MINNEAPOLIS — The widow of Renee Good has asked a court to order the federal government to hand over the vehicle her spouse was driving when she was fatally shot by an immigration agent in January.

In a motion filed Friday, April 24, Rebecca Good argued the U.S. government’s refusal to turn over her and her late wife’s Honda Pilot ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed a lower court ruling that found Texas’ new congressional map was likely an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, pointing to the high court’s unsigned order last year allowing the map to go into effect.

Monday’s one-paragraph order cements a new GOP-drawn congressional map for ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Virginia Supreme Court grappled Monday over the validity of the legislative process leading to last week’s redistricting referendum, during oral arguments in one of the challenges to the commonwealth’s new congressional map.

An eventual decision on the lawsuit from Virginia Republican legislative leaders could determine ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s biblical rhetoric and prominent religious tattoos have long been decried by some as signals of Christian nationalism and crusader ideology.

But in recent months, as Hegseth became the face of the Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran, scrutiny of the Forest Lake native’s ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday unveiled an aggressive Republican redistricting plan aimed at flipping four seats from Democrats in the upcoming midterm congressional elections.

With President Trump’s GOP allies clinging to a narrow majority, DeSantis is hoping to help Republicans hold on to the House of Representatives by restoring a ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania does not have to release names of people affiliated with Jewish organizations on its campus to a federal agency while it is appealing a judge’s order, a judge ruled Monday.

Judge Gerald J. Pappert granted Penn a stay in the order he issued in late March that said Penn must comply with a subpoena...Read more

First Lady Melania Trump trashed late night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday for mocking her as an “expectant widow” just two days before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was marred by a shooting attack.

Melania Trump called on ABC to take unspecified action to punish the funny man for the tasteless remark, even though it was clearly ...Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Poor weather took out Monday what would have been the first SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch since 2024, but SpaceX has a backup available Tuesday morning, although SpaceX has yet to confirm when it will retry.

When it does launch, Central Florida could be in store for pair of double sonic booms with the planned returned ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota lawmakers may create a new unit within the State Patrol to protect constitutional officers, Supreme Court justices and legislators after last summer’s deadly attack on two lawmakers.

The change is among many safety measures legislators are considering following the assassination of former House Speaker Melissa ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A California man is being charged with trying to kill U.S. President Donald Trump during an attack on a Washington gala dinner over the weekend.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, made his first appearance in federal court on Monday. He is also being charged with gun offenses.

Wearing a blue jump suit and flanked by two public defenders, ...Read more

First lady Melania Trump excoriated ABC and Jimmy Kimmel, describing the late-night comedian as a “coward” whose words “are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.”

The first lady called on ABC to take action against Kimmel in a Monday morning post on the X platform.

On his show late last week, Kimmel mocked ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is considering whether to revise Secret Service protocols for large events attended by President Donald Trump, despite his satisfaction with the agency’s performance during a shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner over the weekend, his press secretary told reporters Monday.

The Secret Service ...Read more

WASHINGTON — King Charles III has arrived in the United States for a visit fraught with doubts about the future of Britain’s so-called special relationship with America and fresh security concerns in the wake of the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

The British monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, landed at Joint Base ...Read more

The White House said U.S. officials are discussing Iran’s latest proposal but maintained red lines on any deal to end the eight-week war, including preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday that President Donald Trump had convened a meeting of national security ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, faces three criminal charges — including attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump, punishable with up to life in prison — in relation to his allegedly exchanging gunfire with federal officials at the White House Correspondents Association dinner Saturday night, according to ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday released a redistricting proposal that could give the Republican Party four more seats in Congress.

His plan, released to Fox News before it was sent to lawmakers, would leave Tampa Bay without any Democratic seats.

Only four seats out of Florida’s 28 — District 10, in Central ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials are asking the public for help to find what killed five bald eagles in the Upper Peninsula.

The eagles' carcasses were found between April 3 and April 17 in a single area of Garden Peninsula in Delta County, the department said Monday. The peninsula is bordered by Big Bay de Noc to ...Read more

First lady Melania Trump trashed late night host Jimmy Kimmel on Monday for mocking her as an “expectant widow” just two days before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was marred by a shooting attack.

Melania Trump called on ABC to take unspecified action to punish the funny man for the tasteless remark, even though it was clearly ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicagoans overwhelmingly opposed last fall’s federal immigration crackdown and the aggressive tactics used to carry it out, and amid President Donald Trump’s deep unpopularity among city residents, most residents are concerned he will deploy federal agents near polling places in November, a new poll shows.

The Suffolk ...Read more

Mali’s defense minister was killed in a suicide attack on his home on Saturday, during a coordinated assault by an al-Qaida affiliate across several locations in the West African country.

Sadio Camara’s assailants struck his residence near a military barracks close to the capital, Bamako, with a car bomb, Interior Minister Issa ​Ousmane �...Read more