Michael Tsai

1 week ago | spectrumnews1.com | Michael Tsai

The Trump administration’s order to cut federal funding to grants and programs, including those from the National Science Foundation, forced a review and suspension of programs inconsistent with the president’s initial executive orders.

1 week ago | spectrumnews1.com | Michael Tsai

A rapidly expanding brush fire in Kahikinui, Maui, prompted the evacuation of area homes and the closure of Piilani Highway from mile markers 20 to 41 on Sunday. What You Need To KnowThe fire was first reported just before 10 a.m., quickly growing from a quarter-acre to about 20 acres within a half hourThe Maui Fire Department responded with six engine companies, three minis, four air assists, two tankers and emergency callback personnel.

1 week ago | spectrumnews1.com | Michael Tsai

A brush fire in Kahikinui, Maui that began Sunday morning continues as firefighters continue their efforts to contain and extinguish the fire. What You Need To KnowThe fire was first reported just before 10 a.m. Sunday, quickly growing from a quarter-acre to about 20 acres within a half hourThe Maui Fire Department responded with six engine companies, three minis, four air assists, two tankers and emergency callback personnel.

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Michael Tsai

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee voted late Tuesday to advance the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, but not before U.S. Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, registered his objections to the measure’s failure to address critical military infrastructure needs in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, its further privatization of veterans health care and other key issues.

2 weeks ago | spectrumnews1.com | Michael Tsai

U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, upped his criticism of the Trump administration Wednesday, grilling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine about the deployment of National Guard and U.S. Marine personnel to quell protests in Los Angeles during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense hearing. He called on Republicans to kill the president’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” in a speech from the Senate floor.