JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republicans in the Missouri House gave preliminary approval Monday to a plan asking voters to make it harder for citizens to change the state Constitution through ballot questions.

Facing heavy opposition and sit-in protests over the weekend by Democrats, the GOP-led chamber also was poised to give first-round approval ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday for the Trump administration and agreed U.S. immigration agents may stop and detain anyone they suspect is in the U.S. illegally based on little more than their working at a car wash, speaking Spanish or having brown skin.

In a 6-3 vote, the justices granted an emergency appeal and lifted a Los ...Read more

Following the Supreme Court’s decision to clear the way for ICE raids in Los Angeles, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Boston’s legal recourse amid the latest ICE operation has slimmed.

“The federal law enforcement, we absolutely can work and cooperate with local and state law enforcement,” Leavitt said on the Howie ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge has struck down an effort by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to let federal immigration authorities operate on Rikers Island, ruling the action was ethically “impermissible” because it came on the heels of President Trump’s Department of Justice securing a highly controversial dismissal of the mayor’s ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — The transgender Boise State University student who sued Idaho Gov. Brad Little over the state’s law banning trans women and girls from women’s sports has dismissed her case two months after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the issue.

Attorneys for Lindsay Hecox filed the “suggestion of mootness” with the Supreme ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As electricity prices outpace inflation, members of Congress and the administration have constituents’ bills on their mind, with Democrats hoping they will help them make the case against Trump administration policies.

Last week, the House passed the fiscal 2026 Energy-Water appropriations bill in a 214-213 vote. The bill would...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security announced Monday it is beginning a surge of immigration law enforcement in Chicago, dubbing it “Operation Midway Blitz” and claiming it will target “criminal illegal aliens” who have taken advantage of the city and state’s sanctuary policies.

The announcement comes...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two Senate Republicans have opened yet another investigation into the deadly Palisades fire, adding to a long list of ongoing probes aimed at determining whether local officials prepared sufficiently for the emergency.

The investigation will look at whether emergency preparations were sufficient, including an examination of ...Read more

Suspected cyberattackers linked to the Chinese Communist Party impersonated the Republican chair of the House Select Committee on China in a series of attempts to steal sensitive data on trade negotiations, the panel said.

Hackers masquerading as Rep. John Moolenaar sent multiple emails in recent weeks that sought to fool recipients into ...Read more

CHICAGO — The cost to build former President Barack Obama’s namesake center campus rose to $615 million through the end of 2024, according to the latest reports from the Obama Foundation, quickly nearing the total construction budget as fundraising efforts continue to bring massive amounts of money into the foundation’s coffers.

That cost...Read more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier called Monday for an investigation into a Central Florida Democrat’s social media post reporting that immigration agents were at a bus station in Orlando, a request that drew swift condemnation from the American Civil Liberties Union and other free-speech advocates.

Linda Stewart, a former state ...Read more

CHICAGO — In the wake of President Donald Trump seeming to declare war on Chicago in a social media post evoking the movie “Apocalypse Now,” the city is fighting back with its own campaign advocating civic love, not war.

On Thursday — two days before Trump’s “Chipocalypse Now” post showed helicopters flying past the city’s ...Read more

A New York Times reporter who discovered a tracking device on his family’s car while in Lawrence, Kansas, in October 2021, is suing the FBI for answers.

According to a complaint filed by the Times in the Southern District of New York last month, the FBI has continued to withhold documents related to the incident since closing its ...Read more

BOSTON — Voters will head to the polls in Boston Tuesday to cast their ballots in a closely watched preliminary election, which features mayoral and city council races and is the first test for the city after last fall’s disastrous ballot shortage.

The City of Boston will manage the preliminary election, but with increased oversight from ...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House economic adviser Stephen Miran’s nomination as a Federal Reserve governor has been scheduled for a Senate committee vote Wednesday, a move that will likely allow him to be confirmed by the full Senate before a pivotal vote on cutting interest rates next week.

The Federal Open Market Committee meets on Sept. 16 and ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Calm and friendly — chatty, even, with customers and staff alike — Robin Westman casually browsed rifles at a St. Louis Park gun shop just days before murdering two children and injuring 21 others at Annunciation Catholic Church.

The 23-year-old appeared knowledgeable about guns, speaking with three of the employees at ...Read more

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court on Monday upheld the $83.3 million judgment against President Trump for defaming writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape during his first term based on the “extraordinary and egregious” facts of the case.

In a 70-page, unsigned decision, three justices for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Justice will sue Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna and his department for what Attorney General Rob Bonta called a “humanitarian crisis” inside the county jails.

Inmates lack basic access to clean water and edible food, and are housed in unsafe, dirty facilities infested with roaches and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Dozens of preservation and historical organizations from the Philadelphia area have signed onto a letter addressed to President Donald Trump’s secretary of the interior opposing the potential changes or removal of more than a dozen exhibits about slavery at Independence National Historical Park that could occur in a little ...Read more