
The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 11:27 PM
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS erroneously shared the taxpayer information of thousands of people with the Department of Homeland Security, as part of the agencies’ controversial agreement to share information on immigrants fo...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 12, 2026, 12:28 AM
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By PETER SMITH, Associated Press A member of the federal Religious Liberty Commission has been ousted after a hearing this week that featured tense exchanges on the definition of antisemitism. The ousted member, Carrie Prejean Boller, had defended prominent...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 9:38 PM
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By HILLEL ITALIE NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Noam Chomsky is acknowledging “serious errors in judgment” in the wake of new revelations about the couple’s ties to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Valeria Chomsky also says she and her husband never wi...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 10:49 PM
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Activists planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States on Wednesday to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crac...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 10:28 PM
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats took to the Senate floor Wednesday to deliver impassioned speeches denouncing the Justice Department’s attempt to indict a group of lawmakers who last year urged U.S. military members to resi...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 9:57 PM
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By DAVE COLLINS Yale University says a prominent computer science professor will not teach classes while it reviews his conduct, after newly released documents show he sent Jeffrey Epstein an email describing an undergraduate as a good-looking blonde while ...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 1:44 PM
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By PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut 2024-2025 U.S. payrolls by hundreds of thousands. Related Articles US stocks flirt with a record after th...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 11, 2026, 10:40 PM
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By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to slap back President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, a rare if largely symbolic rebuke of the White House agenda as Republicans joined Democrats over the obj...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 12, 2026, 10:26 PM
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By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag Thursday at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd, rebuking the Trump administration for removing the well-known symbol of pride from the LGBT...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 12, 2026, 10:32 PM
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By CHRISTOPHER WEBER LOS ANGELES (AP) — An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in Southern California last year, and the father of three U.S. Marines is now on a path toward legal permanent residency in...

The Mendocino BeaconFeb 13, 2026, 12:02 AM
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By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — The press gallery overlooking the U.S. House chamber has been renamed after the abolitionist, writer and presidential adviser Frederick Douglass in a bipartisan move brokered by Black lawmakers. Related Articles Puerto Rico g...