From coast to coast, groups of people are springing up to protect members of their communities as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents threaten them with violent enforcement.

In Portland, Oregon, community volunteers have delivered food boxes to migrant families scared to leave their homes. In Portland, Maine, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An Anaheim woman, after five months on the run, has been captured in Mexico and returned to Orange County to face murder charges in the decapitation of her boyfriend.

Alyssa Marie Lira, 23, faces charges of murder and felony enhancement of personal use of a weapon in the slaying of 55-year-old Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal, whose ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota draws backlash from around the nation, a federal judge is examining a claim that the operation was never about law enforcement.

Rather, state and local officials argue, it’s about Trump’s desire for political retribution. A lawsuit seeking to end the operation ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was in deal-maker mode Thursday, declaring that an agreement on government funding was “close” and setting the terms of employment for his coming Federal Reserve chair nominee.

Amid the ongoing fallout from federal immigration agents shooting dead a protester Saturday in Minneapolis, Trump huddled with ...Read more

DENVER — A man who tried to run over two women he believed were lesbians in 2023 will spend two decades in prison for attempted murder, according to court records.

Vitalie Oprea, 47, took a deal and pleaded guilty on Monday to attempted first-degree murder after deliberation, according to Arapahoe County court records. He was sentenced on ...Read more

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the whistleblower who triggered President Donald Trump’s first impeachment in 2019, has already started clearing the field in the Democratic race to unseat Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody.

Jennifer Jenkins, a fellow Democrat and former Brevard County School Board member who frequently sparred with Gov. Ron ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors say that a 55-year-old man sprayed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar as she spoke on Jan. 27 at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, and that he had said in the past that he wished someone would kill her.

Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, of Minneapolis was charged on Jan. 29 in U.S. District Court with forcibly ...Read more

An investigation is underway in Connecticut after a trio of troopers were accused of “sexual misconduct” inside a state office building and during work hours, officials announced.

The allegations against the officers stem from alleged consensual relationships between the three state troopers and a private security employee, Commissioner ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — At a recent training session for 300 immigration activists in Los Angeles, the main topic was Minnesota and the changes to federal immigration tactics.

For the last few months, federal law enforcement officers have intensified their efforts to locate and deport immigrants suspected of living in the country illegally. They have ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than 300,000 Haitians across the U.S. will lose their temporary protected status on Tuesday, thrusting the community into uncertainty and potential arrest and detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

More than 100,000 of those Haitians live in Florida, the largest such population in the country. And many work in ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said her office continues to investigate claims of noncitizens voting or registering to vote in Michigan, following allegations by Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini that he'd found more than a dozen noncitizens on the voting rolls.

But Benson said the Bureau of Elections' review so far of ...Read more

BOSTON — Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons is slamming Gov. Maura Healey and fellow Democratic politicians for increasing rhetoric against the agency as the governor announced new actions to “protect Massachusetts residents from ICE.”

Healey announced that she has filed an executive order prohibiting the state from entering into any new 287(...Read more

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, an alt-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded following his prison sentence in 2023.

Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

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MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors say that a 55-year-old man sprayed U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar with vinegar as she spoke Tuesday at a town hall meeting in Minneapolis, and that he had said in the past that he wished someone would kill her.

Anthony James Kazmierczak, 55, of Minneapolis, was charged Thursday in U.S. District Court with forcibly ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Additional people have been charged with stealing government property from federal agents’ vandalized vehicles during unrest after an ICE officer shot and wounded a man in north Minneapolis two weeks ago.

Charged in U.S. District Court in Minnesota with aiding and abetting the willful destruction of public property are: James ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Waymo self-driving taxi struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during drop-off hours, triggering an investigation into the incident by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The child sustained minor injuries, Waymo said. There were other children, a crossing guard and several double-parked vehicles ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — All but two of Philadelphia’s 17 City Council members have sponsored a package of legislation aimed at limiting ICE operations in the city, a level of support that could ensure the measures become law even if they are opposed by the mayor.

The 15 co-sponsors, confirmed Thursday by a spokesperson for Council member Kendra ...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — An anti-abortion group founder and activist has asked a judge to dismiss charges connected to a shooting at a Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic last November, according to court documents.

On Jan. 12, attorneys for Mark Baumgartner filed a motion to dismiss charges against their client based on South Carolina’s “Stand ...Read more