WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Tuesday largely applauded Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger for the department’s work keeping the campus safe, despite a string of recently disclosed security lapses involving staff and members of the public.

Manger was called to testify before the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee on steps taken ...Read more

As flood threats rise, wetlands across South Carolina could play an important role in fending off high water before it soaks homes, businesses, roads and other property that people depend on.

But wetlands that control flooding and shelter wildlife are in substantial jeopardy as a result of a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited federal ...Read more

DENVER — Newly retired White River National Forest supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams says he wants to take “the high road” when discussing challenges facing the agency in the aftermath of federal employee firings mandated by the Trump Administration, but he concedes they are worrisome.

After 35 years with the forest service, the last 15 as ...Read more

ATLANTA — Transgender student-athletes in Georgia could soon be blocked from playing K-12 and college team sports based on their “self-identification.”

A House panel passed Senate Bill 1 on Tuesday, which would keep students at public K-12 schools and universities from participating in single-sex team sports according to their gender ...Read more

In a scathing report into the $1.8 billion accounting error where a Senate Finance panel recommended removal of Treasurer Curtis Loftis, senators alleged the treasurer is in violation of federal law.

The report, as expected, recommended the removal of Loftis for willful neglect of duty. It is a move that would requires a two-thirds vote of each...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An effort to ban Florida public schools from serving students ultra-processed foods, such as sugary drinks and artificially colored snacks, hit a snag in a state Senate committee on Tuesday after facing pushback from the industry that sells those products.

“There is a lot of money at stake,” Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Democrats alleged “bedlam” at the Social Security Administration, President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the agency denied he has intervened to help install officials backed by billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting organization.

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, nominee Frank Bisignano was ...Read more

Beginning in 2026, Kansans who vote by mail can expect more doubt about whether the ballots they cast will be counted by election officials.

The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature on Tuesday overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill eliminating the three-day grace period for late-arriving mail ballots that lawmakers of both ...Read more

Idaho residents can expect to see more property tax relief after Gov. Brad Little signs a bill into law that would cut $100 million in taxes a year.

Little on Tuesday in a news release said he plans to sign House Bill 304, which would direct $50 million each year toward a fund that would distribute the property tax savings to residents for ...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s parliament approved the state budget for this year, boosting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after days of market turmoil related to the conflict in Gaza and the government trying to fire top officials.

A majority of 66 members of the Knesset signed off on the bill versus 52 who objected. If the budget had ...Read more

A coalition of fiscal watchdog groups are warning that President Donald Trump’s signature first-term tax plan must be renewed to avoid serious financial consequences for New England families.

Not renewing the tax law before many of its provisions expire at the end of the year will cost taxpayers thousands of dollars each year, according to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Republicans criticized the legislative process during a marathon floor session Tuesday as the Maryland House of Delegates sifted through nearly 300 amendments to the state’s major budget bills.

“We’re shut out,” House Minority Whip Jesse Pippy, a Frederick County Republican, said during a debate on the proposed state ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth’s text chain shared with a journalist divulging national security plans resulted in calls for his resignation just months into his tenure leading the Pentagon.

Democrats called for a full investigation into what happened — and some for Hegseth’s and President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike ...Read more

Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire businessman whose hospitality and entertainment empire includes several casino hotels in Nevada, is giving up the reins of his company to take a role in the Trump administration.

Fertitta plans to resign from his role as chief executive officer of Fertitta Entertainment LLC if his nomination for U.S. ambassador ...Read more

Border czar Tom Homan has vowed to return to the Bay State as there is more “work to do” after last week’s “enhanced operation” that saw federal authorities sweep up nearly 400 “illegal aliens,” which he said included “many” collateral arrests.

Speaking to reporters in Washington on Tuesday, Homan said he didn’t know how ...Read more

WASHINGTON — National security adviser Mike Waltz expressed bewilderment Tuesday about how a prominent journalist was added to a text thread of high-level Trump administration officials a day after a report implicated him as the offender.

Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, wrote that Waltz had connected with him earlier this ...Read more

Gov. Tim Walz Tuesday announced that he will require state workers to be in the office at least 50% of their workdays beginning around June 1.

The governor noted that the policy change supports the economic vitality of office districts like downtown St. Paul, which depend on foot traffic back to businesses and public spaces that public ...Read more

The University of Caliornia, Davis School of Law dissolved the Law Student Association after it passed a resolution that would institute an association-wide academic and fiscal boycott of Israel for its “ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine.”

UC Davis School of Law Dean Jessica Berg announced Monday that UC Davis suspended ...Read more

CHICAGO — Would-be reformers are firing back against Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, arguing ethics changes targeting the city’s Law Department can move forward.

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg first proposed the changes last month in an effort to bolster her office’s investigative independence. The mayor-controlled ...Read more