Protesters blocked highways and marched in Guatemala’s main cities on Monday after President-elect Bernardo Arévalo denounced a “coup” plot to keep him out of power.

Arévalo called on supporters to take to the streets to defend democracy after the attorney general’s office raided the electoral authority on Friday. The raid was the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday night he would seek to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership spot, dragging their feud onto the House floor and potentially putting Democrats in a position to save or sink the California Republican.

Gaetz’s declaration he would offer a privileged resolution to vacate the speaker’s chair ...Read more

NEW YORK — The criminal trial of former crypotocurrency golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried is set to begin in a Manhattan court on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old is facing a reckoning over what’s been called one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history by federal prosecutors. Bankman-Fried faces a maximum of over a century in prison for seven ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council on Monday approved a nearly $4 million settlement with the family of man who died last year after being handcuffed face-down at a convenience store.

Attorneys for the family of Ricardo Dorado Jr. say the 33-year-old father of four experienced a mental health crisis at a southwest Atlanta gas station, but it ...Read more

CHICAGO — With the number of migrant-filled buses arriving in Chicago set to hit unprecedented levels this week, Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson have ramped up pressure on President Joe Biden to do more to help local officials cope with the burgeoning humanitarian crisis.

During a call Sunday with Biden’s chief of staff, Jeff ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The accusations that sounded in the House over the weekend are only getting louder, as Republicans formally launched an effort to expel Rep. Jamaal Bowman for pulling a fire alarm. Meanwhile, officials cautioned that the alarm investigation is not done, and Bowman managed to set off another controversy over using the word “Nazi....Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz moved late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. He has said the California Republican had betrayed the GOP by reaching a deal with Democrats over the weekend to avert — for now — a government shutdown.

Under current rules, any House member may force a vote to remove the speaker. Gaetz, R-Fla....Read more

MIAMI — After a busy week filled with court filings, YNW Melly’s legal team is asking the judge to bar the prosecutor — and her colleagues — from retrying the double murder case.

The rapper’s defense lawyers last Friday urged Broward Circuit Court Judge John Murphy to recuse all employees from the State Attorney’s Office for the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The judge: “rogue.” The prosecutor: “racist.” The proceeding: “greatest witch hunt of all time.” And that was before the courtroom was gaveled to order.

The first trial of Donald Trump began Monday in New York with scenes unlike anything in U.S. history. Trump — former star of The Apprentice, and now effectively ...Read more

NEW YORK — U.S. Senator Robert Menendez will go to trial on corruption charges May 6, a month before the state’s Democratic primary.

The New Jersey Democrat and his wife face charges they protected three businessmen who showered them with gifts of gold bars, hundreds of thousands in cash, mortgage payments and a Mercedes convertible.

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NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar financial fraud trial kicked off in Manhattan on Monday with the former president spending the day scowling at the defense table and watching his lawyers fight for his business legacy.

Kevin Wallace, a lawyer for New York Attorney General Letitia James, told presiding Judge Arthur Engoron that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, whose civil fraud trial started this week in New York after his failed bid to push it back, now has his eye on delaying fast-approaching deadlines in the federal criminal cases against him in Washington and Florida.

The former president is asking judges to reshape the calendars in both cases. Prosecutors are calling...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Penn Museum is significantly changing how it displays and handles human remains. In an updated policy, the museum has announced that it will no longer display “exposed” human remains. Only wrapped remains such as mummies or enclosed remains like coffins will be considered for display.

The museum will also bolster its ...Read more

The United Nations Security Council approved Monday a one-year deployment of a multinational armed force to Haiti to be led by Kenya, nearly a year after the crisis-ridden country appealed to the international community for help to put down the violent gangs that have taken over larger parts of the country.

The vote on Resolution 2699 came four...Read more

Gideon Cody, the small-town Kansas police chief who spearheaded a raid on the Marion County Record, resigned Monday, Marion Mayor David Mayfield said.

Mayfield hired Cody in the spring and suspended him last week without explanation.

At Monday’s Marion City Council meeting, Mayfield announced Cody handed in his resignation before the meeting...Read more

Rep. Jamaal Bowman Monday scrambled to distance himself from his own office’s talking points about the weekend fire alarm debacle claiming that Republicans should deal with “Nazi” colleagues before criticizing him.

The progressive Bronx lawmaker said it was “inappropriate” to refer to GOP lawmakers as “Nazis” amid political back-...Read more

Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced a resolution Monday night to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Prior to the bold move, the right-wing firebrand of Florida accused McCarthy, R-Calif., of cutting a “secret deal” with Democrats to pass aid for embattled Ukraine and demanded answers from GOP leadership.

“I’ll be listening,” Gaetz said. “...Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz moved late Monday to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. He has said the California Republican had betrayed the GOP by reaching a deal with Democrats over the weekend to avert — for now — a government shutdown.

Under current rules, any House member may force a vote to remove the speaker. Gaetz, R-Fla...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate will adjourn earlier than planned this week, with no session on Thursday, to allow members to travel to California and pay their respects to the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein.

The Democrat herself made one last flight home to San Francisco this weekend, with her friend, neighbor and fellow trailblazing woman Nancy Pelosi...Read more