others were injured, after a speedboat that had allegedly come from Florida entered its waters and began firing at Cuban border patrol troops.
The Cuban Ministry of the Interior said the boat, which displayed a Florida registration number, approached within 1 nautical mile northeast of the El Pino canal in Cayo Falcones.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday defended Democrats for not standing at President Donald Trump's invitation during the State of the Union, saying they disagreed with the premise.
Trump had invited members of the audience to stand if they believed the first duty of the U.S. government was to its citizens, not illegal aliens. Very few Democrats stood up. Schumer insisted that they had not done so because they did not believe that Trump's policies were in the best interests of American citizens.
President Donald Trump excoriated Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., over their outbursts during his Tuesday night State of the Union Address.
"When you watch Low IQ Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, as they screamed uncontrollably last night at the very elegant State of the Union, such an important and beautiful event, they had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalized," Trump posted on Truth Social.
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will leave Harvard at the end of the academic year amid ongoing fallout over his relationship with the late Jeffrey Epstein.
Summers served as Treasury Secretary for former President Bill Clinton from 1999-2001. He also led the National Economic Council under former President Barack Obama.
The FBI on Wednesday searched the headquarters of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the district superintendent's home, according to Justice Department officials.
A DOJ spokesperson in Los Angeles told KTLA that law enforcement is executing a “judicially approved” search warrant at the locations but declined to provide further details.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Wednesday that his department will be doling out its largest-ever loan, to Alabama and Georgia, to boost the states' electrical grids, which is expected to save residents in both states over $7 billion.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled Thursday to give her highly anticipated deposition in the House Oversight Committee's probe into Jeffrey Epstein, followed by former President Bill Clinton on Friday.
The depositions, which will take place in New York, come after a contentious negotiation between the Clintons’ attorneys and House Republicans, led by Oversight Committee Chair James Comer who pushed for in-person, recorded depositions rather than written testimony or declarations.
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that prison contractors cannot immediately appeal a trial court's decision, despite several claims to federal immunity.
The case, Geo Group Inc. v. Menocal, focused on a prison in Colorado that contracted with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An individual detained at the prison sued over policies that required him to complete labor while detained without little or no pay.
The Justice Department announced Wednesday that a former United States Air Force pilot has been arrested and charged with providing and conspiring to provide defense services to Chinese military pilots without authorization.
Gerald Eddie Brown Jr., who is 65-years-old, was arrested in Indiana Wednesday after he allegedly knowingly conspired with foreign nationals and U.S. persons to provide combat aircraft training to pilots in the Chinese Air Force.
