Washington — A federal judge on Friday said she is opening an inquiry into whether government officials and lawyers made misrepresentations to the court and violated ethics rules during proceedings over President Trump’s plans to renovate a historic golf course in Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes said during a hearing she will conduct the…
President Trump said Sunday that construction on a historic Washington, D.C., golf course will begin next month, despite an ongoing court challenge to his long-sought renovation of the East Potomac Golf Links course. “I am pleased to announce that the Department of the Interior, under the auspices of Secretary Doug Burgum, and in conjunction with…
Two of the four victims killed in the shooting at an Oregon elementary school on Thursday have been identified as 25-year-old teacher Meghan Lambert and 5-year-old student Rhoam Summer, Bend police announced Friday. Kelik Summer posted to a Facebook group Thursday night that it was “the worst day of my life. My son Rhoam was…
The powerful nor’easter headed to New England intensified Friday, generating storm-force winds and creating massive waves along the East Coast that forecasters warned could create dangerous conditions through the weekend. Tens of millions of people are in the path of the storm, which has already canceled concerts and prompted people on islands near Cape Cod,…
The Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog is sharply criticizing conditions at the Florida immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” finding that detainees at the now-closed facility were held in “cramped conditions” — in dozens of cases, people were held for up to two hours in 18-square-foot enclosures. The DHS Office of Inspector General issued…
A wildfire that sparked near Ross in Palo Pinto County on Monday afternoon has grown to at least 50,000 acres and was 12% contained as of Tuesday, forcing evacuations in neighboring Jack County and affecting local schools, officials in North Texas said. How big is the Ross Fire and where is it burning? The Ross…
Apparent human skeletal remains, including a jaw with the teeth still attached, were found at Lake Mead on Sunday, officials said, as water levels sink to new lows amid a drought and scorching heat in the West. “On Aug. 16, the Lake Mead Interagency Communications Center received a report of potential human remains at Boulder…
A deepening water crisis in the Western United States has reached an impasse as disagreement among affected states is grinding progress to a halt, and the well of potential solutions is close to running dry. The nation’s two largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell on the Colorado River — have fallen to their…
