Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, the main long-distance gateway to the nation’s capital, is set to receive a multi-billion-dollar makeover, President Donald Trump said Wednesday ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/r...
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A vote on acting AG Todd Blanche’s nomination to permanently fill the role was postponed Wednesday after two Republican senators remained dissatisfied with his handling of the administration’s “anti-weaponization” fund and a tax immunity deal ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/r...
President Donald Trump announced an initiative Thursday for veterans to quickly obtain commercial driver’s licenses, as the administration attempts to fill vacancies in the industry after pausing license renewals for foreign-born truck drivers. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
The Trump administration has for more than a year used personal information airline passengers provide to the Transportation Security Administration for immigration enforcement, according to documents obtained by a government watchdog group ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/r...
ICE is not planning an aggressive campaign at voting sites during the election, Homeland Security said in response to a States Newsroom inquiry about a letter from U.S. Senate Democrats voicing concerns about armed federal agents at polling places. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Trump administration suit seeking New Jersey voters’ addresses, driver’s license numbers, birth dates, partial Social Security numbers, and a host of other private data. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/judge...
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to pull acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department until two Republican holdouts, Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Cornyn of Texas, leave office. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
For families who question an official determination about how a loved one died — whether from suicide, an accident, natural causes, during an encounter with law enforcement or while incarcerated or detained — the next step is often unclear. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
For the second time in as many weeks, a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump’s war with Iran failed to pass the U.S. Senate Thursday. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
More than 9,000 children in foster care had to temporarily stay in hotels, office buildings and other potentially unsafe settings when states couldn’t find suitable places for them, according to a new federal audit. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
Public health experts say that the upswing in outbreaks of disease in America is the result of several factors, but RFJ Jr.’s decision to cut the country’s safety net while spreading misinformation about vaccines has aggravated the problem. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
Anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers across the U.S. have received hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars just in the past few years. Yet there is little oversight — not only on how they’re spending money, but also on how they’re caring for patients. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/r...
Former Judge Colleen O’Donnell, the Republican challenger hoping to unseat the 6-1 Ohio Supreme Court’s only remaining Democratic justice, has been emphasizing her work as an immigration judge and her "originalism" stance in her campaign. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/c...
Ohio Gov. DeWine is concerned by the domestic abuse allegations against Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller, but said it should be up to voters if he remains in Congress. A Democratic member of the Ohio delegation is calling for Miller’s resignation. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/o...
Ohio cities with big Haitian populations are preparing for a possible uptick of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement after temporary protected status for Haitians ended this week. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/31/o...
With Ohio's Haitian refugees losing protected status Monday, Springfield's large population has begun being terminated from their jobs, a pastor who works with them said Tuesday. Now they face being returned to a country facing a humanitarian crisis ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/w...
Nearly 3,000 acres of land in Ohio’s only national forest will be auctioned for fracking in September. The Bureau of Land Management announced 41 parcels totaling 2,840 acres in Wayne National Forest will go up for a bid on Sept. 15 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/f...
Ohio Gov. DeWine isn't anticipating a surge of immigration enforcement as the TPS for Haitian immigrants expires, and he isn't aware of any federal plans. Still, the Akron-Canton Airport continues to host deportation flights for ICE-affiliated charters ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/a...
Maryland Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Wednesday tried to advance in the Senate a bill that would create a legal pathway for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status. His request was blocked by Missouri Republican U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/29/r...
Connected Ohio says Ohio data centers are “the heartbeat of our modern lives.” Such groups are now up in seven states as part of the Data Center Coalition backed by Meta and other companies to promote the data center industry as public backlash grows ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/p...