By Jarrett Renshaw
(Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to rule on a growing backlog of requests from small oil refiners seeking relief from U.S. biofuel laws as early as Friday, but will delay a decision on whether larger refiners must compensate by boosting their own biofuel blending, according to two sources familiar with the planning.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday will...
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US to rule on biofuel waivers, but big oil refiners may need to wait, sources say
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Court throws out multimillion-dollar fraud penalty against Trump
Share This Story(The Daily Signal) — An appeals court threw out the $355 million fraud penalty against President Donald Trump on Thursday. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York found the penalty excessive and in violation of the Constitution. However, the court upheld last year’s ruling finding Trump, his two oldest sons, and […]
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Former top aide to NYC mayor among 7 facing new charges in City Hall corruption probe
NEW YORK (AP) — A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams was hit Thursday with a second wave of bribery charges in a swirling corruption investigation of City Hall, with prosecutors alleging she exchanged political favors for cash, home renovations and a speaking role on a TV show.
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Adams’ former chief of staff and closest confidant, her son Glenn D. Martin, former state Sen. Jesse Hamilton and two... -
In huge win for Trump, court throws out civil fraud penalty
By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen
NEW YORK (Reuters) -In a triumph for Donald Trump, a New York state appeals court on Thursday threw out an approximately half-billion-dollar penalty against the U.S. president, in a fraud case that had been one of his biggest legal setbacks before his return to the White House.
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Minneapolis doles out $656k in grants to dancers as property tax hikes loom
Share This StoryThe City of Minneapolis is giving out $656,800 in grants to dancers and performing arts projects. The awards come at time when Mayor Jacob Frey says he is attempting to keep city property tax increases to a minimum. Distributed as a part of the “inaugural 2025 Bridge Fund for Dance,” grants were awarded […]
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Repeat sex offender sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for sexual coercion of a child
Share This StoryA Duluth, Minn., repeat sex offender has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for coercion and enticement of a minor, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson. Dillon Alvan Reyna, 33, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court before Judge Jeffrey M. Bryan to 264 months of imprisonment for targeting a minor […]
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The Texas House OK’d GOP-favored redistricting. California intends to counter with map of its own
The national redistricting battle enters its next phase Thursday as California Democrats are scheduled to pass a new congressional map that creates five winnable seats for their party, a direct counter to the Texas House’s approval of a new map to create more conservative-leaning seats in that state.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has engineered the high-risk strategy in response to President Donald Trump’s own brinkmanship. Trump... -
Trump threatens funding for all California schools over transgender policies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S President Donald Trump on Thursday said any California school district that does not adhere to his administration’s transgender policies will not receive federal funding, but gave no other details.
Representatives for the White House and the U.S. Department of Education did not immediately respond to requests for detail following Trump’s comment, posted to his social media platform.
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California Senate embarks on Democrats’ redistricting plan, counter-punch to Texas
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By Steve Gorman
(Reuters) -The California Senate on Thursday was set to act on newly drawn political maps aimed at giving Democrats five more seats in Congress, countering a partisan advantage President Donald Trump hopes to gain from a Republican redistricting plan in Texas.
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Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Most Americans believe that efforts to redraw U.S. House of Representatives districts to maximize partisan gains, like those under way in Texas and California, are bad for democracy, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
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More than 150 ‘suspicious’ persons reported at Capitol complex in first six months of 2025
Share This StoryA state government committee that makes security recommendations for the Minnesota State Capitol complex met Wednesday morning. The meeting comes as political leaders continue to grapple with how best to protect Minnesota legislators. In June, a gunman traveled to the homes of two state lawmakers, killing one and shooting the other multiple times. […]
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Reporter says former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams gave her a chip bag filled with cash
A longtime adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams who resigned from his administration while under FBI scrutiny gave a reporter a potato chip bag filled with cash Wednesday following a campaign event, a gift her lawyer later insisted wasn’t an attempted bribe.
The local news site The City reported the episode hours after one of its reporters said Winnie Greco had pressed a bag of potato chips into her hands containing a red envelope... -
Prosecutors link LA contract to Smartmatic ‘slush fund’ as voting tech firm battles Fox in court
MIAMI (AP) — Smartmatic, the elections-technology company suing Fox News for defamation, is now contending with a growing list of criminal allegations against some of its executives — including a new claim by federal prosecutors that a “slush fund” for bribing foreign officials was financed partly with proceeds from the sale of voting machines in Los Angeles.
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Top US spy Gabbard announces staff cut of over 40% from her office
By Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday announced the first major overhaul of her office since its creation, slashing personnel by more than 40% by October 1 and saving more than $700 million per year.
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Trump administration to vet immigration applications for ‘anti-Americanism’
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By Kanishka Singh
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration has said it will assess applicants for U.S. work, study and immigration visas for “anti-Americanism” and count any such finding against them, sparking concern about implications for free speech.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said in a “policy alert” dated Tuesday that it gave immigration...