Raja Rajan doesn’t remember if he used Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok to write the memo that got him in hot water with a federal judge, again.

The Cherry Hill, New Jersey, attorney was pressed for time so he says he took a “shortcut” when he wrote a brief that was filed in federal court on Feb. 20.

He wrote it using an AI chatbot, Rajan said, ...Read more

RICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia heard arguments Monday in a case that challenges the legality of the process used for the April 21 redistricting referendum, with key arguments centered on the timing of the election and the scope of legislative authority used to get the measure on the ballot.

Republicans filed the lawsuit ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The California man who authorities say rushed toward the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner armed with guns and knives faces three criminal charges, as federal prosecutors on Monday accused him of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump and target other administration officials.

The defendant, Cole Allen, who ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House is reviewing security protocols for presidential events following Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, as officials weigh whether changes are needed to protect President Donald Trump.

Senior Homeland Security, Secret Service and White House operations officials will meet ...Read more

A majority of California voters support the idea of requiring voters to show identification at the polls, according to a new UC Berkeley poll.

Of the 5,962 registered voters who participated in the poll conducted by Institute of Governmental Studies, 56% of respondents approved of a prospective voter ID ballot measure when first presented with ...Read more

A bipartisan pair of senators on Monday introduced legislation that would support research into the link between intimate partner violence and maternal deaths and illness.

The legislation by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, would direct the Health and Human Services Department to support research on how domestic ...Read more

BOSTON — A Wellesley mother accused of murdering her two young children allegedly confessed to her aunt and police that she killed her kids, then tried to kill herself.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Janette MacAusland told her aunt, “I wanted the three of us to go to God together, but it didn’t work.”

MacAusland was arrested...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A flag is supposed to represent the entire state. Instead, Minnesota is dividing into warring camps, each with its own battle flag.

For the past two years, Minnesota’s official flag has been a bold outline of the state in dark blue, surmounted by an eight-pointed North Star against a background as bright as its sky-blue waters...Read more

NEW YORK — A drug dealer from Queens admitted Monday to taking part in the 2002 slaying of Run-DMC legend Jam Master Jay, telling a judge he helped a pair of killers get into the rapper’s music studio to murder him.

Jay Bryant, 52, pleaded guilty to firearm-related murder in Brooklyn Federal Court Monday, taking a negotiated plea deal that ...Read more

CHICAGO — An undocumented immigrant with a history of weapons convictions admitted Monday to firing shots “in the vicinity of” immigration agents as they ran enforcement raids in Little Village near the end of the controversial deportation operation in Chicago last fall.

The guilty plea by Hector Gomez, 46, marked the second felony ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida lawmakers return to Tallahassee this week for a high-stakes special session that will test how far the state is willing to go in regulating artificial intelligence — and how much power it is willing to challenge in Silicon Valley and the White House.

The four-day session, scheduled to begin Tuesday, was formally ...Read more

The Trump administration on Monday said it will pay two more energy companies, including one developing a wind project off Morro Bay, to abandon their projects in federal waters.

The U.S. Department of the Interior said it will pay a total of $885 million to Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind to voluntarily end their offshore wind leases, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House said U.S. officials were discussing Iran’s latest proposal but maintained “red lines” on any deal to end the eight-week war, including preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday that President Donald Trump had convened a meeting of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Monday charged 31-year-old Torrance, California, resident Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump after rushing past security at the White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner in Washington on Saturday.

The charge, announced during a brief arraignment hearing in federal court...Read more

MIAMI — The Broward and Palm Beach County congressional districts represented by Democratic mainstays Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Lois Frankel will favor Republican candidates instead when voters head to the polls this November under new voting maps proposed Monday by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office.

The maps, which must be approved by the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors on Monday charged 31-year-old Torrance resident Cole Tomas Allen with attempting to assassinate President Trump after rushing past security at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington on Saturday.

The domestic terrorism charge, announced during a brief arraignment hearing in federal ...Read more

MIAMI — Immigration arrests of Cubans living in the United States have skyrocketed even as green-card approvals have plummeted under President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, according to a recently released analysis from a libertarian Washington think tank.

A Cato Institute report published last week found that overall the Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed King Charles III to the White House for a visit rife with doubt about the future of Britain’s so-called special relationship with America and fresh security concerns in the wake of the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

The British monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Black residents in Baltimore are still much less likely to own a home than white residents, despite years of efforts by the city and the private sector to correct racial inequities in homeownership rates.

Now, local leaders and realtors are hoping that outreach and education for potential Black buyers could be the key to reversing...Read more