Judge says Pentagon must restore press access

A federal judge ruled the Defense Department violated a court order requiring it to ease stringent restrictions imposed on reporters who cover the Pentagon and blocked a new press policy issued by the department last month. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman again sided with the New York Times and its reporter Julian Barnes, who filed … Read more

Minnesota districts ask judge to restore limits on immigration enforcement near schools

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Attorneys for two Minnesota school districts and the state’s main teachers union asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a Trump administration change in policy that gave immigration authorities a freer hand to conduct enforcement actions in and near schools. The Department of Homeland Security last year rescinded longstanding nationwide restrictions … Read more

Judge orders Trump administration to restore legal status of migrants allowed into U.S. through Biden-era phone app

A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday directed the Trump administration to restore the legal status of migrants allowed into the U.S. under a now-defunct Biden administration program for asylum-seekers who arrived at the southern border. U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs voided the Trump administration’s decision to end the immigration parole status of migrants … Read more

Cuba begins to restore electricity after nationwide power grid collapse

Cuba started restoring power Sunday after the nation’s energy grid collapsed a day prior, cutting electricity to millions of people. The blackout was the third this month. Some 72,000 customers in the capital, among them five hospitals, had electricity again early Sunday, according to a report from the state-run Electric Union and the Ministry of Energy … Read more

Pence urges Senate to ‘restore public confidence’ with nationwide voter ID law

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Former Vice President Mike Pence says that a national voter ID law “is truly an idea whose time has come.” In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Pence urged the Senate to “make voter ID the law of the land in all 50 states.”  The … Read more

Judge orders Trump administration to restore Voice of America and bring back hundreds of staff

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to restore the Voice of America’s operations after large parts of the government-run broadcaster had effectively been shut down a year ago, putting hundreds of employees who have been on administrative leave back to work.  U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth gave the U.S. Agency … Read more

New York transit officials sue Trump administration to restore subway project funding

NEW YORK — The transit agency in charge of New York City’s subway system sued the Trump administration Tuesday, accusing it of breach of contract for withholding almost $60 million in federal funding that was supposed to help build new stations in Manhattan. The suit from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the latest in a … Read more

CEOs of top airlines demand Congress restore funding to Homeland Security and pay airport workers

The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers, including airport security officers, during a partial gov… NEW YORK — The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, … Read more

U.S. Energy secretary directs Texas oil company to restore operations off California

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed a Texas-based oil and gas company Friday to restore operations in waters off Southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act. Restoring Sable Offshore Corp.’s Santa Ynez unit and pipeline off Santa Barbara aims to address supply disruption risks, according to a … Read more