During his first week in office, President Donald Trump issued several executive orders reshaping U.S. energy policy, reversing measures from the previous administration. Key actions included halting permits for new onshore and offshore wind developments, resuming oil drilling leases in the Arctic and large areas of the U.S. coastline, and declaring a national energy emergency,…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is sending 400 specially trained National Guard soldiers to the Rio Grande Valley to assist the Border Patrol. In addition to the personnel, the deployment will add C-130 aircraft and Chinook helicopters to the 4,200 National Guard soldiers who are already stationed at the border.  Abbott said the soldiers will coordinate…

The U.S. Air Force is reversing course after removing video of Tuskegee Airmen from its training in response to President Donald Trump’s DEI ban. Now, the video is back, with incoming Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pushing the change. The Air Force removed the video from its curriculum for a review, following Trump’s executive order…

It has been 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, one of the most notorious death camps run by the Nazi regime during World War II. Survivors of the camp gathered Monday, Jan. 27, to commemorate the somber anniversary in a special ceremony. Nazi forces murdered around 1.1 million people at the site in southern…

A watershed moment in medical history occurred on Saturday, Jan. 25, as an Alabama woman became the longest-living pig organ recipient ever. Towana Looney is reportedly healthy and living a normal life with her new pig kidney at more than 60 days and counting after her transplant. Groundbreaking milestone “We’re hitting a really important milestone,”…

The latest home sales numbers paint a discouraging picture for the real estate industry. Existing home sales fell in 2024 to the lowest level since 1995. How many homes sold? The National Association of Realtors reported 4.06 million existing homes sold in the U.S. last year. It’s a significant drop from the 5 million sold…

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said Saturday, Jan. 25, that the COVID-19 pandemic “more likely” started with a lab leak rather than originating from animals, according to its latest analysis. The agency said, though, it would continue evaluating any new intelligence reporting.   “CIA assesses with low confidence that a research-related origin of the COVID-19 pandemic is more…

The showdown between the Trump administration and Colombia over deported migrants is over, but what happens to the tariffs the president threatened to impose? And much-needed rain in Southern California brings new concerns to the region. These stories and more highlight your Unbiased Updates for Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. Colombia accepts deported migrants after tariff…

The future for the tightly split Minnesota state legislature is in limbo, as a judge sided with Democrats in ruling that the state House needs a majority of all seats to do business. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that 68 of 134 House members are a quorum, meaning that the House’s 67 Republicans aren’t enough…

Target announced Friday, Jan. 24, that it will cancel several diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. The news follows an executive order that President Donald Trump signed earlier this week asserting that DEI programs “violate the civil-rights laws of this nation.” The Minneapolis-based retailer joins a growing list of corporations—including Walmart, Meta, McDonald’s, John Deere,…