Trump’s border emergency declaration comes amid relative calm after years of major turmoil
Long stretches of silence on a Border Patrol scanner are punctuated with updates on tracking a single migrant for hours.
Author: Associated Press
Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, says pardoning Capitol attackers sends ‘the wrong signal’
A key ally of President Donald Trump said the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.
Putin echoes Trump’s claim that conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided had he been in office
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday echoed U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim the conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in the White House in 2022.
Trump ends Fauci’s security detail and says he’d feel no responsibility if harm befell him
President Donald Trump has ended the federal security detail for Dr. Anthony Fauci, the infectious disease expert who advised him on the COVID-19 pandemic, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.
Condemned inmate worried South Carolina needed 2 lethal injections doses at last execution
South Carolina’s latest execution should be halted so that lawyers for the condemned inmate can get more information about the drug used for lethal injection after the last prisoner put to death needed two massive doses of the sedative 11 minutes apart, the attorneys said in court papers.
FCSO: Man wanted for active warrants arrested
Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office says Gibson has turned himself in at the sheriff’s office on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28.
Trump proposes ‘getting rid of FEMA’ while visiting North Carolina
President Donald Trump said he was considering “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a trip to disaster zones Friday, offering the latest sign of how he is weighing sweeping changes to the nation’s central organization for responding to disasters.
Yemassee police confirm safe recapture of all 43 escaped monkeys from research center
All 43 monkeys that had escaped a research center in Yemassee towards the end of last year have been safely recaptured, the Yemassee Police Department announced Friday.
Trump departs White House to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California
President Donald Trump headed to hurricane-battered North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Friday, using the first trip of his second administration to tour areas where politics have clouded the response to deadly disasters.
Hamas names the 4 hostages it plans to release on Saturday in latest Gaza ceasefire exchange
The Hamas militant group on Friday published the names of four hostages it said it would release the following day as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
