Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions on two Cuban mining companies and three key enterprises in Cuba’s military conglomerate, GAESA, as the Trump administration continues putting pressure on Cuban leaders to enact significant changes in the country.

Rubio also sanctioned Annalie Lilliam Rueda, the wife of Gen. Alejandro ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan legislative leaders reached an agreement Monday night on the framework for the state budget, about a week before the statutory deadline for passing the multibillion-dollar spending plan.

Few details were given of the "framework" agreement announced by House Speaker Matt Hall, a ...Read more

NEW YORK — MTA Chairman Janno Lieber blasted President Donald Trump’s Penn Station Czar Andy Byford over the plans for a rebuilt and renewed Penn Station over what he called a “simply bizarre” process to rebuild the facility that is tainted with “the appearance of impropriety.”

Lieber, whose Long Island Rail Road is the primary ...Read more

NEW YORK — A New York hospital security guard and his son were indicted alongside two others in Manhattan this week for allegedly funneling scores of guns to the city and, unwittingly, into the hands of an undercover NYPD detective.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the charges at a press conference Monday alongside NYPD Chief...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal border officials can use an indictment or other accusation to temporarily strip green cards from immigrants as they reenter the country.

The 6-3 opinion, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, says the officials do not need to have “clear and convincing” evidence of offenses at the ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran will only be able to use funds released from frozen accounts to purchase food and medical supplies from the U.S., seeking to ease concerns about peace negotiations that both sides say are making progress.

The billions of dollars of unlocked financing will go “into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A.” and will ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren learned Tuesday morning that implying Sen. Thom Tillis is a chicken, gets her his full attention.

Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, had already grabbed his energy drink — a Celsius — and his name plate from the dais in front of him preparing to leave a Senate hearing, when Warren, a Democrat from...Read more

More than 10,000 lawyers, many of them from the U.S. Department of Justice, have left the federal government during the second Trump administration. “Their departures show how rapidly the president has eroded the image of the federal government as the gold standard for lawyers seeking public service roles,” writes The New York Times.

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NORFOLK, Va. — A sailor who went missing from the USS Harry S. Truman on June 14 has been found dead.

According to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Isaac Benjamin Morris’ body was discovered Friday in the water near the piers at Naval Station Norfolk.

“The entire Truman team is grieving the loss of Fireman Apprentice Isaac ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Eight defendants from North Texas received the maximum possible sentences Tuesday for their roles in a domestic terrorism case in which they were found guilty of charges including rioting and attempted murder of a police officer at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado.

The defendants, whom federal prosecutors ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Eight defendants from North Texas received the maximum possible sentences Tuesday for their roles in a domestic terrorism case in which they were found guilty of charges including rioting and attempted murder of a police officer at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado.

The defendants, whom federal prosecutors ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a Michigan family in finding they're only owed the surplus proceeds of the tax sale of their former home in Isabella County ― that is, the difference between the tax debt and the sale price, not the property's fair market value.

The justices concluded "neither history nor precedent" ...Read more

DENVER — Disgraced former Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods pleaded guilty to four felonies Tuesday, closing a chapter in a years-long DNA testing scandal that continues to reverberate through the state’s criminal justice system.

The 65-year-old former CBI analyst will be sentenced to between 8 and 16 years...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A young Disneyland visitor who climbed out of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure and fell down the 50-foot final drop on the log flume ride was taken to a local hospital for evaluation of minor injuries, according to social media reports.

A 13-year-old guest riding Tiana’s Bayou Adventure on Sunday, June 21 exited the ride vehicle ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Prison inmates whose religious rights are clearly violated by guards and wardens may not sue them for damages, a divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices said federal law protecting religious liberty allows for suits against state prison systems, but not employees of the prison.

The decision came in ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran will only be able to use funds released from frozen accounts to purchase food and medical supplies from the U.S., seeking to ease concerns about peace negotiations that both sides say are making progress.

The billions of dollars of unlocked financing will go “into escrow, controlled by the U.S.A.” and will ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In the first half of 2026, Minnesota’s chief federal judge Patrick Schiltz quickly emerged as one of the most critical voices of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign in Minnesota, Operation Metro Surge.

Throughout a series of orders, Schiltz, a George W. Bush appointee, showed his growing frustration with the...Read more

MIAMI — The families of Luciana “Lucy” Fernandez and Katerina “Katy” Puig, the two victims of a Sept. 4, 2022, boat crash that killed Lucy and left Katy with a lifetime of serious medical hurdles, have released statements reacting to Monday’s not-guilty verdict for the vessel’s operator, Doral real estate broker George Pino.

A six...Read more

NABATIEH, Lebanon — Sweating under a powerful afternoon sun, the crowd slapped their chests in time with the chanter's cry, his mournful refrain echoing over the abandoned, rubble-lined streets of this wounded city that has been the focus of Israel's latest attacks in Lebanon.

"Karbala, O Karbala!" the chanter called.

"This is the tragedy of...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting early Tuesday morning that marked the city’s 46th homicide of the year, according to data.

Officers responded around 12:14 a.m. to the 3400 block of Leverton Street in the Southeast District for a reported shooting, police said.

At the scene, officers found an ...Read more