Rendering of the future Kings Tulare high-speed rail station. California High-Speed Rail Authority California’s legislature is moving ahead with plans to provide $20 billion in additional funding for the state’s financially challenged high-speed rail system, which will help complete the initial Central Valley portion and start work connecting it to San Francisco and Los Angeles….
Topline The U.S. job market was weaker than originally reported over the previous year, according to a preliminary report released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which previously drew the ire of President Donald Trump after downward revisions to jobs data. President Donald Trump criticized job reports featuring downward revisions in recent months. Copyright…
This graph from the Yale Budget line shows how the U.S. trade rate fell for most of the last 150 years and is only now beginning to rise again. Yale Budget Lab A federal appeals court ruled two weeks ago that President Trump’s tariffs based on a national emergency are illegal – and the president…
KYIV, UKRAINE – SEPTEMBER 08: A view at a headquarters of Ukrainian government that was hit by a Russian “Iskander-K” cruise missile on September 7 during an overnight Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on September 8, 2025. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,294. Russia Hits…
Topline President Donald Trump can temporarily fire a Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, greenlighting her ouster as her challenge to it plays out in court. The Supreme Court order in Trump’s favor was issued Monday. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts Chief Justice John Roberts…
Topline Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson have decried President Donald Trump, who appeared to suggest Saturday his administration would go to “WAR” with Chicago and deploy National Guard troops in the city as part of a broader crime crackdown. Chicago’s mayor said Trump’s “threats are beneath the…
KOSTIANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE – SEPTEMBER 4: Ukrainian emergency service workers evacuate civilians from Kostiantynivka, where russian attacks have intensified over the past week, in Kostiatnynivka, Ukraine on September 4, 2025. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,289. Russia’s Attack on Ukraine On September 3, Ukraine reported…
Topline The migrant detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz” can remain open, an appellate court ruled Thursday, pausing a lower court’s order to cease operations and scoring a win for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation goals. The appellate court decision was issued Thursday. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) AFP via Getty Images Key Facts…
Topline Northwestern University president Michael Schill will step down from his role, according to a Thursday statement, announcing his resignation as the school navigates a $790 million federal funding freeze initiated by the Trump administration over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests last year. Schill announced his resignation Thursday afternoon. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via…
Topline Tens of thousands of pages of records related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Tuesday, according to an announcement from the the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, marking the first batch of Epstein documents published amid renewed public and political interest in the late financier’s connections to President Donald Trump. Jeffrey…