NEW YORK — The Trump administration signaled a renewed effort to end New York’s congestion pricing program Friday, filing an intent to appeal a March decision in Manhattan Federal Court that found federal efforts to curb the program were “an abuse of discretion.”

The two-page memo, filed midday Friday by attorneys with Trump’s ...Read more

Standing behind a placard declaring Florida “the education state,” Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed into law two measures that make it harder for teachers to collectively bargain pay and working conditions.

The first item (SB 1296) changes the rules for how unions can win and retain their certification, mandating that at least half of all...Read more

Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, announced an increase in the country’s “comprehensive minimum income” to $240 a month, a move the government described as the largest in recent years but which critics say does little to offset soaring inflation and the continued erosion of real wages.

Rodríguez, who took office ...Read more

Barry Christian, a President Donald Trump-supporting state Senate candidate in Oklahoma, was found dead in his truck two days after he seemingly disappeared, authorities said.

Christian, one of three Republicans vying for a seat in District 38, was last seen alive on Tuesday in the city of Sayre, located some 20 miles east of the Texas border, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The family of the teenage girl who was killed and dismembered, allegedly by rising musician D4vd, said they were shocked and horrified by the details revealed in court this week, according to a statement released by the family attorney.

In a court brief filed Wednesday, Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman alleged that David ...Read more

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate has advanced its version of the Protect Act, which would limit ICE capabilities and operations in the state by prohibiting agents from making civil immigration arrests in courthouses and on state-owned property and ban any new 287(g) agreements, among other things.

Those cooperative 287(g) agreements allow ...Read more

Caribbean politician Gaston Browne has won a historic fourth term as prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, leading his Labor Party to a historic landslide victory and unprecedented fourth term late Thursday night.

The party won 15 of the parliamentary seats in the eastern Caribbean island-nation in an election dominated by concerns over rising...Read more

Trouble in Palm Beach paradise?

We heard Bettina Anderson’s garden-themed bridal shower at Mar-a-Lago went swimmingly. But as far as her wedding to Donald Trump Jr., all bets are off.

According to widespread media reports, their nuptials, which were originally thought to be on the fast track, are now on pause.

Sources close to the couple ...Read more

While the idea of a special tax on millionaires is hotly debated across the country, Maine state Rep. Cheryl Golek characterized her state’s new tax as a modest and reasonable step toward fairness.

That’s because, she said, working- and middle-class households in Maine — including teachers, firefighters and nurses — are paying effective...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan judge has dismissed felony charges against a former township clerk and a prominent Republican lawyer accused of allowing a breach of sensitive voter data.

In May 2024, Attorney General Dana Nessel's office first accused lawyer Stefanie Lambert and former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott of providing an analyst ...Read more

May 1, 2026, marks the 60th day of Operation Epic Fury in Iran – a symbolically significant date designating when a president who has mounted unilateral military operations must receive Congressional approval or wind it down.

However, the complex history of the War Powers Resolution clock demonstrates it is a toothless milestone....Read more

LOS ANGELES — Sarina Hosseiny said she had never heard of Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general assassinated by the U.S. in 2020.

That is, not until this year, when threatening comments cropped up on social media claiming that she and her mother were relatives of Soleimani and were terrorists who should be deported.

The 25-year-old, who ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Animal activists are pressing the Los Angeles City Council to continue funding a program that provides exercise and play time for dogs confined in city animal shelters.

Under a $1.6 million annual contract with the city, a nonprofit group called Dogs Playing for Life ensures that shelter dogs get out of their kennels for walks, ...Read more

A bizarre pursuit unfolded along the residential streets of Oceanside, California, this week as a helicopter and half a dozen sheriff's patrol cars chased a teen whizzing away from them on an electric dirt bike.

The suspect, identified as Hunter Bellish, is accused of speeding more than 50 mph, running multiple red lights and even knocking a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As the war with Iran sends the price of virgin plastic skyward, speculation is growing as to whether recycled plastic could finally have its day after struggling for years to gain a greater foothold among manufacturers.

Not since the collapse of the global recycling market in 2018 and the COVID-19 pandemic has the world faced as...Read more

JOLIET, Ill. — Inside 25-foot high, sand-colored walls where inmates once served maximum security prison sentences and where rusty jail cells still stand, thousands gathered for an unusual afternoon ballgame Thursday.

For some, the day at the Old Joliet Prison marked the first time to see their beloved Joliet Slammers take the field this ...Read more

CHICAGO — As many as 120,000 Illinoisans could lose access to food assistance beginning Friday due to new work requirements from the federal government, according to the Illinois Department of Human Services.

To remain eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as SNAP or food stamps, “able-bodied” ...Read more

DENVER — A message carved into the shoe of the boy who shot two students and then himself at Evergreen High School last year makes clear the teenager was deeply entrenched in online extremist networks and that his radicalization was central to his attack, experts said.

The 16-year-old attacker had the phrase “ER SENDS HIS REGARDS” carved ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Experts who monitor far-right extremism have tracked a resurgence in California in recent years.

There are nearly 100 "hate and anti-government" groups in the state, including anti-vaxxers, doomsday prepper militias and old-school neo-Nazi outfits, according to the latest publicly available data from the Southern Poverty Law ...Read more