DETROIT — A statement by U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon likening a group of pro-Palestinian protesters facing federal charges to Adolf Hitler is "very concerning," a judge said while reminding prosecutors about the risk of tainting a prospective jury pool in a case involving an alleged conspiracy to terrorize members of the Jewish community and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, roughly one week after the unpopular Iran war the Pentagon chief championed fueled a midterm defeat for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

Massie launched his new bid to oust Hegseth on Monday as the House of Representatives ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s senior immigration official testified Monday that he wanted to rectify a series of illegal arrests when he ordered his staff to re-detain people as soon as they were released from an Aurora detention facility, a practice he has since ended after it, too, was deemed unlawful.

Nathan Rasper, the acting director for Denver�...Read more

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has sent the company’s stock plunging, become a focus of internal and government investigations and is now threatening to reverberate across the AI industry.

Nvidia shares slid as much as 8.8% on Monday, at one point erasing nearly $400 billion in market...Read more

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — After a yearlong election dispute, a new Hamtramck mayor has been sworn into office after his opponent led the Wayne County community.

Mayor Muhith Mahmood was sworn in during a ceremony at Hamtramck High School on Sunday afternoon. He replaces Adam Alharbi, who was declared the mayor after last November's election.

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When the voice came over the plane’s PA system, it seemed familiar yet surprising: “Hello, everybody.”

“What?!” a passenger shouted, shocked. Others laughed and rose from their seats as former President Barack Obama appeared in person and welcomed the airplane of veterans to Washington before Veterans Day in 2025. They had ...Read more

Imagine sitting down with your family at a restaurant. Conversations at your table overlap with those of patrons seated nearby. Utensils clink on plates. Waitstaff weave between tables. Music plays overhead.

Many people might find the bustle of such a scene a bit annoying. However, for veterans with chronic mild traumatic brain injury...Read more

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why do farts smell so bad? – Daisy, age 7, New York, New York

A healthy person farts about 14 to 20 times each day. All together, that’s enough gas to fill a super stinky...Read more

Public lands are intricately woven into the fabric of America. Years of data confirms that a majority of Americans, regardless of their political beliefs, want public lands to remain in federal hands – though not everyone agrees on how exactly those lands should be managed. And while it’s not clear that public lands were a crucial factor ...Read more

Cancer isn’t the leading cause of death in the United States; heart disease ranks first in that regard. But it’s cancer that strikes fear into the hearts of many Americans.

Cancer can take an excruciating toll on its millions of victims and their family members. Cancer treatments are often highly toxic, and the disease is ...Read more

There were lots of surprises on the evening of Nov. 3 when the picture of the Democratic midterm success began to be painted on network news touch screens.

The maps kept getting bluer. Eventually, it was clear that this was not an ordinary midterm cycle when the party out of power slaps the wrist of the sitting president and his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Constitution protects the rights of Americans but normally does not allow them to sue federal agents for violating those rights.

This rights vs. remedies dispute has divided the Supreme Court for nearly 50 years.

It did so again Monday when the justices heard arguments on whether to throw out a lawsuit brought by a federal ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After last week’s midterm defeats saw them lose at least seven Senate seats and the majority, calls are growing among the chamber’s Republicans to delay their Tuesday morning leadership elections.

Though no hopeful has emerged — at least publicly — to challenge current Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., for the top GOP ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Coastal flooding and rip current risks remain a concern for Los Angeles and San Diego county beaches through Tuesday with a second uptick of high tides and strong surf expected later this week, according to meteorologists.

But the potential good news, forecasters say, is that areas that endured severe flooding and other coastal ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston’s Archbishop Richard Henning and other local Catholic leaders denounced Gov. Maura Healey’s emergency declaration on abortions, saying that abortions aren’t healthcare.

“Having read the Governor’s editorial defending her decision to override the results of the Repeal188 efforts, we respectfully and passionately ...Read more

President Donald Trump is sending puzzling mixed messages on immigration, admitting in a new interview that his mass deportation campaign is “too tough” while handing untold new power to Stephen Miller, the hard-line main architect of the harsh crackdown.

Trump made a very rare concession in a "60 Minutes" interview when he said he went too...Read more

President Donald Trump, whose mass deportation mandate upended the lives of many families and stripped thousands of deportation protections and work permits, now says he may have gone too far with his strict immigration enforcement policies and ultimately hurt himself in the midterms.

“I think it might be too tough. Yeah,” he said in a "60 ...Read more

MIAMI — More people are getting influenza earlier in the season this year than in previous years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But you can still get vaccinated as the numbers pick up.

“As temperatures drop and people spend more time indoors with their loved ones and coworkers, respiratory viruses like flu ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Although they were exempted from Amendment 3, Florida public schools fear they could soon lose their on-campus police officers to the just-passed proposal to slash property taxes, as the local sheriff’s and police departments who provide those officers struggle to balance their shrinking budgets.

Since 2018, Florida has ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday that City Hall will perform a thorough review of the Department of Education’s hiring of the public school aide accused of stabbing Brooklyn jogger Katie Suarez to death — as questions mount on how Sayed Mohassib was able to work with students despite his troubled background.

“I have directed ...Read more