Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced Thursday that the city is imposing a hiring freeze and staff furloughs in response to a staggering $250 million budget deficit. Johnston attributed the crisis partly to what he called “economic uncertainty” caused by President Donald Trump, despite Trump returning to office only four months ago.
A violent altercation at Martin Luther King High School in Riverside, California escalated into chaos Tuesday when family members of a student allegedly breached school security and launched a retaliatory attack, leaving another student hospitalized and two staff members assaulted.
A Colorado man who founded an orphanage in Haiti has been sentenced to 210 years in federal prison for abusing children under his care. Michael Karl Geilenfeld, 73, established the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys in 1985, which was intended to house orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti.
A Bruce Springsteen tribute band lost a planned gig at a New Jersey bar after the rock legend’s latest anti-Trump rant triggered backlash from the venue’s conservative customer base. No Surrender, known for covering Springsteen classics, was scheduled to perform May 30 at Riv’s Toms River Hub—until owner Tony Rivoli pulled the plug following Springsteen’s recent diatribe during a European concert.
New home sales in April jumped at the fastest pace since early 2023, countering persistent recession predictions from critics of the Trump administration. According to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, sales rose 10.9% from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 743,000 units—up 3.3% from April 2024.
The U.S. State Department on Thursday formally accused Sudan’s military regime of deploying chemical weapons in its civil war against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), setting the stage for new sanctions and escalating tensions with the ruling junta.
El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (USCIS) actualizó un sistema que permite a las autoridades verificar el estatus migratorio de los votantes.
El Secretario de Defensa Pete Hegseth defendió ante la prensa el reciente servicio de oración celebrado en el Pentágono, afirmando que el Departamento de Defensa continuará honrando la tradición de “apelar al Cielo”.
El gobernador de California, Gavin Newsom, arremetió el jueves después de que el Congreso votara para revocar el mandato estatal sobre vehículos eléctricos (EV), calificando la medida como un paso hacia hacer “América Contaminada de Nuevo”.
