Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 03/10/2025 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump touted his administration’s accomplishments after just 43 days in office and the need for billions in federal funds to enact his campaign promise of mass deportations during his first address to a joint session of Congress since returning to the White House.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 03/03/2025 - 7:00am
OMAHA — Omaha’s use, or potential overuse, of a longstanding, Legislature-approved incentive to help revive blighted areas again fired up the mayor’s race in Nebraska’s largest city.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 03/03/2025 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, claims American taxpayers could receive a $5,000 refund from the federal government — despite no apparent support in Congress, which controls the nation’s purse strings.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 03/03/2025 - 4:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to start selling a “gold card” visa with a potential pathway to U.S. citizenship for $5 million, seeking to have that new initiative replace a 35-year-old visa program for investors.
“I happen to think it’ll sell like crazy. It’s a market,” Trump said. “But we’ll know very soon.”
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 03/03/2025 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance around the world, putting numbers on its plans to eliminate the majority of U.S. development and humanitarian help abroad.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 03/03/2025 - 2:00am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Thursday that North Korea appears to have sent additional troops to Russia, after its soldiers deployed on the Russian-Ukraine fronts suffered heavy casualties.
The National Intelligence Service said in a brief statement it was trying to determine exactly how many more troops North Korea has deployed to Russia.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/24/2025 - 7:00am
OMAHA — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Feb. 27 for the funeral of Nebraska State Patrol trooper Kyle McAcy, who died Monday while responding to a wreck along Interstate 80 between Ashland and Greenwood.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/24/2025 - 6:00am
Even though it may be late to the party, the Nebraska Legislature is making the right call by advancing a bill banning student cellphone use at school. A number of school districts already curtail students’ phone time on campus.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 02/24/2025 - 5:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — To earn the vote he needed to become the nation's top health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a special promise to a U.S. senator: He would not change the nation's current vaccination schedule.