A Chinese scientist will be swiftly deported after she pleaded guilty to smuggling a dangerous fungus into the United States. Michigan University researchers Yunqing Jian, 33, was arrested in June and charged with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the U.S., false statements, and visa fraud. She and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, 34, smuggled Fusarium graminearum, a fungus […]

A former top aide to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) was arrested Wednesday on sweeping federal corruption charges alleging she helped steal more than $225,000 in campaign funds tied to former federal Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. Dana Williamson, 53, of Carmichael, was taken into custody and appeared in a Sacramento federal courtroom Wednesday afternoon following the […]

The record-breaking government shutdown is almost at an end after the House voted for a new spending deal late Wednesday night, sending the bill to President Donald Trump’s desk after both Democrats and Republicans voted to reopen the government. In a 222 to 209 vote, the House passed a short-term, Senate-passed continuing resolution to fund […]

The House is voting on a bill to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The vote was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. House Democrats are expected to oppose the bill, while most Republicans are expected to support it. If it passes, the bill will be sent to President Donald Trump’s desk to […]