Several Senate Republicans are pushing to delay the party’s leadership elections scheduled for next week following the GOP’s midterms defeat, a move that may open the door to a potential challenge against John Thune.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott expressed support for holding a meeting to discuss postponing next week’s vote, saying that ...Read more

President Donald Trump blasted Democrats for threatening to investigate his administration and Republican donors, saying he ordered the Department of Justice to launch its own probe against them.

As Democrats prepare to take control of both chambers of Congress in January following their decisive victory in the midterm elections, they have ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Since becoming the Mexican ambassador to the U.S., Roberto Lazzeri has been confronted with many pressing cross-border issues, ranging from trade deals and border security to immigration.

But he said there’s one in particular that comes up constantly in his many meetings in Washington — the Tijuana River Valley’s pollution ...Read more

Ukraine’s capital and the region surrounding Kyiv faced another Russian missile barrage overnight targeting energy facilities and bridges, with at least one civilian killed and several injured.

The state-run oil and gas company Naftogaz said a facility in central Ukraine has been struck three times overnight. “The attack damaged equipment,...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Great America, the beloved hometown theme park for generations of Northern Californians, has announced there will be one more season of roller coasters and funnel cakes before the gates close for good.

The Santa Clara theme park's final day of operation will be next Labor Day, ending a 51-year run as an attraction once seen as...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is offering the role of White House press secretary to UFC chief Dana White, asking him to “please take the job.”

It wasn’t clear if the offer was sincere. Trump said he had asked the “violent Fighter and Warrior” to bring “assistants,” attaching the names and photographs of famous cage fighters in ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The sewage-tainted water from the Tijuana River is traveling farther north than previously suspected, suggesting communities beyond Imperial Beach may face potential health risks, according to a new study.

University of California, Riverside researchers, in cooperation with scientists from University of California San Diego’s ...Read more

Crypto’s extraordinary run of political good fortune in Washington has come to an abrupt halt. With Democrats set to control Congress following their midterm sweep, the industry faces the prospect of tougher rules and closer scrutiny of its ties to President Donald Trump.

For two years, the industry enjoyed something few businesses ever get ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump’s appointment of Stephen Miller — the architect of the administration’s extreme crackdown on immigration — to White House chief of staff is sparking alarm among immigrant advocates and politicians across California.

But this week’s sweeping Democratic victories are giving immigrant communities ...Read more

One morning this summer, a 9-year-old girl from El Salvador picked through colorful markers at a Houston-area shelter for migrant children and crafted a letter to her mom.

“I want to be with you already,” the little girl, M.R., wrote in misspelled, unpunctuated Spanish, adding hearts, a rainbow, and a large “I love you” surrounded by ...Read more

In the summer of 2022, Allison Mertzman and her wife, Leanne, asked their fertility clinic to destroy their embryos.

The married couple were living in California but storing their nine embryos for $3,000 per year at the clinic in Michigan, where Mertzman had resided before. After having two daughters through in vitro fertilization, the couple ...Read more

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home in February 2025. Hackman had been living with Alzheimer’s and depended on Arakawa as his full-time caregiver.

Disturbingly, postmortem data suggests that Arakawa died of complications from pulmonary Hantavirus several days before her husband ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Fifteen years working as an emergency room nurse has convinced Kim Bogan that the only way to fix the American healthcare system is to tear it down and start over.

Her patients arriving for triage are sicker than ever. They can’t afford many of the prescriptions they get in the ER. And sometimes when patients die, she ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — The sewage-tainted water from the Tijuana River is traveling farther north than previously suspected, suggesting communities beyond Imperial Beach may face potential health risks, according to a new study.

University of California, Riverside researchers, in cooperation with scientists from University of California San Diego’s ...Read more

MIAMI — While Donald Trump’s MAGA movement woke up to ruins from Tuesday’s nationwide wave of support for Democratic candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political star rose dramatically after Republicans narrowly evaded the same fate in Florida.

Since the election, the governor — who was on the outs with Trump and key figures in ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Among the 548 inmates sentenced to death in California is Robert Rhoades, who abducted 8-year-old Michael Lyons as he walked home from school in Yuba City on May 16, 1996, then tortured and raped him before stabbing him more than 70 times.

Michael was found dead the next day, his body recovered from brush along the banks ...Read more