Massachusetts Congressmen Seth Moulton and Jim McGovern blasted President Trump on federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) during a press conference Thursday as Massachusetts has seen a flurry of recent fraud schemes uncovered and just days after the Herald published a whistleblower’s account of “rampant” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared victory in the fight over cost-of-living concerns, signaling a new approach that sought to deny problems with his economic agenda and touting successes in job growth and other metrics.

“Affordability. You notice what word have you not heard over the last two weeks: Affordability. Because I’ve ...Read more

Florida lawmakers have approved renaming the Palm Beach International Airport to President Donald J. Trump International Airport — a move expected to cost as much as $5.5 million.

The Florida Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would honor the president by renaming his hometown airport, which is just a few miles west of his Mar-a-...Read more

The Federal Communications Commission has confirmed an “enforcement action” is underway against ABC’s “The View” after the talk show featured James Talarico, a Democratic Texas representative running for U.S. Senate.

“We’re taking a look at it,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told reporters on Wednesday, without providing specifics. ...Read more

Maryland has reported six times as many mumps cases in early 2026 as it did all of last year, with most infections concentrated in the Baltimore metropolitan area, state health officials said Thursday.

The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) reported 26 cases — 19 confirmed and seven probable, compared with four cases for all of 2025. (The ...Read more

MIAMI — Donald Trump’s presidential library foundation became the legal owner this month of the downtown Miami land adjacent to the Freedom Tower where he plans to build his highrise legacy project, county property records show, after legal hurdles last fall.

Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega signed away the deed for the 2.6-...Read more

Democratic New York officials and voters urged the Supreme Court in court filings Thursday not to intervene in a state court order requiring a new district for the Staten Island-based seat currently held by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.

The filings came in response to emergency appeals from Malliotakis and state officials last week, ...Read more

Amid its escalating economic and political pressure campaign against Havana, the Trump administration has sent 170 deportees back to Cuba, including several with criminal records in the U.S., something Cuba has traditionally rejected.

The Department of Homeland Security announced that it had sent a “plane full of deportees” back to the ...Read more

Gov. Wes Moore on Thursday said he’s being “genuine” when he says he’s not running for president in 2028, once again highlighting that he’s focused on Maryland. The Thursday statement, though, is his most brazen in addressing chatter about whether he plans on seeking higher office in the coming years.

The Maryland governor ...Read more

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier cut off questioning during a corruption-focused Miami press conference Thursday after reporters asked him about his substantial paycheck for just two hours of lecturing per week and an advisory role at the University of Florida law school.

Speaking from a podium emblazoned with a placard that read “...Read more

NASA is putting the botched 2024 test flight of the Starliner capsule in the same category of disaster as the Challenger and Columbia shuttle accidents, underscoring the dramatic failures that kept a pair of astronauts stuck in space for nine months.

The agency labeled the mission a “Type A” mishap in a scathing report, expected to be ...Read more

Attempts by the federal judiciary in Minnesota to force prosecutors to comply with court orders in immigration cases sharply escalated on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

U.S. District Judge Laura Provinzino found Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Isihara in civil contempt of court, ruling the government did not return identification documents for an ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — An Ybor business owner closed her yoga studio repeatedly from worries over moldy, waterlogged walls.

A Pinellas woman’s home flooded in one hurricane, and a tree crushed her car in another.

A Tampa student feared her insulin would become ineffective in extreme, hot temperatures.

On Wednesday night, one after another, Tampa ...Read more

A coalition of lawmakers, religious leaders and grassroots organizers on Thursday pledged to keep fighting plans for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Romulus, and decried the secrecy that has shrouded plans for the facility.

“We must organize. Use every single tool at our disposal to keep ICE out of neighborhoods,"...Read more

CHICAGO — The Cook County state’s attorney’s office on Thursday released a protocol outlining the steps for filing charges against federal immigration agents, marking the first official policy from the office on the topic amid uproar over agents’ conduct in the Chicago area and a public feud between the mayor and State’s Attorney ...Read more

A fourth measles case has been confirmed in Los Angeles County, prompting renewed calls from health officials for residents to ensure they are protected against the highly contagious virus.

The infected individual flew from Singapore to Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 9 aboard Singapore Airlines Flight 38. The plane landed at about 7 ...Read more

A fourth measles case has been confirmed in Los Angeles County, prompting renewed calls from health officials for residents to ensure they are protected against the highly contagious virus.

The infected individual flew from Singapore to Los Angeles International Airport on Feb. 9 aboard Singapore Airlines Flight 38. The plane landed at about 7 ...Read more

Details began to emerge Thursday about the nine people killed in a deadly avalanche at Castle Peak near Lake Tahoe two days.

Many of those killed belonged to a tight-knit group of Stanford University graduates, The New York Times reported. Reports are emerged that the backcountry party included mothers who were connected to youth ski clubs run ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to join a federal lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles school district of discriminating against white students.

At issue is a long-running effort to help disadvantaged students of color in Los Angeles by providing somewhat smaller classes to the vast majority of schools — leaving out ...Read more

When James Uthmeier suddenly became one of Florida’s most powerful leaders, few people outside Tallahassee had heard of him.

Now, a year after Gov. Ron DeSantis made him the state’s attorney general, Uthmeier is a ubiquitous media presence as he seeks to ingratiate himself with Florida’s conservative-leaning electorate. He’s brought ...Read more