BALTIMORE — Nearly two years after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland officials say reconstruction is accelerating and on the verge of entering full-scale construction.

Speaking at the Port of Baltimore on Tuesday, Gov. Wes Moore said the Key Bridge rebuild is the “fastest-moving large project in the country,” adding ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota has sued the Trump administration, accusing its top law enforcement agencies of withholding evidence from the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis to protect agents in Operation Metro Surge from potential criminal charges.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, March 24, in U.S....Read more

WASHINGTON — Robert Malone, an ideological ally of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee following a court ruling that effectively nullified the panel.

Malone was one of several picks by Kennedy in a controversial reworking...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The state of Minnesota has sued the Trump administration, accusing its top law enforcement agencies of withholding evidence from the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis to protect agents in Operation Metro Surge from potential criminal charges.

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, March 24, in U.S....Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrived at Philadelphia International Airport, one day after they were deployed at other airports across the country.

At the Terminal D security checkpoint Tuesday morning, at least a dozen ICE agents wearing tactical vests with “POLICE ICE” emblazoned on the back stood in ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday said there were “real failures” in the nation’s immigration system that led to the fatal shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman last week, and added that while fixes need to be made to the system, that responsibility lies with the administration of President Donald Trump.

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WASHINGTON — In his sudden pivot to negotiations toward a deal with Iran, President Donald Trump has contradicted his own recent statements while declaring Tuesday that “regime change” had been achieved.

The U.S. commander in chief told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that Iranian leaders were “all gone,” adding, “Nobody ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Animal activists are offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of whoever is shooting donkeys with arrows in the Inland Empire.

“If you have any information that could lead to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the person or persons responsible, please come forward. Even the smallest detail ...Read more

Even as Haitian security forces make some progress in clearing roads and deploying armored vehicles into previously inaccessible neighborhoods, Haitians living under gang control continue to be subjected to harsh punishment and enforcement tactics, a new United Nations human-rights report details.

In some cases, victims are subjected to gang-...Read more

U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is spearheading a bipartisan effort to prohibit prediction markets from allowing sports betting.

The legislation, introduced Monday, seeks to stop the federally regulated platforms from allowing wagers that resemble a sports bet or casino-style game. These platforms, or online prediction markets, have surged in ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued to stop Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco from seizing more than 600,000 ballots in the 2025 statewide special election after the Republican sheriff claimed voter fraud.

Bonta filed an emergency petition with the state 4th Court of Appeals on Monday to stop Bianco, a candidate...Read more

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced Tuesday that her government will send a diplomatic delegation to Washington later this week to launch a new phase of political and diplomatic dialogue with the United States, as the Trump administration moves to facilitate the reopening of the Latin American nation’s diplomatic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signaled that Iran had offered a “present” as a show of good faith in negotiations the U.S. leader has claimed are ongoing to end a 25-day conflict that’s upended global markets, even as he deploys more troops to the Middle East.

Trump wouldn’t detail the gift, “worth a tremendous amount of money,...Read more

CHICAGO — The Trump administration must temporarily unfreeze almost $2 billion in federal funds for the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line Extension project, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Ruling from the bench, federal judge Thomas M. Durkin granted the CTA’s request for a temporary restraining order in a case the mass transit agency ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Port Authority fire truck that got into a fatal crash with an Air Canada jet landing at LaGuardia Airport didn’t have transponders installed that could have helped air traffic controllers better track its movements, NTSB investigators said Tuesday.

While radio transmissions made it clear the fire truck and several other ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court on Tuesday to rule that it may block migrants from applying for asylum at ports of entry along the southern border.

The administration's lawyers argued that the right to asylum, which arose in response to Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, does not extend to those who are stopped just...Read more

NASA unveiled a new vision for its near-term future Tuesday, including construction of a complete moon base, a major increase in robotic missions and a nuclear-powered spacecraft to bring a slew of helicopters to Mars.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman revealed the plans during a daylong session dubbed “Ignite” held in Washington, ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s HIV-positive patients will continue to be able to rely on the state for help getting medication for the next few months, thanks to a last-minute scramble from the Florida Legislature that Gov. Ron DeSantis approved Tuesday.

Around 12,000 Floridians faced removal from the state’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said Tuesday there's "no truth" in a viral social media post that claimed he had inside knowledge of a Democratic plot to rig the 2020 presidential election in Michigan.

"It's fake," Kilpatrick wrote in a text message to The Detroit News. "Never happened."

A lengthy X post from an ...Read more