SEATTLE — In a Saturday post on X, Gov. Bob Ferguson defended Washington state's immigration policy amid threats of federal crackdowns on so-called sanctuary jurisdictions.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote a letter to Ferguson last week, which he shared on social media, saying Washington state had been identified by the White House as a ...Read more

ATLANTA — There will soon be a new spot to honor former President Jimmy Carter: the corner of an envelope.

The U.S. Postal Service will launch a Forever stamp commemorating Carter on Oct. 1, which would have been his 101st birthday. The stamp will be issued during a ceremony that day in Atlanta, the home of the Carter Presidential Center and ...Read more

ATLANTA — Atlanta rapper Young Thug will get back nearly $150,000 in cash, a fleet of luxury vehicles and an assortment of jewelry that were seized from the musician’s home following his 2022 arrest on gang and racketeering charges.

The Grammy winner, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, pleaded guilty last year to gang, gun and drug ...Read more

A state and national GOP effort pushing a rare mid-decade redistricting could put one of Central Florida’s two Democratic Congressional seats at risk, and local Democratic leaders gathered Monday to denounce the strategy.

At a press conference Monday five state legislators joined U.S. Rep Maxwell Frost to “sound the alarm” on Gov. Ron ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed optimism their summit with European leaders could result in trilateral talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over ending the Russian leader’s war in Ukraine.

The White House meeting came days after the U.S. president met Putin in Alaska. But ...Read more

As Hurricane Erin intensifies, grows in size, and begins a turn to the north ahead of the U.S. East Coast, a new tropical system appears to be organizing along roughly the same path as Erin in the central Atlantic.

Erin was a Category 4 hurricane as of 2 p.m. Eastern time Monday morning with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 mph. Forecasters...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Despite pleas from advocates and encampment dwellers to postpone the clearing of Columbus Park, San Jose has begun its ambitious plan to sweep one of the city’s most prominent and longest-running homeless camps that city officials say has become a public safety hazard.

At last count, 309 people were living at the site —...Read more

As Prince William and Kate Middleton prepare to move into a new home, two families living nearby were asked to vacate their Windsor cottages ahead of the royal couple’s arrival.

The Prince and Princess of Wales’ relocation forced the families out earlier this summer, and they have since moved to similar or better housing in Windsor Great ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he would renew his assault on mail-in voting after Russia's autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin, told him to do so at their meeting in Alaska last week.

The president provided few details, but wrote on social media that he would "lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we're...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Officials in Anaheim issued a warning to the public on Monday following a spate of immigration raids over the weekend that they called "the most significant and disruptive federal enforcement" the city has seen in weeks.

Anaheim has seen targeted enforcement and "larger activity" since mid-July, when a federal judge issued a ...Read more

Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election that aired on the right-wing news channel.

The network announced the settlement with the voting equipment maker Monday but did not apologize for its reporting.

“Newsmax believed it was critically ...Read more

MIAMI — Days after a plea agreement was struck in the case of a Key Biscayne coach accused of sexually abusing kids, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office may reverse course, according to a key witness who said the plea deal was not harsh enough on her abuser.

The victim told prosecutors the agreement was a “direct insult,” prompting ...Read more

The reprieve for Delray Beach’s LGBTQ+ pride intersection didn’t last long.

On Friday, the southeast Florida district secretary of the state Department of Transportation ordered City Manager Terrence Moore to have the pride intersection removed by Sept. 3.

If the city doesn’t comply, district secretary Steven C. Braun wrote, the state ...Read more

President Donald Trump Monday held a crucial meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a united front of European leaders at which he agreed to consider providing security guarantees to any peace deal after his controversial Alaska summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

With Trump adopting Russian points that Ukraine should ...Read more

Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims about voter fraud in the 2020 election that aired on the right-wing news channel.

The network announced the settlement with the voting equipment maker Monday, but did not apologize for its reporting.

"Newsmax believed it was critically ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Erin on Monday bulked back up as a major Category 4 storm with an increasing wind field as it moved near the Bahamas. Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center increased the odds a system following in the Atlantic could become the season’s next tropical depression or storm.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped to secure an agreement for a trilateral meeting with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he welcomed the Ukrainian leader to the White House for high-stakes talks on bringing an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

“If everything works out well today we’ll have a trilat and I think...Read more

MIAMI — When environmental groups sued in June alleging that the administrations of President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cut corners while building an immigration detention center in the Everglades, the case was assigned to a Miami federal judge already immersed in a contentious lawsuit over Florida’s efforts to crack down on...Read more

CHICAGO — Texas House Democrats began returning to their state on Monday after spending two weeks in the Chicago area and other parts of the country to prevent the Republican majority in their legislature from passing a new gerrymandered congressional map aimed at eliminating five Democratic seats.

The Democratic lawmakers left the Lone Star ...Read more