Mail vs. museums in a shutdown, to the real meaning of a “baseless” charge, and the high-stakes line between “hostage” and “prisoner” — we’re back with another round of Straight From You. Each week, we take your comments and questions and put them to the test — separating fact from speculation and adding the context […]
President Donald Trump has refiled his $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. It accuses the publication and its reporters of seeking to undermine his 2024 candidacy and disparage his reputation as a businessman. The refiling comes after a judge dismissed a similar filing last month. He ruled it was “tedious and burdensome” […]
NEW YORK — In the shadow of a massive jail, a leafy Chinatown park welcomed New Yorkers playing mahjong, basketball and saxophone. But last year, the shadow vanished. New York City demolished its downtown detention center, known as The Tombs, leaving behind a gaping chasm. In its place could be the world’s tallest jail, as tall […]
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton surrendered to authorities Friday and pleaded not guilty following a federal indictment. He faces accusations of unlawfully transmitting and retaining classified documents from Trump’s first term in office. Bolton did not speak to reporters when he arrived at a federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Friday morning. […]
President Donald Trump is already leaving his mark on the White House with recently announced renovations. Now, he wants to alter the landscape of Washington, D.C., with a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial. During a White House fundraising dinner with wealthy businesspeople on Wednesday, Trump unveiled preliminary plans for the arch. “It’s going to […]
The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California have become the latest two universities to reject the Trump administration’s offer of favored treatment for government funding in exchange for a compact full of changes to curriculum and policies. MIT and Brown University had previously turned down the same offer. The “Compact for Academic […]
The World Health Organization says infectious diseases in Gaza are “spiraling out of control” as aid groups continue to send food and medicine into the war-torn territory. The WHO reports that only 13 of the 36 hospitals in the area are operational, with most not fully functional. The United Nations told Agence France-Presse that controlling […]
Your phone rings, and before you answer it, you see “Potential Spam” above the number on your phone. Sound familiar? If so, that was one of the 2.56 billion robocalls that Americans receive each month, according to a new study from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. The average monthly volume of telephonic spam is at […]
In this Media Miss Minute, Democrats have blocked a defense spending bill that would allow military service members to get paid during the federal government shutdown. Plus, a crowd of 700 but not a single witness to a deadly mass shooting? The local sheriff has an idea why. Catch Media Miss Minute every weekday at san.com. […]
President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, but has tempered talk of sending Tomahawk cruise missiles that could strike deep inside Russia. After a lengthy call on Thursday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Trump told reporters that the U.S. needs the weapons for itself. As recently as Sunday, Trump said he […]
