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MINNEAPOLIS — Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis on Saturday chased off a small group of far-right activists who had planned to march through a largely immigrant neighborhood after the killing of Renee Good b…
Washington, President Donald Trump publicly announced this week the formation of a Board of Peace to oversee Gaza reconstruction, officially naming Tony Blair, Marco Rubio, Ajay Banga, Jared Kushner and others to an exec…
RICHMOND, Va. Abigail Spanberger was officially sworn in Saturday as Virginia's 75th governor, becoming the first woman elected to lead the commonwealth after defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in November. Her ina…
Washington officials urged PJM Interconnection Friday to hold an emergency auction to accelerate construction of more than $15 billion in baseload generation to meet rising demand from data centers and reduce reliability…
Santa Ana, Calif. A federal judge on Thursday dismissed the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit seeking voter registration data from California, calling the request 'unprecedented and illegal.' Oregon received a tentative…
Washington, United States. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he will pardon former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez, a White House official said. Vázquez pleaded guilty last August to a federal campaign f…
Sacramento, Governor Gavin Newsom hosted Ben Shapiro on his podcast Thursday, addressing criticism after his press office labeled an ICE-related fatal shooting STATE. SPONSORED. TERRORISM. Newsom told Shapiro he agrees I…
Portland, Maine — Maine officials responded after Portland Mayor Mark Dion said federal immigration agents may arrive within two weeks, information from a federal official. Governor Janet Mills condemned potential operat…
Washington, a federal judge on Thursday allowed construction to resume on Equinor’s Empire Wind project off New York while he reviews the government’s suspension order, dealing a legal setback to the Trump administration…
Columbus, Ohio — Former ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan resigned Thursday to run for Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, publicly challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Campaign materials and launch video…
RICHMOND, Va. House Democrats advanced four constitutional amendments that would enshrine abortion protections, restore voting rights to people with felony convictions, remove a defunct ban on same-sex marriage and permi…
ATLANTA, Governor Brian Kemp outlined priorities in his final State of the State address Thursday, urging lawmakers to approve multi billion dollar investments in transportation, affordability, energy and education. He p…
Washington: The House and Senate advanced and passed bipartisan spending packages this week to avert a government shutdown on Jan. 30. House leaders approved a two-bill package Wednesday, voting 341 to 79, sending fundin…
Santa Cruz, California — City officials voted Tuesday to terminate a contract with Flock Safety, the automated license plate reader vendor, directing staff to seek alternative ALPR solutions. In Connecticut, Bridgeport c…
Washington — On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury announced sanctions targeting five Iranian officials and 18 people or companies tied to a shadow-banking network, accusing them of orchestrating and financing a nationwide crac…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Southern Command said U.S. forces apprehended Motor/Tanker Veronica in a pre-dawn Caribbean operation on Jan.15, marking the sixth sanctioned vessel seized under a Trump administration quarantine on Ven…
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy military forces to Minnesota after protests erupted over Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations following a fatal …
Washington, President Donald Trump hosted Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House on Thursday to discuss Venezuela's political and economic future. The meeting followed a Jan. 3 U.S. special …
Minneapolis, federal and local authorities and lawmakers responded this week after a Jan. 7 federal agent fatally shot Renee Good, a 37-year-old mother. Federal enforcement surged following a late-November operation that…
Washington — President Donald Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act Wednesday, allowing schools in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% milk alongside low‑fat and skim alternatives. Congress…
MINNEAPOLIS — A judge on Wednesday granted the Trump administration additional time to respond to a request to pause aggressive immigration enforcement in Minnesota, while the Pentagon sought military lawyers to assist f…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department announced this week it will suspend processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries, effective Jan. 21, citing concerns that new arrivals could become public charges. The…
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, appointed in December as U.S. special envoy on Greenland, traveled to Washington this week to discuss U.S.-Greenland relations after prior comments about seizing the island …
San Francisco — California authorities launched an investigation this week into xAI after its Grok chatbot generated sexually explicit and non‑consensual images of women and children. Advocacy groups urged Apple and Goog…
Washington — An AP-NORC poll conducted Jan. 8–11 found 56% of U.S. adults say President Donald Trump has gone too far using the U.S. military to intervene abroad, and roughly 4 in 10 approve of his overall performance. T…