Westfield Plaza Bonita sold for $201.5M
New owners plan to improve the South Bay shopping center with enhanced entrances and customer areas, as well as expand the mall’s dining options
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Driver suspected of stabbing, assaulting two others after Carlsbad freeway crash
California Highway Patrol officials said a 49-year-old man attacked a man and woman, then fled scene following crash on I-5 off-ramp to Tamarack Avenue
Top US admiral warns against coercion, says no nation will dominate Indo-Pacific
U.S. Pacific Command chief Admiral Samuel Paparo warns coercive actions by China and others are challenging stability in the Indo-Pacific.
Trump bank accounts were closed due to concerns over possible money laundering, Capital One says
Capital One closed President Donald Trump’s accounts in mid-2021 after flagging financial activity that resembled money laundering. The bank disclosed this in a court filing over the weekend.
As Blanche’s path to confirmation is cleared, Trump’s tax audit immunity remains in place
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has rescinded President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” meant for his political allies. However, a tax audit immunity plan for Trump, his sons, and the Trump Organization remains in place.
States sue to block feds from sharing personal data of millions who receive social service benefits
More than 20 states and the District of Columbia have sued the Trump administration to block it from getting wide access to the personal information of millions of recipients of a benefits program for low-income families.
Ethics panel recommends House censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for conduct with two aides
A censure registers the House’s deep disapproval of a lawmaker’s conduct that does not meet the threshold for expulsion.
Contractors building border wall ordered to stop drilling wells in drought-stricken New Mexico
Ranchers said pumping the groundwater needed to mix cement could threaten their livestock.
In Texas, a political group bets $6 million on Latino voters coming back to Democrats
Somos PAC is planning a $4 million ad campaign targeting three South Texas House districts.
25 states sue over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones
The new tariffs took effect just as the clock ran out on temporary tariffs President Donald Trump had turned to after the Supreme Court defeat.