PHILADELPHIA – Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday visited Vare-Washington Elementary School in South Philadelphia to tout the $678 million in new education funding included in the state budget deal finalized over the weekend.

The new education funding — including $565 million in “adequacy funding” to aid poorer districts — represented one ...Read more

The Department of Homeland Security has ordered immigration agents to temporarily halt most vehicle stops during deportation operations, according to a department official, after a fatal shooting of a man in Maine reignited concerns about the agency’s tactics.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will suspend vehicle stops except ...Read more

Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly freed the floor from another standstill Tuesday — but it’s not clear how long the good feeling will last.

The House adopted a rule for floor debate in a 215-211 vote after GOP leaders won over key holdouts by promising a markup of border security legislation before the August recess and taking steps to graft a ...Read more

Darline Graham was sworn in to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday afternoon, a role she will hold for about six months.

She was chosen to fill in for her older brother U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. The appointment of Darline Graham after Lindsey Graham’s sudden death Saturday saw sweeping support from lawmakers in ...Read more

Minneapolis city leaders are grappling with a projected shortfall of up to $33 million as they put together the 2027 budget — putting them in a financial squeeze that could force some tough choices.

City Council President Elliott Payne has called the estimated gap in the general fund, the city’s operating account, “kind of alarming.”

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LOS ANGELES — The federal government agreed to temporarily hold off on construction of a planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Northern California.

The voluntary pause until Sept. 9 comes after the California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and Santa Clara County officials sued the Trump administration last month to block the facility ...Read more

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects cases of severe diarrhea caused by the Cyclospora parasite to keep rising, possibly until the end of August, as it searches for the source of the outbreak that’s already sickened thousands.

At least 1,645 cases across 34 U.S. states have been confirmed by lab tests, the CDC said, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot who successfully landed a plane on the Hudson River in New York City in 2009, saving more than 100 lives, is opening up about his Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

“It is early stage. For now, this means a name may not come easily to me, I forget a story I have recently told, or I don’t ...Read more

President Donald Trump backed away from his plan to impose a 20% charge on cargo shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. allies in the Gulf urged him to drop it.

Trump announced the decision on Tuesday, just one day after rolling out the fee, saying that the expected revenue would be replaced by forthcoming direct investments in the U...Read more

Seminole County would see a potential loss of up to $119 million in annual revenues by 2028 if Florida voters choose to slash property taxes in November, according to a county budget analysis.

That’s more than the total amount of money Seminole spends to fund its parks, libraries, natural lands, trails, community services, Lynx, SunRail and ...Read more

President Donald Trump backed away from his plan to impose a 20% charge on cargo shipments through the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. allies in the Gulf urged him to drop it.

Trump announced the decision on Tuesday, just one day after rolling out the fee, saying that the expected revenue would be replaced by forthcoming direct investments in the U...Read more

Since South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death on June 11, 2026, much of the commentary has focused on his evolution from Donald Trump critic to Trump ally.

But focusing on that transformation misses the broader pattern that defined his political career. For more than three decades, Graham repeatedly positioned himself where ...Read more

Idaho voters will not get to choose this year if they want to make medical cannabis legal across the state.

The Secretary of State’s Office said Tuesday that an initiative that would have put the question before voters did not garner enough signatures to make it on the November ballot. To make the ballot, initiatives must get signatures from ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — A crowd of 60 people peacefully demanded change in the Tarrant County Jail in downtown Fort Worth on Tuesday morning. Rally leaders argued that voting Democrats into office is needed to fix the system.

A speaker from the group read the names of 80 people who have died either in custody or shortly after being released since...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Kehoe signed the “Born Alive Abortion Survivor Protection Act,” an anti-abortion bill that critics say is meant to intimidate health care providers.

The bill is the most consequential piece of legislation passed in Missouri this year and was fiercely debated in the final days of the legislative session. The ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania Secretary of State Al Schmidt stressed that the state was not in violation of any voting regulations in a response letter to a Department of Justice inquiry that threatened criminal charges over suspicions of noncitizen voting.

The letter, sent Monday, pushed back against the Trump administration’s insistence ...Read more

DENVER — The weather this weekend could be a recipe for rapid wildfire spread in Eastern Washington, according to state officials.

With a potential for record-high temperatures across the state Sunday, a warm and dry trend in Eastern Washington and projected winds, The state Department of Natural Resources is urging residents to use caution ...Read more