Supreme Court to weigh battle between oil companies and Louisiana coastline erosion The Supreme Court next week will wade into a thorny climate change debate as it takes up a lawsuit filed by a Louisiana parish against oil companies the locality says have eroded its coastline through decades of fossil fuel activities. View Article →
Saudi Arabia alleges UAE smuggled wanted Yemen separatist leader out of the country Saudi Arabia said Thursday that the United Arab Emirates smuggled a separatist leader in Yemen wanted for treason out of the country and flew him to Abu Dhabi. View Article →
White House to present updated ballroom plans The Trump administration on Thursday will present updated plans for the president's 90,000-square-foot ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission. View Article →
Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player Laurent Vinatier, a French political scholar serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage, has been freed in a prisoner swap with France, officials said Thursday. View Article →
Britain says tanker seizure is a win for trans-Atlantic security but tensions loom over Greenland The U.S. seizure of a Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the North Atlantic was seen by some as the unilateral action of an America-first government with scant regard for other countries' views. Britain calls it an example of trans-Atlantic cooperation in support of international rules. View Article →
Trump officials and Louisiana put an end to another decades-old school desegregation order The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court mandates they describe as outdated. View Article →
Wisconsin man accused of killing parents to fund Trump assassination plot pleads guilty to homicide A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund a plan to assassinate President Donald Trump pleaded guilty to two homicide counts Thursday, locking himself into two life prison sentences. View Article →
Monthly trade deficit shrinks to lowest reading since 2009, Commerce Dept. says The U.S. trade deficit with other countries fell to $29.4 billion in October, an $18.8 billion decline from September as President Trump uses tariffs to trim imports of foreign goods and bolster exports from American firms. View Article →
Department of Energy awards $2.7 billion in contracts to boost uranium production The Trump administration is awarding orders totaling $2.7 billion to three companies to increase the enrichment of domestic uranium over the next decade. View Article →
Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer taking part in the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown, with protesters venting their outrage, the governor urging restraint and schools canceling classes as a precaution. View Article →