Joe Hernandez
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
- Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids faced off with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. President Trump called in the National Guard against the wishes of the governor.
- California National Guard arrived in the Los Angeles area after President Trump activated the troops to curb protests against federal immigration raids. More protesters gathered on Sunday.
- U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy praised airport officials, unions and workers for completing the estimated 60-day project 13 days early. The Newark airport has been hobbled by delays.
- A new White House proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza that's been accepted by Israel is now facing pushback from Hamas, in a development a top U.S. diplomat is calling "unacceptable."
- In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the home countries of some of Harvard's international students are "not at all friendly to the United States" and "pay NOTHING toward their student's education."
- This year, there have been at least 22 incidents involving lithium batteries in air travel, according to data from the Federal Aviation istration.
- The effort to ban the play has faced pushback from teams that regularly employ it, perhaps none more successfully than the Philadelphia Eagles.
- Authorities say the prime suspect in the bombing was also the sole fatality of the attack. Reproductive health care advocacy groups warned about threats faced by medical providers.
- Investigators have identified Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, as the primary suspect in the explosion that injured four others.
- An FAA official said the hotline, which connects air traffic control at Washington's DCA with the Pentagon, hasn't worked since 2022. An Army helicopter collided with a enger jet there in January.