The Latest News about Hawaii

At least two police officers in Honolulu, Hawaii, were reportedly killed Sunday after a fatal shooting. The suspect allegedly set his neighborhood ablaze and injured a third officer. Four homes were damaged as a result, according to local outlet Hawaii News Now. “I would like to express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of the two officers as ...

HONOLULU – Fifteen individuals were charged in U.S. District Court today with illegal gambling, money laundering and other financial violations related to an ongoing investigation of a criminal organization operating multiple illegal game rooms and casinos on the island of Oahu. The charges are the result of a two-year probe led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security ...

President Donald Trump issued a state of emergency Wednesday night for Hawaii as the island chain prepares for Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 cyclone charging through the Pacific at breakneck pace.

  by Ryan Pickrell The emergency worker who terrified Hawaii with a false missile alert earlier this month has been fired, according to The Associated Press. A little over two weeks ago, the people of Hawaii woke up to a horrifying message: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT IN BOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” The message was sent in error, but ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited Pearl Harbor Naval Base and the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial Friday on their way to a 12-day Asia and Pacific Rim trip. As the first couple departed Hawaii en route to Japan, the first lady tweeted her anticipation of the visit to our Pacific island ally. https://twitter.com/FLOTUS/status/926873425494331397

President Donald Trump starts on Friday his 12-day marathon foreign diplomacy trip through the Pacific Rim, China and Southeast Asia beginning in Hawaii. The trip includes stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the ending in the Philippines on Nov. 13. “The president’s travel will underscore his commitment to longstanding United States alliances and partnerships, and reaffirm United States leadership ...

The Hawaiian judge strikes again. This issue will not go soon!  I’ve always been one who wants open dialogue on all issues. I like when someone has an opposing viewpoint and comes at it honestly. Note that word “honestly.” What I mean by that is, if you have formulated your own opinion based on fact or experience then even if ...

A Hawaiin federal judge placed a stay on President Trump’s revised travel ban just six hours before it was due to go into effect. U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson put out an emergency stop on the president’s executive order which halted immigration of nationals from six countries that can not or will not vet those seeking entrance into the United ...

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer discusses the issues of the day with the media. Likely Topics: Hawaii’s legal challenge to the new immigration order American Health Care Plan – day 2 Reports that Trump’s OMB considering cuts to Coast Guard, TSA, FEMA to pay for wall

Hawaii state attorneys will take legal action on Wednesday against the new Trump immigration order. A filing on Tuesday stated Hawaii’s intention of filing a motion on Wednesday seeking a restraining order against the immigration executive order signed by President Trump on Monday. The legal action is similar to the motion filed by Washington state on the previous immigration order ...

Obama sues the Little Sisters Of The Poor for practicing their religious ban on abortion, takes them to court and abuses them in public for their long-held and much-respected principles, but when Russia hacks into the various data bases we either suspect or know they’ve invaded, and when Russia invades Crimea against all international agreements, and when Russia annihilates tens ...

The ninth circuit sees nothing wrong with it's multi-million dollar junket to Hawaii.

President Obama announced a 17-day long vacation to Hawaii for the holidays while almost simultaneously telling Congress to keep working through the break to pass an extension of the current Social Security revenue cut. Obama has been pushing for Congress to extend the Social Security revenue cut and increase the length of time Americans can be given unemployment insurance – ...

Despite the fragile state of our economy and in the world at large, it truly infuriating to hear Democratic members of  Congress are in Hawaii at the tax payers expense! The reason for them to be there is irrelevant, but they are in Maui staying that  Maui Beach Hotel.  The entire press staff for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is there for a ...