Tamar Abrams had a lousy couple of years in 2022 and ’23. Both her parents died; a relationship ended; she retired from communications consulting. She moved from Arlington, Virginia, to Warren, Rhode Island, where she knew all of two people.

“I was kind of a mess,” recalled Abrams, 69. Trying to cope, “I was eating myself into oblivion....Read more

For nearly two decades, they were the invisible scaffolding of Venezuela’s socialist state: Cuban intelligence officers embedded in military bases, security advisers shadowing generals, and technical teams quietly monitoring the communications of an entire nation.

Now, as Venezuela’s political order convulses after the capture of strongman ...Read more

Lawmakers in at least eight states this year are aiming to reel in wage garnishment for unpaid medical bills.

The legislation introduced in Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Washington builds on efforts made in other states in past years. This latest push for patient protections comes as the Trump administration has...Read more

In an election year with the Trump administration’s widespread crackdown on immigration enforcement in the backdrop, a pair of California lawmakers are looking to shore up protections for voters.

That’s the idea, at least, behind a new package of bills from Sens. Tom Umberg and Sabrina Cervantes, both Democrats, that would increase the ...Read more

The five East Coast offshore wind projects that recently won court victories over the Trump administration have restarted construction, but they make up just a small fraction of Atlantic states’ ambitious plans for offshore wind. And the dozens of projects that have yet to start construction have little chance of advancing while Trump remains ...Read more

More than 10,000 people have enrolled in Nevada’s new public option health plans, which debuted last fall with the expectation that they would bring lower prices to the health insurance market.

Those preliminary numbers from the open enrollment period that ended in January are less than a third of what state officials had projected. Nevada is...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Guillermo Zambrano faced at least 10 years in federal prison if convicted of working with Sinaloa cartel associates — but then ICE sought to deport him last June. Now he faces none.

Zambrano, a Venezuelan citizen in the midst of political asylum proceedings in the U.S., pleaded not guilty to charges of helping conceal drug ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said during Tuesday’s State of the Union address that his first year in office has ushered in an American “golden age,” even as he faces the lowest approval ratings of his second term and Americans are increasingly worried about the economy.

The president used his remarks to forcefully defense his ...Read more

Donald Trump announced new agreements with technology companies to bear the energy costs of data centers by building their own power plants during his State of the Union address, delivered as the Florida Legislature advances data center regulations against the president’s wishes.

“Many Americans are also concerned that energy demand from AI...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered a defiant defense of his policies and economic record, declaring the nation is “back bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before” in Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

The president staged his version of a pep rally for a beleaguered nation, celebrating athletic victories and ...Read more

President Donald Trump was nearly two hours into his State of the Union speech when Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey delivered a rebuttal that offered a different vision for America “from the neighborhoods of Minneapolis.”

The “State of the Swamp” event at the National Press Club was headlined by left-wing politicians, former journalists ...Read more

President Donald Trump zoomed in on Minnesota’s Somali community during his Tuesday night State of the Union address, calling them “pirates” who have “ransacked Minnesota” and cited an unproven claim that they have carried out $19 billion in fraud.

His remarks prompted sharp rebuke from Somali American Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Trump opened his State of the Union address on Tuesday night with a forceful defense of his administration’s record, casting his first year back in office as a period of renewed economic growth and reinvigorated police forces that have made America the “hottest country anywhere in the world.”

“Our country is ...Read more

The U.S. military has boarded another sanctioned tanker with links to Venezuela after chasing it into the Indian Ocean, as the Trump administration continues to enforce a maritime blockade against the Latin American nation.

The latest operation marks the third vessel halted in the region by U.S. forces and the tenth overall since December, ...Read more

The cold weather didn’t delay SpaceX’s plans to launch another Starlink mission Tuesday, but did delay NASA’s plans to roll back the Artemis II rocket from the launch pad.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 29 of its internet satellites lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:04 p.m. Eastern time.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered a defiant defense of his policies and economic record, declaring the nation is “back bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before” in Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

The president staged his version of a pep rally for a beleaguered nation, celebrating athletic victories and ...Read more

NEW YORK — The United States abstained from a U.N. vote supporting a lasting peace in Ukraine, prompting criticism from President Donald Trump’s former Ukraine envoy.

“A UN vote on a lasting peace in Ukraine and we abstained. Go figure,” Keith Kellogg, who served as special envoy for Ukraine and Russia last year, wrote in a social media...Read more

The Justice Department allegedly withheld dozens of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that included an FBI investigation into claims of abuse against President Trump, according to a new report.

Trump was accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl in the 1980s, and the FBI investigated those claims and interviewed the alleged victim, NPR reported...Read more

RANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky state lawmakers issued subpoenas to the Beshear administration for information they deemed necessary for crafting the next two-year state budget.

According to a press release from the House Majority Caucus, subpoenas were issued by the co-chairs of the Legislative Oversight and Investigations Committee to the Kentucky...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. courts are foiling efforts by the Trump administration to keep under wraps information about the Department of Government Efficiency and the role that Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, played in it during his whirlwind stint with the White House last year.

A New York federal judge last week forced the government to ...Read more