President Donald Trump trashed Sen. Chris Van Hollen as a “fool” and a “grandstander” on Friday for meeting with wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia in his homeland of El Salvador.

The president called out the Maryland Democrat for negotiating an attention-grabbing sit-down with Abrego Garcia after delicate talks with the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — In a roughly minute-long phone call to Dauphin County 911, the man accused of setting three fires in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official residence told dispatchers Pennsylvania’s chief executive needed to leave his family and friends alone.

“Gov. Josh Shapiro needs to know that Cody Balmer will not take part in his plans for ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A former commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police who later served as chief of security for the National Football League will conduct an independent security review of the arson attack on the governor’s mansion in Harrisburg, the current head of the state police announced Friday.

Jeffrey B. Miller, who led the state ...Read more

ATLANTA — A Friday shootout in Fulton County left a suspected gunman dead and injured two officers, who were taken to the hospital, where one is in critical condition, officials said.

The shooting prompted a heavy police presence at a motel near the Fulton airport and blocked Fulton Industrial Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The ...Read more

DETROIT — A search warrant affidavit for the West Bloomfield home where three siblings died in a fire in February revealed that the first 911 call came from the family's 16-year-old daughter, who told authorities, "There's no way for us to get out."

The affidavit sheds new light on the Feb. 2 fire that killed Hannah, Jeremiah and Jacob Oliora...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is embracing its legal fight over the fate of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man accused of gang membership who was deported to El Salvador last month, stating he is "not coming back" despite repeated judicial orders directing the administration to return him.

The case has fueled concern among Democrats and ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Multiple South Carolina churches are taking their parent denomination to the S.C. Supreme Court to try to get out from under its jurisdiction and keep their church holdings intact.

The lawsuit was filed this week by the Methodist Church of Simpsonville, with its pastor and chair of the church council named as individual ...Read more

DULLES, Va. — Appearing emotional and tired, Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen arrived back in the United States on Friday afternoon, marking his return from a trip to El Salvador where he met with mistakenly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Van Hollen told reporters that, despite his ordeal, Abrego Garcia was most concerned about his family. The ...Read more

With final approval by the Indiana House Thursday, the Indiana-Illinois border bill passed both chambers of the Indiana legislature and heads to Gov. Mike Braun’s desk for signature into law.

Braun intends to sign the bill, said governor’s office spokesman Griffin Reid Thursday.

When asked about the governor’s response to the bill, Reid ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The pounding of fists on the governor’s bedroom door was loud and urgent. The mansion was on fire, a state trooper yelled, and Pennsylvania’s first family needed to get out immediately.

Gov. Josh Shapiro and his wife, Lori, jumped out of bed and rushed from room to room to wake their four children, two dogs, and their ...Read more

BOSTON — Accused murderer Karen Read’s defense team won’t be able to suggest during their opening statement that injuries to victim John O’Keefe were caused by anyone inside the home on whose lawn he died on 2022 if the prosecution has its way.

“The Commonwealth moves for an order that defense counsel refrain from claiming in their ...Read more

DETROIT — Local and state health officials confirmed Thursday that Michigan is experiencing its first measles outbreak since 2019.

An outbreak is defined as three or more related cases, which has been confirmed in Montcalm County, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Mid-Michigan District Health Department...Read more

BOSTON — Disgraced Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson Zoom-bombed a meeting devoted to whether the city should waive a special election upon her resignation, saying the debate was “moot” as she isn’t departing her $120,000 role anytime soon.

Fernandes Anderson, who has agreed to plead guilty to federal corruption charges on ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jailed hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs lost a bid to delay his upcoming sex-trafficking trial at a hearing Friday, where a judge also said he would allow some of his accusers to testify anonymously.

Manhattan Federal Judge Arun Subramanian denied as untimely the request for a two-month extension filed Wednesday by the rapper�...Read more

The Trump administration is hinging its argument that the mistakenly deported Maryland man, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, was an MS-13 gang member based on an anonymous tip and him wearing a Chicago Bulls hat — information contained in a 2019 police report.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi posted a series of documents on X on Wednesday, including a “...Read more

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appointed his deputy, Michael Faulkender, as the next acting commissioner of the IRS after reports the current leader of the agency, Gary Shapley, had been installed at the urging of Elon Musk without Bessent’s knowledge.

“Trust must be brought back to the IRS,” Bessent said in a post to X ...Read more

A growing share of Americans believe the U.S. economy faces a rocky road ahead, according to new polling.

In the latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey, nearly half of respondents, 49%, said they think the economy will get worse. This is up from 33% in December and 17% in October, marking a dramatic increase in pessimism in just six months.

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The Trump administration announced Friday that it has begun to release thousands of pages of classified documents on Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination — a move that is almost certain to fuel renewed speculation about a pivotal moment in Los Angeles and U.S. history.

President Donald Trump’s release of the files is ...Read more

NEW YORK — A pair of killings in New York City bodegas has led workers to demand panic buttons be installed in their stores to alert police to any emergency, advocates said Friday.

Fernando Mateo of the United Bodegas of America said state and city officials have promised to fund the panic buttons, but the money hasn’t materialized.

“In ...Read more

The Trump administration announced Friday that it has begun to release thousands of pages of classified documents on Democratic Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination — a move that is almost certain to fuel renewed speculation about a pivotal moment in Los Angeles and U.S. history.

President Donald Trump's release of the files is backed ...Read more