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 Online2h 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 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 Online2h agoWhole story →TechnologyDonald Trump
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 Online11h agoWhole story →Justice
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
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 →BuildEconomyfema 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 →EconomySecurityfema 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 →GovernmentJustice
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 →GovernmentEducationdisability rights lawsuit
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
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
Suspicious letters to officials probedWASHINGTON -- Federal authorities are investigating letters with "suspicious substances" that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as "potentially hazardous."Arkansas Online8d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticesuspicious mailings probe
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
Rep. Mace’s ex-fiance, 2 other men charged with sex crimesCOLUMBIA, S.C. -- U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina congresswoman described in detail during a speech last year on the House floor about how crimes against women are not investigated thoroughly.Arkansas Online9d agoWhole story →JusticeNancy Mace
Benton County man sentenced to more than 17 years in federal pen for drug traffickingFAYETTEVILLE -- A Benton County man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for drug trafficking, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.Arkansas Online11d agoWhole story →Justicedrug trafficking sentencing
Voting laws passed by states take effectPresident Donald Trump has pushed Congress to pass a proof-of-citizenship law, signed an executive order seeking a national voter ID requirement and tried to limit mail voting through U.S. Postal Service changes.Arkansas Online11d agoWhole story →GovernmentJusticevoting law changes
Reforms made to NYC police oversightNEW YORK -- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that the New York Police Department had reformed how it would handle parts of its oversight after an officer was allowed to retire before facing a disciplinary trial over the death of a teenager.Arkansas Online11d agoWhole story →JusticeZohran Mamdaninyc police reform announcement
