NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani upped the ante in a simmering showdown with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday, threatening budget cuts if she does not move forward with his plan to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers or fork over to the city a larger share of state money.

If Hochul doesn’t grant any of those asks, then “all it leaves the city ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — School officials in Fairfield canceled a planned visit by U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon after the district said there was pushback from parents about her visit.

McMahon, a Connecticut resident, was scheduled to visit McKinley Elementary School on Friday morning as part of the U.S. Education Department’s “...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even before two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed protester and nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, California lawmakers were lining up bills to push back on the agency for the second year in a row.

With Pretti’s death, however, and the earlier killing of protester Renee Good by ...Read more

NEW YORK — A man pretending to be an FBI agent showed up at the Brooklyn jail holding Luigi Mangione and claimed he had an order to r elease the alleged CEO killer, according to law enforcement sources.

The fake fed, identified as Mark Anderson, 36, walked into the intake section of the MDC Brooklyn jail in Sunset Park Wednesday night, ...Read more

The Indiana legislative session has almost reached the halfway point with major bills advancing at quick pace this week and shifting from one chamber to the other for consideration.

The Senate concluded its session Thursday with all bills on third reading passing. The House took the day off Monday, due to the inclement weather, so its deadlines...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A widely shared image of federal agents surrounding ICU nurse Alex Pretti as one agent holds a gun to the back of his head appears as real as it does horrific.

But a closer look at the photo reveals a headless agent. Such bodily distortion is a red flag that an image used artificial intelligence. In this case, AI enhanced a low-...Read more

Bitter disagreements and fiery exchanges marked a Michigan Senate committee hearing Thursday as lawmakers considered bills that could impede deportation efforts being carried out by President Donald Trump's administration.

One of the measures would limit officers' ability to conduct immigration enforcement actions in places like schools, ...Read more

President Trump's border policy adviser, Tom Homan, said Thursday that federal authorities would wind down immigration crackdowns in Minnesota only if agents were given access to jails to seize undocumented immigrants for deportation.

Speaking to reporters publicly for the first time since arriving Minnesota on Monday after Border Patrol agents...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Teresa Fox and Arwyn Birch were on a Costco run the morning of Jan. 24.

The owners of Nicollet Avenue’s Glam Doll Donuts were walking the aisles when they got a message from the staff: ICE agents were on their street. They ditched their half-filled carts and ran to their car. As they were on the way to the store they opened ...Read more

Melania Trump says her adult son Barron, who turns 20 in March, still requires full-time motherly love.

The first lady made the comment while promoting her new documentary, “Melania,” which features her in the weeks leading up to her husband’s second inauguration last year.

“You need to be there for a child nonstop, especially when ...Read more

WASHINGTON — California officials, Democrats and civil rights groups told the Supreme Court on Thursday the state should be able to use its new congressional map in the midterm elections this fall, arguing the lines were drawn for political rather than racial reasons.

The filings were in response to an appeal from the state Republican Party ...Read more

From coast to coast, groups of people are springing up to protect members of their communities as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents threaten them with violent enforcement.

In Portland, Oregon, community volunteers have delivered food boxes to migrant families scared to leave their homes. In Portland, Maine, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An Anaheim woman, after five months on the run, has been captured in Mexico and returned to Orange County to face murder charges in the decapitation of her boyfriend.

Alyssa Marie Lira, 23, faces charges of murder and felony enhancement of personal use of a weapon in the slaying of 55-year-old Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal, whose ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota draws backlash from around the nation, a federal judge is examining a claim that the operation was never about law enforcement.

Rather, state and local officials argue, it’s about Trump’s desire for political retribution. A lawsuit seeking to end the operation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was in deal-maker mode Thursday, declaring that an agreement on government funding was “close” and setting the terms of employment for his coming Federal Reserve chair nominee.

Amid the ongoing fallout from federal immigration agents shooting dead a protester Saturday in Minneapolis, Trump huddled with ...Read more

DENVER — A man who tried to run over two women he believed were lesbians in 2023 will spend two decades in prison for attempted murder, according to court records.

Vitalie Oprea, 47, took a deal and pleaded guilty on Monday to attempted first-degree murder after deliberation, according to Arapahoe County court records. He was sentenced on ...Read more

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the whistleblower who triggered President Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, has already started clearing the field in the Democratic race to unseat Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody.

Jennifer Jenkins, a fellow Democrat and former Brevard County School Board member who frequently sparred with Gov. Ron ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors say that a 55-year-old man sprayed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar as she spoke on Jan. 27 at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, and that he had said in the past that he wished someone would kill her.

Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, of Minneapolis was charged on Jan. 29 in U.S. District Court with forcibly ...Read more