• Nebraska converts prison into federal immigration center, aims to fill it by Thanksgiving

    Nebraska converts prison into federal immigration center, aims to fill it by Thanksgiving

    Nov 06, 2025 10:41 PM EST

    ... state prisons or repurpose the use of public buildings. The lawsuit, filed in state court on the residents' behalf by nonprofit legal advocacy group Nebraska Appleseed, had sought a temporary injunction to stop the conversion of the McCook prison while the case plays out, but a judge rejected that motion ...

  • Democrats dominate in first election since Trump's return to White House

    Democrats dominate in first election since Trump's return to White House

    Nov 05, 2025 11:55 PM EST

    Liz Landers: Starting with big changes in the Big Apple. New York City saw the largest turnout in a mayoral election in more than 50 years, and more than half of voters backed Zohran Mamdani. Zohran Mamdani: New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change. (Cheering) Liz Landers ...

  • What to know about the recall of atorvastatin pills for lowering cholesterol

    What to know about the recall of atorvastatin pills for lowering cholesterol

    Nov 01, 2025 07:55 PM EST

    ... up. Additionally, overseas manufacturers generally get warning of an upcoming inspection, making the process potentially less rigorous than in the U.S. WATCH: Lead-contaminated applesauce pouches expose issues with food safety oversight A lack of inspections for eye drop manufacturers, especially in India, led to massive recalls in 2023 ...

  • Trump bonds with Japan's new prime minister, unveils major Japanese investment projects in the U.S.

    Trump bonds with Japan's new prime minister, unveils major Japanese investment projects in the U.S.

    Oct 28, 2025 01:40 PM EST

    ... a $550 billion fund of investments in the U.S. Later, at a dinner at the U.S. embassy in Tokyo packed with CEOs including Apple's Tim Cook, Trump reveled in the deals. Trump and Takaichi also signed an agreement to cooperate on critical minerals and rare earths. Trump ...

  • Who’s paying for Trump’s $300 million ballroom?

    Who’s paying for Trump’s $300 million ballroom?

    Oct 23, 2025 09:00 PM EST

    Private donors to President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom include tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Apple, as well as the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the cofounders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, according to a list provided to PBS News. The president has maintained that ...

  • OpenAI launches browser to compete with Google's Chrome

    OpenAI launches browser to compete with Google's Chrome

    Oct 21, 2025 06:27 PM EST

    ... based company is losing more money than it makes and has been looking for ways to turn a profit. OpenAI said Atlas launches Tuesday on Apple laptops and will later come to Microsoft’s Windows, Apple’s iOS phone operating system and Google’s Android phone system. OpenAI CEO Sam ...

  • Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections

    Anti-science bills hit statehouses, attacking longstanding public health protections

    Oct 21, 2025 06:19 PM EST

    ... a plaster cast of his hand in his mom’s. The girls held a photo of their brother as they stood near a flowering crab apple tree planted in his memory. Shortly before the bus came, Ava broke her mask, ran inside and grabbed another. Dahlberg instructed: “You are to ...

  • WATCH: Trump hosts dinner for donors to $250 million White House ballroom project

    WATCH: Trump hosts dinner for donors to $250 million White House ballroom project

    Oct 16, 2025 06:35 PM EST

    ... Anjou pears, cinnamon crumble and butterscotch ice cream. Among the companies that had representatives at the dinner, according to a White House official, were Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin, Meta Platforms and T-Mobile. The Adelson Family Foundation, founded by GOP megadonors Miriam Adelson and ...

  • Meta removes Facebook page that tracked ICE in Chicago

    Meta removes Facebook page that tracked ICE in Chicago

    Oct 15, 2025 02:07 PM EST

    ... our policies against coordinated harm.” Meta is the latest tech company to restrict tools used to track ICE agents on its platform. Earlier this month, Apple and Google blocked downloads of phone apps that flag sightings of U.S. immigration agents, just hours after the Trump administration demanded that one ...

  • Wall Street tumbles in its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

    Wall Street tumbles in its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China

    Oct 10, 2025 08:57 PM EST

    ... with roughly six out of every seven stocks within the S&P 500 falling. Nearly everything weakened, from Big Tech companies like Nvidia and Apple to stocks of smaller companies looking to get past uncertainty about tariffs and trade. The market may have been primed for a slide. U ...