A group of U.S. senators say Christians are under attack throughout the world, and religious freedom needs to be reprioritized in the U.S. and abroad.

Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, a Republican who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a resolution that reasserts America’s role as a global leader for religious liberty.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Reported ICE activity sent concerned citizens racing to Knollwood Mall last week, determined to track a convoy of unmarked vehicles carrying federal immigration agents.

It took less than half a mile for the agents to spot the tail.

One agent accelerated, then slammed on his brakes — immediately causing a minor collision with ...Read more

CHICAGO — Days before a high-profile trial, a federal judge Thursday barred prosecutors from bringing in evidence that a Chicago man charged with putting a bounty on Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s head had ties to the Latin Kings.

In her order, U.S. District Judge Joan Lefkow said that without direct evidence showing Juan Espinoza ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A nationwide drop in overdose deaths may be driven by a collapse of the international fentanyl supply chain in 2023, a Maryland criminologist in world drug markets reported in the journal Science, Jan. 8.

“We were trying to understand why fentanyl overdose deaths, after rising rapidly for a decade, in mid 2023 suddenly turned ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A new wave of angry protests erupted in Minneapolis after a federal agent shot and wounded a Venezuelan immigrant during an arrest attempt Wednesday night on the city’s North Side.

The reignited tensions brought fresh pleas for calm from elected officials in a city on edge for more than a week over the fatal shooting of Renee ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Cases of a potentially lethal fungus have stabilized in Nevada, according to public health officials, who urge continued vigilance against the drug-resistant “superbug.”

Nevada’s first case of Candida auris was detected in Las Vegas in August 2021. By 2022, Southern Nevada was experiencing the largest outbreaks in the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Tensions boiled over Tuesday night at a West Bank Business Association public safety meeting, where residents and Democratic politicians voiced fears that an upcoming “March Against Minnesota Fraud” could lead to harassment of Somali community members.

The march, planned for Saturday afternoon at Minneapolis City Hall, is ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Student attendance has dropped sharply in several Twin Cities school districts as families keep children home amid heightened fear over increasing federal immigration enforcement.

With 3,000 federal agents reportedly headed to Minnesota in what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security calls the largest immigration enforcement ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas A&M graduate professor was told by the school’s government and public service department that his Ethics in Public Policy class was canceled three days into the spring 2026 semester.

The university alleges professor Leonard Bright refused to submit information needed to be exempt from a new rule on teaching ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — California officials are issuing warnings about a new flu strain that is increasing flu-related cases and hospitalizations statewide, with public health experts across the nation echoing the alerts.

A newly emerged influenza A strain, H3N2 subclade K, is already wreaking havoc globally and is affecting hospitals and clinics in ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis used his final State of the State speech to highlight achievements made on housing, education and transportation over his tenure, work that he said would continue through his final year.

He delivered his speech to a joint session of the Colorado legislature on Thursday as lawmakers grapple with a major budget gap as ...Read more

President Donald Trump met Thursday with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado at the White House, highlighting a dual-track U.S. strategy that combines outreach to opposition figures with heavy pressure on Venezuela’s interim government through oil sanctions, maritime enforcement and tightly managed economic incentives.

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MIAMI — The city of Doral, Florida, will rename a section of an avenue in honor of María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who was barred from running in her country’s 2024 presidential election and later awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her long-standing defense of democratic rights.

The resolution to rename Northwest...Read more

NEW YORK — An appeals court dealt a blow to Columbia graduate and pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil on Thursday in his legal battle against the Trump administration, reversing a New Jersey judge’s order freeing him from detention while he fights the government’s efforts to deport him.

The split two-to-one decision by the 3rd Circuit ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Several groups at the University of Pennsylvania representing Jewish students, faculty, and staff are seeking to protect their names and personal information from being turned over to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which is suing Penn to get it.

The EEOC in November filed legal action after the Ivy League ...Read more

Republican Rep. Don Bacon indicated there could be bipartisan support to impeach President Donald Trump for a third time if he invades Greenland.

Days after the Trump administration attacked Venezuela and took its leader into custody, the president began expressing renewed interest in acquiring Greenland. Polls overwhelmingly show Greenland ...Read more

A nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to Live It Up Super Greens diet supplement powder has sickened 45 people, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Twelve of the 45 people were hospitalized for their illnesses, but no one has died in the outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control said in a statement.

Live It Up, the brand behind the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As global officials confirm that 2025 was Earth’s third-hottest year on record, a new poll shows Americans are sharply divided over the role of science in the United States.

A report published Thursday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that a majority of Americans want the U.S. to be a world leader in science, but ...Read more

The White House has reportedly stashed millions of dollars from sales of Venezuelan oil in Qatari banks since the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro, raising huge questions about how the money will be allocated and if Congress and the American public will have a say.

An estimated $500 million from the first Venezuelan oil sales has already been...Read more