Trump Cancels Sale of US Chips Business to Chinese Firm Over Security Concerns

President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., on Dec. 22, 2025. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump issued an order Friday canceling HieFo Corporation’s acquisition of chips and wafer fabrication assets from Emcore Corp. in 2024, citing national security concerns. The order prohibits Delaware-based HieFo, controlled by a Chinese citizen, from

Officials: 9 child centers discussed in viral video “operating as expected”

Nine of the Minnesota child care centers that were discussed in a viral video, prompting allegations of fraud, were operated as expected when state investigators conducted on-site checks this week, officials said on Friday. The video posted late last month by conservative YouTuber Nick Shirley alleged nearly a dozen day care facilities in the state that

Trump Admin’s Offshore Wind Suspension Faces Legal Challenge From Orsted

A heavy-lift cargo drone operates at Orsted’s Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farm in Zeeland, Netherlands, Aug. 6, 2024. Nicolas Maeterlinck/BELGA via AFP Danish energy company Orsted has taken legal action to block the Trump administration’s suspension of offshore wind construction, challenging a federal order that halted work on five major projects over national

DOJ Eyes Minnesota’s ‘Vouching’ System for Voter Registration, Demands Records

An election official in Minnesota in a file photograph. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) civil rights division demanded voter registration records from Minnesota on Jan. 2, saying the state’s law that allows people to “vouch” for others on voter registration appeared inconsistent with federal voting laws. According to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon,