Senators: Trump nominations will remain blockedWASHINGTON -- Republicans and Democrats in the Senate have told top White House officials they will block President Donald Trump's nominees pending on Capitol Hill until the administration ensures the restoration of crucial satellite communications capabilities used by Ukraine's military, according to three people familiar with the discussions.Arkansas Online2h agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityDonald Trump
MICHELLE GOLDBERG: The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy’s Vile AdIt's quite a feat, in this numb and debased era, to create a political advertisement so shocking and indecent that people from across the political spectrum feel the need to denounce it. Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has long fashioned himself as a kind of Donald Trump 2.0--younger and brainier but just as brash--has managed it.Arkansas Online3h agoWhole story →TechnologyDonald Trump
South Lake Trails opens, connects downtown Little Rock to Lake Maumelle for hikers, bicyclistsGov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the opening of a new trail Friday that now connects downtown Little Rock to Lake Maumelle.Arkansas Online11h agoWhole story →CultureSarah Huckabee Sanders
FEMA awards $1.1 million to Izard County for 2025 storms, plus $539,000 to Arkansas for 2024 floodingArkansas and Izard County will receive a total of $1.6 million in federal funding for repairs to a bridge and to fund mitigation planning following severe weather events in 2025 and 2024, a news release from the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomyfema funding announcement
Pleasuring himself on a flight to Northwest Arkansas next to 17-year-old girl lands man in jail for 30 daysFAYETTEVILLE -- A man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to committing a lewd, indecent or obscene act on an airplane that was inbound to the Northwest Arkansas National Airport.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →BuildJusticefederal court sentencing
Kansas Jayhawks addition of Jaufman-Renn draws attentionKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Most of the questions lobbed at Kansas Coach Bill Self at the Big 12's annual media day summit Tuesday had nothing to do with one of the three Jayhawks players he brought with him to the T-Mobile Center.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →Culture
11 people arrested in online internet sting targeting online child predatorsEleven people were arrested in a sting operation targeting online child predators conducted by federal and state authorities.Arkansas Online8d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticeonline child predator sting
US judge extends block on Trump’s media banA federal judge has extended an order blocking President Donald Trump's administration from banning reporters for three news outlets from the White House, broadening his support for the journalists by arguing that the restriction violates their constitutional rights to free speech as well as due process.Arkansas Online9d agoWhole story →CultureGovernmenttrump media ban ruling
Salem Media Group won’t hold U.S. Senate debate between Cotton and ShoffnerSalem Media Group will not hold a U.S. Senate debate between Republican incumbent Tom Cotton and Democratic candidate Hallie Shoffner, both campaigns confirmed Wednesday.Arkansas Online10d agoWhole story →CultureGovernmentTom Cottonsenate debate cancellation
Dozens of Navy training planes arrive in Little Rock, leaving Florida before Hurricane IsaiasA fleet of U.S. Navy aircraft was moved to Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field from a Navy base in Florida ahead of a hurricane expected to hit the Sunshine State this weekend, an airport spokesman said.Arkansas Online14d agoWhole story →PlanetSecurityhurricane isaias evacuation
Central Arkansas Library System chief says officials struggling with ‘impossible to understand’ parts of 2023 lawOfficials at the Central Arkansas Library System remain in an uncertain place as they await clarification from a federal appeals court about a ruling that upheld a law related to library materials, the library system's executive director said Friday.Arkansas Online15d agoWhole story →CultureGovernmentlibrary materials law ruling
Hearing held over White House media banWASHINGTON -- An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House, saying the ban is a classic example of "viewpoint discrimination" that is punishing people for what they say -- and violating the media outlets' First Amendment rights.Arkansas Online15d agoWhole story →CultureGovernmentwhite house media ban hearing
FCC weighs relaxing robocall rulesWASHINGTON -- The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated voices, before November's midterm elections.Arkansas Online16d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityfcc robocall rule change
Transportation secretary: Chances are good Northwest Arkansas National will get federal loan for concourseHIGHFILL -- Northwest Arkansas National Airport's prospects for getting a $41.7 million low-interest loan from the federal government appear good, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Monday.Arkansas Online18d agoWhole story →Buildtifia loan application
Trump in Ohio to stump for HustedVANDALIA, Ohio -- President Donald Trump on Saturday defended data centers that power artificial intelligence projects but have become a contentious campaign issue nationwide, as he took his midterm tour to Ohio to insist his party will keep its majorities in Congress.Arkansas Online19d agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityohio senate campaign
GOP tax cuts have little effect on campaign trailORO VALLEY, Ariz. -- Republicans in Congress had hoped the major tax-and-spending-cut bill they muscled into law last year would redeem them on the campaign trail as they try to beat historical odds to keep their majorities in November's midterm elections.Arkansas Online19d agoWhole story →EconomyCulturemidterm elections
Trump urges calls to Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in push for permanent daylight saving timePresident Donald Trump is urging people to call what appears to be the personal cellphone number of Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Trump wants the Senate to help pass the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent. The bill passed the House in July but some Republican senators — including Cotton — oppose it. Trump argued on social media…Arkansas Online21d agoWhole story →TechnologyCulturedaylight saving time bill push
Spain fails to pass housing affordability billMADRID -- Spain's progressive government was dealt a costly legislative defeat on Friday when lawmakers rejected a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation's housing affordability crisis, as protesters gathered outside Parliament demanding help for renters.Arkansas Online21d agoWhole story →Buildspain housing bill defeat
Judge OKs Paramount settlement agreementCHICAGO -- A federal judge has granted Paramount's settlement agreement with 12 states that sued over the company's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, allowing the companies to soon close their $81 billion mega merger.Arkansas Online22d agoWhole story →TechnologyJusticeparamount warner merger approval
Investigation concludes that Union Pacific broke law when it fired North Little Rock employeeThe Union Pacific Railroad Co. breached the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it fired a North Little Rock yardman who notified management of nearby lightning and federal safety standards, a U.S. Department of Labor whistleblower investigation discovered.Arkansas Online22d agoWhole story →BuildEconomy
