Administration sues over Alaska race for SenatePresident Donald Trump on Friday said he told his administration to file its lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, kicking off what many fear could become a lengthy battle between the government and states over certifying an election where the president's party is struggling.Arkansas Online5h agoWhole story →GovernmentDan SullivanDonald Trump
Citizenship applicants targeted in crackdownSAN FRANCISCO -- A large number of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for purported voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews. Those charges could lead to years in prison and thwart their efforts to naturalize.Arkansas Online5h agoWhole story →Justice
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 Online5h 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 Online6h agoWhole story →TechnologyDonald Trump
Federal monitors coming to Washington, Pulaski counties on Election Day, Arkansas officials sayThe U.S. Department of Justice is planning to send election monitors to Washington and Pulaski counties on Election Day, a spokeswoman for Arkansas Secretary of State Cole Jester confirmed Friday.Arkansas Online14h agoWhole story →Government
Man sentenced to two years for sale of machine gun conversion devicesA man indicted on federal charges of possession and transfer of a machine gun was sentenced Friday in a Helena-West Helena federal courtroom to two years in prison.Arkansas Online15h agoWhole story →Justice
Haaland hopeful in N.M. governor raceALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- If Deb Haaland wins New Mexico's race for governor this year, she'll make history as the first Native American woman to lead a state.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →Governmentnew mexico governor race
President instructed to sit for depositionMIAMI -- A federal judge on Thursday ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeDonald Trumptrump defamation lawsuit
Deportations climb under Trump, but short of targetWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, a new report released Thursday shows, as arrests ramp up across the country fueled by billions of dollars meant to supercharge his immigration agenda.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →JusticeDonald Trumpimmigration enforcement update
Early voting soars in states to decide SenateWASHINGTON -- Voter turnout is soaring compared with the last midterm election in many of the states that are expected to decide control of the U.S. Senate, according to an Associated Press analysis of early voting two weeks before Election Day.Arkansas Online1d agoWhole story →Governmentmidterm elections
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 →BuildPlanetfema 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
Sharp County official warns that end of FEMA aid will devastate communities’ ability to rebuild after disastersAfter roughly four years as director of Sharp County’s department of emergency management, Kanyon Matheny says he knows the value of the Federal Emergency Management Agency during a crisis.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →JusticeEconomyfema disaster response policy change
Sentence commuted for death row inmateMONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a death row inmate after a number of former public officials and the current district attorney raised doubts about his conviction.Arkansas Online3d agoWhole story →JusticeKay Ivey
Justices to consider case over home distilling banWASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernment
Parents allege Fayetteville School District violated federal disability laws in its treatment of elementary studentFAYETTEVILLE -- The School District discriminated against a disabled student and broke numerous state and federal laws in the process, with one administrator trying to purge the proof, the student's parents argued in a court filing Friday.Arkansas Online4d agoWhole story →EducationGovernmentdisability rights lawsuit
Russia sanctions’ waiver draws ireWASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's abrupt decision to waive sanctions on Russia days before they were to take effect drew outrage Saturday from members of Congress, which had overwhelmingly passed the legislation in a bipartisan display of American support for Ukraine in the war with Russia.Arkansas Online6d agoWhole story →GovernmentSecurityrussia sanctions waiver
Omar’s attorneys urge return of federally seized propertyWASHINGTON -- Attorneys for Rep. Ilhan Omar asked the Justice Department on Friday to immediately return property that federal agents seized from her home last week, arguing that the search stemming from an immigration fraud investigation was "neither justified nor lawful."Arkansas Online6d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticeIlhan Omaromar immigration probe
Trump campaigns for GOP in GeorgiaDALTON, Ga. -- President Donald Trump has spent the closing stretch of the midterm campaign barnstorming deep-red parts of the country, trying to mobilize voters already inclined to support him.Arkansas Online7d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyDonald Trumpmidterm elections
Ocasio-Cortez transfers $1M to El-Sayed Senate campaignDETROIT -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who is campaigning in Michigan this week for Abdul El-Sayed, transferred $1 million Friday to a political account to help elect the fellow progressive to the Senate.Arkansas Online7d agoWhole story →GovernmentAlexandria Ocasio-Cortezmichigan senate primary
