• Rain poured down on the iconic Rose Parade on Thursday for the first time in 20 years, as flood warnings and evacuation orders in Southern California joined snow squalls and frigid temperatures in the country’s midsection to mark the first day of 2026. Marching bands, floats and throngs of spectators were soaked by one to […]
  • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump defended his energy and health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal and disclosed that he had a CT scan, not an MRI scan, during an October examination about which he and the White House delayed offering details. Trump, in the interview published Thursday, said he regretted undergoing […]
  • Jan 1 (Reuters) – A group of federal government employees on Thursday filed a class action complaint against President Donald Trump’s administration over a new policy that will eliminate coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation made the complaint against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on behalf […]
  • NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani took his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam’s holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city. The 34-year-old Democrat became mayor in a long-closed subway […]
  • By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he is taking a larger daily dose of aspirin than his doctors recommend. “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” […]