Trump and Vance brainstormed with top congressional Republicans on a path to execute the president’s ambitious agenda amid narrow majorities in both chambers of Congress.
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President Donald Trump has pardoned or commuted the sentences of over 1,500 individuals involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including those convicted of assaulting police officers.
The Cherry Avenue emergency interim housing site will contribute to San Jose’s effort to triple its homelessness solutions over the next 18 months. Leaders from Valley Water, the city of San Jose, DignityMoves and Swinerton participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new emergency interim housing site at 5200 Cherry Ave. on Jan. 21, 2025, in San Jose. (Devan Patel/Bay Area News Group) As part of its ambitious strategy to combat the homelessness crisis, San Jose has broken ground on a new interim housing site along the Guadalupe River to bring more homeless residents indoors and clean up the waterways.…
Get tickets to see the Kraftwerk concert tour at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – JULY 06: Kraftwerk’s Henning Schmitz performs at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, July 6, 2022. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Electro-pioneers Kraftwerk have announced more dates on the band’s 2025 tour. Fortunately for local fans, these Kraftwerk dates include a stop in the Bay Area.. Kraftwerk, featuring electro music icon Ralf Hütter, performs April 18 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Yeah, that should be awesome. Other cities included in the dates are Las Vegas, Seattle,…
Eight years after starting to sell his mille crepe cakes, Anthony Tam’s cakes are the star of the show at his first brick-and-mortar location in San Mateo and will soon be available in Palo Alto. Anton, a bakery specializing in mille crepe cakes, recently opened its first brick-and-mortar location in San Mateo after nearly a decade in business. It’s set to open its second at Palo Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center within the next few months. (Courtesy Anthony Tam) Anthony Tam has come a long way since 2016, much of which he spent burning the candle at both ends. By day,…
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, during the prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, directed a message for President Donald Trump, who was seated in the front row.
The San Jose City Council has whittled down the interim appointment applicant field from 11 candidates to five ahead of its Jan. 28 meeting where it conduct interviews. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 26: People walk near City Hall in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. (Randy Vazquez / Bay Area News Group) San Jose city officials have narrowed the applicant field to temporarily fill the vacant District 3 City Council seat by selecting five candidates to advance to panel interviews. The City Council will interview land-use consultant Bob Staedler, engineer Carl Salas, Caltrain government affairs officer…
PG&E has landed a record-setting $15 billion federal loan guarantee that could help the utility and its customers save money. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) PG&E transmission towers in Solano County near Rio Vista, 2019. OAKLAND — PG&E has landed a record-setting $15 billion federal loan guarantee in one of the final acts of Joe Biden’s presidency, an approval that could help the utility and its customers save money. The loan guarantee enables PG&E and its ratepayers to save money on an array of vital projects, including upgrades to power lines and hydroelectric systems. “Savings from the lower-cost financing would…
WNBA free agency: Brittney Griner, Kelsey Plum, Satou Sabally, Nneka Ogwumike among those who could be on the move. Temi Fagbenle of the Indiana Fever is named as one of the Golden State Valkyries’ expansion draft picks by rapper E-40, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, during an announcement party hosted by the Bay Area’s new WNBA team at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) When the WNBA’s free-agent negotiating period began Tuesday, the Bay Area’s new team did not make an immediate splash. The Valkyries weren’t alone. As of late in the day,…
WASHINGTON — Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen as the new president seeks to make good on campaign promises to carry out mass deportations. The move announced Tuesday reverses guidance that for over a decade has restricted two key federal immigration agencies — Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection — from carrying out immigration enforcement in sensitive locations. “This action empowers the brave men and women in CBP and ICE to enforce…
After being sworn into office on Monday, one of the first official acts of President Donald Trump was a sweeping grant of clemency for all tied to the attack on the U.S Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Leer en español Rioters were released across the country after the president issued pardons and commuted the sentences of everyone involved, both violent and nonviolent offenders. It’s an extreme about face from Trump’s words years ago, telling the violent mob that stormed the capitol they didn’t represent this country’s core values. Longtime South Florida law enforcement officer and former police chief David Magnusson…
Civil rights advocates in South Florida said they were ready to stand against President Donald Trump’s orders against people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer. Leer en español Attorney Jon Harris Maurer is the public policy director of Equality Florida, a civil rights organization that has been monitoring the State Capitol since 1997. Harris Maurer said those who support limiting the rights of transgender people are wrongly arguing that these conflict with the rights of women. “Unfortunately, women are being used as a political pawn,” Harris Maurer said. Trump terminated federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and…
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had pardoned Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road, an underground website for selling drugs. Ulbricht had been sentenced to life in prison in 2015. Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media website, that he had spoken to Ulbricht’s mother on his first full day in office. “It was my pleasure to have just signed a full and unconditional pardon of her son, Ross,” he wrote. “The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me.” Trump…
Celebrities including Bradley Cooper squeezed into Louis Vuitton Tuesday night as the brand transformed the Louvre’s historic heart into a stunning stage for streetwear at Paris Fashion Week. Outside, limousines clogged the roads, and the crush of onlookers led to tense moments of crowd squishing at the entrance. Inside, the drama continued with Hitchcockian flourishes, as an orchestra set the tone for Pharrell Williams’ latest menswear collection for LV, the crown jewel of conglomerate, LVMH. This season, Pharrell teamed up with Nigo, the creative force behind Kenzo, another LVMH brand, for a wrapped up dive into Japanese and street aesthetics.…
About 8 inches (20 centimeters) of snow covered the ground and plants outside Braden Doucet’s Lafayette, Louisiana, home Tuesday afternoon. It’s also cold. Much colder than normal. The temperature Tuesday night is expected to sink to 12 degrees F (minus 11 Celsius) and evening lows are predicted to be below freezing through Friday. For people, the freeze and snow have brought most things to a standstill. But wildlife natives like cypress trees and prairie plants, and cold-blooded gators and snakes, should be alright. “I’ve never seen snow like this in Louisiana, for sure,” said Doucet, a graduate student at the…
Senators vetting the nomination of Pete Hegseth for defense secretary received an affidavit Tuesday from a former sister-in-law alleging that the onetime Fox News host was abusive to his second wife, to the point where she feared for her safety. Hegseth denies the allegations. The sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, was formerly married to the nominee’s brother, and in an affidavit obtained by The Associated Press, she said she believes that Pete Hegseth is “unfit” to run the Defense Department based on what she witnessed and heard. She said she first relayed her allegations to the FBI in December but was concerned…
Leading candidates for the Democratic National Committee chair election said front-runner Ken Martin’s claim that he has the support of 200 members is inflated.
Here’s what Republican senators told ABC News after President Donald Trump issued pardons for Jan. 6 violent offenders.
Eight years after starting to sell his mille crepe cakes, Anthony Tam’s cakes are the star of the show at his first brick-and-mortar location in San Mateo and will soon be available in Palo Alto. Anton, a bakery specializing in mille crepe cakes, recently opened its first brick-and-mortar location in San Mateo after nearly a decade in business. It’s set to open its second at Palo Alto’s Stanford Shopping Center within the next few months. (Courtesy Anthony Tam) Anthony Tam has come a long way since 2016, much of which he spent burning the candle at both ends. By day,…
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings and coach Kevin O’Connell agreed to terms on a multiyear contract extension on Tuesday, following a 14-3 regular season that defied external widespread preseason projections of at least a losing record if not a last-place finish in the NFC North. The Vikings didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, which was reached with one year remaining on O’Connell’s existing contract. In three seasons with the Vikings, the 39-year-old O’Connell is 34-17 in the regular season and 0-2 in the playoffs. Most remarkable in 2024 was the career-best season by quarterback Sam Darnold in his debut…