Tariff waiver on low-value packages ends; higher prices likely for consumers
Low-priced goods from foreign countries became more expensive Friday as the so-called “de minimis” tariff exemption expired on packages valued...
Month: August 2025
US offers military funeral honors to Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
The U.S. government is offering military funeral honors for Ashli Babbitt, the rioter who was killed at 35 by an...
‘Bad paper’ discharge upgrades are taking too long. Can that be fixed?
It’s been more than a decade since Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel issued a 2014 memo calling for “liberal consideration” of...
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump to keep her job
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook has filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump, arguing that he illegally tried to remove...
Border Patrol arrests two firefighters while fighting Washington wildfire
In Washington state, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two firefighters while they battled the state’s largest active blaze. The Department of Homeland Security...
Abrego Garcia lawyers seek gag order against Trump administration
Lawyers for a Maryland man at the center of a high-profile immigration case want the judge to silence the government....
Trump ends Harris’ Secret Service detail, extended by Biden order
President Donald Trump announced he canceled former Vice President Kamala Harris' extended Secret Service detail on Friday. A new CNN...
Minneapolis gunman’s hate-filled manifesto, Border Patrol arrests firefighters: Unbiased Updates, Aug. 29, 2025
New details have emerged about the gunman who opened fire inside a Minneapolis Catholic school. Investigators said 23-year-old Robin Westman...
20 years later: How Katrina changed the game in US disaster response
When Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast of Louisiana in the early Monday-morning hours of Aug. 29, 2005, it...
White House taps Jim O’Neill as acting CDC Director after Monarez ousted
Jim O’Neill, deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has been selected by the White House to...
