California Gov. Gavin Newsom has cracked down on cities that fall short on housing. Now he wants to do the same with homelessness. The state’s housing enforcement unit will expand to encompass homelessness, the Newsom administration told POLITICO ahead of an announcement Thursday. The governor is effectively doubling down on his aggressive strategy to get […]
European Union leaders have vowed to ramp up sanctions against Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used the summit on Wednesday to remind the leaders that his country still badly needs support to combat Russia’s invasion. The EU […]
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers voted Thursday to tighten the state’s already strict immigration laws in response to the killing of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, whose death became ensnared in the broader fight over immigration policy after a man from Venezuela who entered the country illegally was charged with her murder. In the frenzied […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers across the country were already jockeying to push their states deeper into immigration enforcement when the Supreme Court, if only briefly, let Texas enforce a new law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally. Within hours Tuesday, another court blocked the Texas law […]
A former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, the Justice Department said. Jeffrey Scott Smith Jr., 35, is facing up to 40 years in prison after a […]
By Jessie Pang, James Pomfret and Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong on Friday published its draft of a new national security law, a document some lawyers said broadened what could be considered sedition and state secrets, with tougher penalties for any one convicted of those crimes and several others. The draft, which also […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A Chilean environmental court partially reversed a permit allowing Google to build a data center in the country on Tuesday, asking the U.S. company to revise its application to take into account the effects of climate change. Google first received initial authorization for its announced $200 million Cerrillos Data Center in Santiago in […]
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A Chilean environmental court partially reversed a permit allowing Google to build a data center in the country on Tuesday, asking the U.S. company to revise its application to take into account the effects of climate change. Google first received initial authorization for its announced $200 million Cerrillos Data Center in Santiago in […]
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Talking to Latino voters in Nevada about President Joe Biden, immigration activist Rico Ocampo says one issue keeps coming up: they are disappointed at what they see as his failure to expand protections for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Ocampo, who works for the pro-immigrant group Make the Road […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he expected more aggressive questioning from Tucker Carlson. Critics said Carlson failed to challenge Putin’s claims or press him on the invasion of Ukraine. Putin, for his part, has refused interviews with US media outlets likey to be more critical of him. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Russian state TV […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Lawmakers in at least six states are considering longer prison sentences or bigger fines for harming or killing police dogs, and the idea has bipartisan support despite questions about how the animals are used and a fraught history. In Kansas on Wednesday, the Republican-controlled House voted 107-4 to pass a bill […]
Andy Farrell warned Ireland’s Guinness Six Nations title defence “gets tougher from here” after his side swatted aside Italy. The reigning champions registered a thumping 36-0 bonus-point win to back up last week’s statement success away to pre-tournament favourites France. Winless Wales visit Dublin on February 24 before Ireland finish their campaign with March appointments […]