Author: TheNevadaGlobeStaff

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday over foreign threats to America’s electric grid, moving to block potentially dangerous foreign-made equipment from the nation’s bulk-power system as artificial intelligence, data centers and advanced manufacturing place unprecedented demands on electricity infrastructure. Trump’s executive order warns that foreign-produced transformers, generators, control...

House Speaker Mike Johnson dropped into the NRCC’s Las Vegas Battlestation Tuesday to rally volunteers for Republican congressional candidate Marty O’Donnell, sharpening the GOP’s focus on Democrat Rep. Susie Lee as control of the House narrows to a handful of battleground districts. Johnson and O’Donnell thanked campaign volunteers and supporters...

House Speaker Mike Johnson descended on Henderson Tuesday with Republican congressional candidate Carrie Buck, touring Pinecrest Academy Sloan Canyon and putting education, parental choice and Democrat Rep. Dina Titus’ opposition to President Donald Trump’s school-choice agenda squarely in the middle of Nevada’s hottest congressional fight. Johnson and Buck visited five...

The Hawk Fire is ripping through northwest Reno and the North Valleys right now. Over 15,000 acres have burned since it ignited on August 22 near Peavine Peak. It sits at 27 percent contained in the latest updates. Dozens of homes are destroyed or damaged. Tens of thousands of Nevadans...