Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday heard a request made by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against the executive order […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — A federal judge in Seattle has signed a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour on Thursday heard a request made by four Democratic-led states to issue a temporary restraining order against the executive order […]
Metro Nashville Police Department (NASHVILLE) — A social media account connected to the Nashville high school shooting suspect may have been in contact with the suspected Madison, Wisconsin, school shooter’s social media account, according to law enforcement sources. Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old student, allegedly opened fire in the cafeteria at Antioch High School on […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice, under new leadership following the inauguration of Donald Trump, has told legal service providers who receive federal funding to stop providing legal orientation and other work intended to support immigrants at immigration courts. In a memo obtained by ABC News, […]
(St. George, UT) — Utah is among the best states to start a business this year. A recent study by finance website WalletHub ranked all 50 states based on more than two dozen key indicators. Those include startups per capita, job growth, and office space-affordability. Utah came in at third […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah House Republican leaders have proposed a bill to address concerns over the state’s vote-by-mail system. The bill, labeled HB300, would require voters to return ballots in person with voter ID, rather than by mail, after receiving a mailed ballot. Exceptions are outlined, and municipalities […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s 45-day legislative session kicks off with over 500 bills on the table, focusing on election reforms, the housing crisis, and judicial changes. Judicial reforms, including potential term limits for judges, are also under discussion. To tackle the housing crisis, bills aim to ease construction […]
School districts prep students and families for possible mass deportations. ABC News (SOUTH TEXAS, Texas) — President Donald Trump has threatened mass deportations of immigrants, potentially expanding the “expedited removal” program to conduct raids in neighborhoods and workplaces. This program would allow for the quick deportation of individuals who entered the […]
Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images (AQUEBOGUE, N.Y.) — A commercial poultry farm on Long Island, New York, is being forced to kill thousands of ducks after health officials detected cases of bird flu. The owner of Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue — about 66 miles west of New York City — […]
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Gulf Coast is digging out from a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm that struck from Texas to Florida, closing airports, crippling roadways and leaving freezing temperatures in its wake. At least 10 deaths have been attributed to the storm and accompanying cold blast. In Dale County, […]
