The Supreme Court ruled Friday that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision leaves unclear the fate of President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship. The outcome was a victory for Trump, who has complained about individual judges throwing up obstacles to his agenda. Read More. |
President Donald Trump said he's immediately suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, which he called "a direct and blatant attack on our country." Read More. |
The president of the University of Virginia is resigning his position under pressure from the Justice Department, which had pushed for his departure amid scrutiny of the school's diversity, equity and inclusion practices, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Read More. |
In his closing argument, Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer portrayed the hip-hop mogul on Friday as the victim of an overzealous prosecution that twisted his recreational drug use and swinger lifestyle into a racketeering conspiracy charge that could put him behind bars for life. Read More. |
Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman lay in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda on Friday with her husband, Mark, and their golden retriever, Gilbert. Hortman and her husband were killed in a June 14 attack, and Gilbert was seriously wounded and had to be euthanized. Read More. |
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sent grieving families fake ashes received the maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison on Friday, for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in COVID-19 aid. Read More. |
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued Fox News on Friday over alleged defamation, saying the network knowingly aired false information about a phone call he had with President Donald Trump around the time the National Guard was sent Los Angeles. Read More. |
Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. Read More. |
The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, ordained 12 new Catholic priests in a joyful Mass at its cathedral. They are entering the priesthood as the first U.S.-born pope begins his papacy. Yet, there remains an acute shortage of clergy like them. Read More. |
GE Appliances announced a nearly half-billion-dollar project Thursday that it says will create 800 new jobs and shift production of clothes washers from China to its massive manufacturing complex in Kentucky. Read More. |
