KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Blue Springs School District will not need to pay more than $4 million to a transgender student who was denied access to male-designated bathrooms and locker rooms while enrolled, despite a jury ruling in the student’s favor.

Tuesday’s ruling comes as the latest blow in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Missouri Rep. Billy Long won confirmation Thursday to be the next commissioner of the IRS, leading an agency that will play a key role in administering new tax breaks if Congress passes the “big, beautiful” reconciliation package.

Included in that package could be tax exemptions for tips and overtime, a top priority of...Read more

Federal agents forcibly removed U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla from a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday in Los Angeles, taking him to the ground and handcuffing him, according to the California Democrat’s office and videos posted online.

The incident prompted Democratic lawmakers to call for an investigation...Read more

President Donald Trump signed legislation seeking to rescind California’s ambitious auto emission standards, including a landmark rule that would’ve eventually barred sales of new gas-only cars in California by 2035.

In a bill signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, Trump slammed California’s planned zero-...Read more

Six congressional Republicans raised concerns to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week about its enforcement strategies — and whether ICE is still prioritizing the deportation of criminals.

In the Wednesday letter sent to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, the six members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference expressed concerns �...Read more

Vandals torched 11 NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said.

The brazen act of vandalism happened just hours after protesters held a “Speak Out” at the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Ave. and Bleecker St. in Bushwick, decrying the cops for their treatment ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was detained and handcuffed Thursday morning by the U.S. Secret Service at Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles.

Padilla attempted to interrupt a press conference with Department of Homeland Security officials, including Noem, who was discussing local immigration ...Read more

BOSTON — Disgraced Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who was convicted last month on federal corruption charges, said she has officially resigned and that her last day will be on Independence Day.

“Today, I want to share with you that I have officially submitted my letter of resignation,” Fernandes Anderson said Thursday in ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has reportedly been active in the Central Coast and the San Joaquin Valley, particularly in agricultural areas with farm fields and packinghouses, like Tulare, Fresno and Ventura counties.

In Fresno County, workers reported seeing federal agents and Border Patrol trucks in fields near ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Two San Diego legal-service providers and 11 foreign nationals who wish to seek asylum in the United States filed a federal lawsuit this week in San Diego arguing the Trump administration has illegally shut down access to asylum at ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border.

The class-action claims largely revolve around ...Read more

NEW YORK — Chaos in the jury room led a judge Thursday to call a mistrial for the one remaining charge against disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, a rape allegation by one-time actress Jessica Mann a day after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting her in his Manhattan retrial.

After an eight-week trial in Manhattan Supreme Court, ...Read more

First, the Department of Justice, now the Johnson County Commission in Kansas. Former Jan. 6 defendant Will Pope has fought both. And won.

Pope, who represented himself in his Capitol riot case — and whose criminal charges were dismissed by President Donald Trump on his first day in office — has emerged victorious in a battle with the Board...Read more

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has a message for President Donald Trump: keep your hands off the state National Guard.

In an interview Wednesday with The Washington Post, Shapiro said local and state law enforcement will keep any protests in the Keystone State peaceful without federal or U.S. military meddling.

He accused Trump of sparking "...Read more

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was detained and forcibly removed by the U.S. Secret Service during a press conference by Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on Thursday, another sign of heightening tensions over Trump’s immigration raids across California.

Padilla was in the federal building to ...Read more

BOSTON — A JetBlue plane veered off a Boston Logan runway Thursday, and the airport temporarily stopped all departures.

The arriving JetBlue aircraft “experienced an irregular landing” at Logan, according to Massachusetts State Police. The plane went into the grass while turning off the runway.

JetBlue Flight 312 — an Airbus A220 that ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Amid a storm of protest and arrests in downtown Los Angeles, immigration authorities appear to be intensifying operations across Southern California as federal officials vow to press ahead with a crackdown on workers and residents without proper documents.

The immigration sweeps have spread fear and uncertainty across the region...Read more

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was detained and handcuffed Thursday morning by the U.S. Secret Service at Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles.

Padilla attempted to interrupt a press conference with Department of Homeland Security officials, including Noem, who was discussing local immigration ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Thursday admitted his immigration crackdown is hurting farms and hotels that rely heavily on undocumented immigrants for low-wage labor.

As immigration protests spread from Los Angeles to other cities, Trump said he would consider tweaking his harsh mass deportation policy to spare the crucial agriculture and ...Read more

NEW YORK — Vandals torched eight NYPD police cars in a Brooklyn parking lot down the street from a police stationhouse early Thursday, police said.

The brazen act of vandalism happened just hours after protesters held a “Speak Out” at the 83rd Precinct stationhouse on Knickerbocker Avenue and Bleecker Street in Bushwick, decrying the cops...Read more