WASHINGTON — For the third time this month, the Supreme Court has rejected Missouri’s bid for one more Republican-leaning congressional district.

With no dissents, the justices upheld a state court order requiring the use of a 2022 election map, which favors Republicans in six of the eight districts.

“At this late date, ordering ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Expectations were low entering President Donald Trump’s meetings with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, this week, after officials on both sides tempered hopes for a breakthrough. Yet the summit’s stark lack of substance surprised even the closest China watchers.

It was a visual affair designed to project a new phase of managed ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A pair of Democratic lawmakers is calling for hearings after the Navy disclosed that there were eight suicide attempts during the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group’s record-long time at sea.

“That this administration can find endless taxpayer dollars for bombs, ballrooms, and billionaires, but cannot take care of our ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked Missouri from using a gerrymandered congressional map in the Nov. 3 election, allowing the state to use a map lawmakers passed in 2022 and likely drawing to a close a messy legal battle.

The nation’s highest court blocked two lower court rulings in favor of the Republican-backed map and ordered those ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., has proposed legislation that seeks to address artificial intelligence-fueled shifts in the workforce as his party works to define a clear position on the controversial technology ahead of the midterms and beyond.

Introduced Thursday, his bill would rely on new artificial intelligence and digital ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City parents and teachers, many of them who pushed for a pause on artificial intelligence in public schools, are kicking off a new campaign: They want to reintroduce play in local classrooms that, advocates say, have been overtaken by education technology, test preparation and reading curricula that push more short passages...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Vance Boelter’s defense team pressed forward with a legal argument Friday that he was justified in taking the lives of state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and attempting to kill several other lawmakers because he was “effecting a lawful arrest.”

State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette, survivors of that ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California now bans people from protesting, harassing or blocking people exiting or entering a religious facility within a certain radius, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Friday that shore up state protections for religious worshippers.

Assembly Bill 2664 makes it illegal for a protester who is within 100 feet of...Read more

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell has resigned after investigators found “credible evidence” of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing.

The governor, who was inaugurated with Caldwell by her side in January, announced his resignation at a news conference Friday afternoon, after pushing for it following the release of the investigator’s ...Read more

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell has resigned after investigators found “credible evidence” of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing.

Sherrill announced his resignation at a news conference Friday afternoon. The governor, who was inaugurated with Caldwell by her side in January, pushed for his resignation, which she received Friday ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Friday a handful of legislative bills that will overhaul how California punishes people who repeatedly drive while impaired by drugs or alcohol.

Two of the bills Newsom signed, Assembly bills 1546 and 1687, strengthen penalties against people who repeatedly drive while under the influence...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed late Thursday to become the seventh named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, although still one that has yet to produce a hurricane. It joined Tropical Storm Fay in the distant Atlantic, according to the National Hurricane Center.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. EDT advisory Friday, the center ...Read more

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell has resigned after investigators found “credible evidence” of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Sherrill announced his resignation at a news conference Friday afternoon. The governor, who was inaugurated with Caldwell by her side in January, pushed for ...Read more

MIAMI — The gun used by the man who fired four shots toward the terminal at Miami International Airport on Wednesday was stolen from a car parked in a short-term lot this month, court records show.

Francisco Ivan Mendiola, 31, shot toward the terminal while standing on the second floor of a short-term parking lot around 4 p.m., hitting a ...Read more

Former FBI Director James Comey Jr.’s trial in North Carolina has been moved to 2027 after a federal judge granted his request for more time to prepare.

Comey’s arraignment, previously set for Sept. 30 in New Bern, has been moved to January. His trial date has been moved from October to February.

U.S. District Judge Louise W. Flanagan ...Read more

Amid the chorus of voices calling for a slowdown in AI advancement and more government regulation and oversight of the technology, one prominent contrarian voice stands out: that of Donald J. Trump.

The U.S president has repeatedly argued that the introduction of robust regulations to slow down progress on AI threatens U.S. national ...Read more

NEW YORK — New Yorkers are battening down for a brutal weekend, filled with heavy rainfall and intense winds, as a powerful early-season nor’easter threatens to wallop much of the East Coast.

The storm’s track was initially unclear at the start of the week, as was its intensity and its potential impacts. Now, as it barrels ever closer, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A standoff with a suspect barricaded inside a Redondo Beach home ended in bizarre fashion this week when the man bit a police dog sent in to subdue him, police said.

"WHO'S A GOOD BOY?! WOUTER IS!" read the Redondo Beach Police Department social media post, before describing what happened.

"Wouter was deployed to assist ...Read more

Oil eased as U.S. and Iranian negotiators explored a phased deal to reopen the world’s most important energy shipping route.

West Texas Intermediate futures traded below $94 a barrel, retreating slightly from a surge fueled by supply concerns and hawkish rhetoric. The two countries were said to be pushing for a breakthrough that would see ...Read more