The United States military launched a new wave of airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, striking more than 90 targets while Iran responded by firing ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones at three American-allied Gulf nations, threatening to unravel a fragile ceasefire and reignite a wider regional war.
A federal judge in Ohio handed the Trump administration another court loss on immigration this week, ordering U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to resume processing green cards, work permits and other immigration benefit applications that had been frozen for thousands of foreign nationals already living in the country.
The United States issued a blunt warning to the International Maritime Organization on Wednesday: China is converting its dominance over global shipping into a weapon, and every nation with a coastline should be paying attention.
A three year old in Oakland cannot read. A three year old in Compton cannot read. A three year old in South Los Angeles cannot read. That is not a crisis of vocabulary. That is a crisis of literacy. And right now, a coalition of California activists wants to respond to that crisis by teaching toddlers that the grammar they use at home is a separate, equally valid "language" that deserves the same official status as Spanish or Mandarin in the state's preschool classrooms.
Every California family with private health insurance is about to see their premiums jump by roughly $400 a year, courtesy of what the California Taxpayers Association is calling "the largest tax increase in state history."
