Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:00am
The House-passed budget reconciliation package in Washington, D.C., will strip away basic health care and food assistance from hundreds of thousands of Nebraskans and their families.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:00am
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — Six of the Group of Seven leaders discussed Russia's war in Ukraine and the Israel-Iran conflict but failed to reach major agreements on those and many other top issues — closing a summit that was forced to try and show how the wealthy nations’ club might still shape global policy despite the early departure of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who was forcibly removed from a press conference with the secretary of Homeland Security, said Tuesday that his home state is the testing ground for President Donald Trump’s push to deploy the military within the United States.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:00am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them."
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:00am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them."
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/16/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Putting a face on the personal toll of worksite immigration raids, Douglas County Board Chair Roger Garcia on Wednesday shared that his own family member was among the nearly 80 people detained in Tuesday’s high-profile federal operation.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/16/2025 - 12:00am
When I was growing up, I learned quickly what it means to be a caregiver. My brother faced a host of physical and mental health challenges, and I helped him navigate a world that didn’t always meet his needs. That experience shaped my life, and ultimately, my work with family child care educators, who show up for children and families every single day.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/16/2025 - 12:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that China will make it easier for American industry to obtain much-needed needed magnets and rare earth minerals, clearing the way for talks to continue between the world's two biggest economies. In return, Trump said, the U.S. will stop efforts to revoke the visas of Chinese nationals on U.S. college campuses.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/16/2025 - 12:00am
The Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles will cost the federal government about $134 million, a Pentagon budget official said Tuesday, as the response to the protests further divided officials in California and Washington, D.C.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/09/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — From economic development to tax-increment financing, the streetcar, immigration arrests and staffing, Omaha Mayor-elect John Ewing Jr. on Wednesday talked more about how he plans to lead Nebraska’s largest city.
Ewing spoke to reporters at his first news conference since defeating three-term mayor, Jean Stothert. He moves into his office Monday.