Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/30/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — The Douglas County Board appears poised to appoint a retired chief deputy of the County Treasurer’s Office to fill the top spot in the office left open earlier this month after John Ewing Jr. was elected mayor of Omaha.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 06/23/2025 - 12:00am
OMAHA — Federal officials announced criminal charges this week against five people — four of them protesters — for encounters with immigration agents during the June 10 worksite enforcement raid at Omaha’s Glenn Valley Foods.
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.