Maxwell’s lawyer says DOJ asked her about roughly “100 different people”

Washington — Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer said the former partner of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein answered “every single question” during the two days she met with Todd Blanche, a top Justice Department official.  “She was asked maybe about 100 different people. She answered questions about everybody, and she didn’t hold anything back,” Maxwell’s attorney David

Education Department releasing billions in withheld grant money for schools

Washington — The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in grants to schools for adult literacy, English language instruction and other programs, the Education Department said Friday. President Trump’s administration had withheld more than $6 billion in funding on July 1, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House’s

Deportations start at Alligator Alcatraz as Florida officials vow to “surge” arrests

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced deportation flights had begun to take off from the so-called Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility that his administration set up in the Everglades, saying “hundreds” of detainees held at the site had been processed for deportation. DeSantis, a Republican who has sought to vocally highlight his state’s efforts

U.S.-EU trade deal still up in the air as Trump jets off to Scotland

Breaking down Trump’s latest trade deals Breaking down Trump’s trade deals with Japan, Philippines and Indonesia 06:28 President Trump said on Friday there is a “50/50 chance, maybe less than that” of his administration striking a trade deal with the European Union ahead of a looming deadline next week.  Mr. Trump, who made the comments

Texas Democrats visiting California and Illinois as redistricting fight continues

With little say in the ongoing debate over redrawing congressional districts in their home state, Texas Democratic state legislators are looking beyond their borders for help. Separate delegations of Texas Democrats are flying Friday to Sacramento to meet with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chicago to see Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.  The move comes as

U.S., Mexico agree on steps to solve decades-old Tijuana River sewage crisis

San Diego — The United States and Mexico have signed an agreement outlining specific steps and a new timetable to clean up the longstanding problem of the Tijuana River pouring sewage across the border and polluting California beaches, officials from both countries announced Thursday. Billions of gallons of sewage and toxic chemicals from Tijuana have