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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday, June 4, ordering a formal investigation into whether former President Joe Biden’s aides unlawfully exercised executive authority during his time in office by using a mechanical autopen to authorize major policy decisions. The probe will examine who authorized the autopen, what documents it signed and whether Biden maintained the mental fitness to carry out his presidential duties at the time.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
A Russian drone strike on the town of Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast killed five people overnight, including the wife, daughter and infant grandson of a local firefighter, Ukrainian officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the drone hit the firefighter’s home while he was responding to drone strikes in the area.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to 50% on Tuesday, June 3, through a presidential proclamation that cited national security risks and the need to counter foreign oversupply. The White House said the move aims to protect U.S. manufacturers from trade practices it says weaken domestic production and threaten defense readiness.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
A Russian rocket artillery strike hit residential areas in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday, June 3, killing at least three civilians and injuring several others, Ukrainian officials said. One rocket shell pierced the wall of a ninth-floor apartment but failed to explode. Emergency responders were still assisting victims at the time of this report. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the strike a deliberate attack on civilians.
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3 weeks ago | 
san.com | Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |Karah Rucker |William Jackson
A powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by a solar eruption could allow people across much of the U.S. to see the northern lights through Tuesday, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency’s Space Weather Prediction Center said the storm reached G4-level intensity, considered “severe” on a five-point scale. At G4 strength, auroras have historically appeared as far south as Alabama to northern California.
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4 weeks ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner widely praised for his leadership during the Sept. 11 attacks, died at age 69. FBI Director Kash Patel said Kerik passed away Thursday, May 29, after a “private battle with illness.” Kerik’s rise in public life was meteoric. A high school dropout and Army veteran, he began as Rudy Giuliani’s bodyguard during the 1993 mayoral campaign and went on to lead the nation’s largest police force just seven years later.
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1 month ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
President Donald Trump said Tuesday, May 27, that he plans to pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, the reality television couple convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion. The announcement came during a phone call from the Oval Office with the couple’s children, Savannah and Chase Chrisley, posted to social media by a White House aide.
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1 month ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
The U.S. State Department has halted all new student and exchange visa interviews at embassies and consulates worldwide, first reported by Politico. The internal directive, reportedly issued Tuesday, pauses appointments for F, M and J visa categories. This comes as the Trump administration prepares to implement expanded social media screening for international applicants. The State Department paused all new F, M and J student visa interviews to implement expanded social media screening.
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1 month ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Jonah Applegarth |Kaleb Gillespie
Authorities captured three escaped inmates from a New Orleans jail in separate operations spanning two states. The arrests come as officials intensify the search for two fugitives still on the run after one of the largest jailbreaks in Louisiana history. Police arrested Jermaine Donald, 42, and Leo Tate, 31, on Monday, May 26, in Walker County, Texas, after a high-speed chase involving multiple law enforcement agencies.
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1 month ago | 
san.com | Craig Nigrelli |Devan Markham |Kaleb Gillespie |William Jackson
The Trump administration planned to deport migrants without legal status to Libya this week using U.S. military flights. However, a federal judge temporarily blocked the move after both Libya’s rival governments rejected the plan and immigration attorneys raised concerns about due process and safety.
