President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s re-election bid, calling him, “SMART, STRONG, AND TOUGH.”

Trump presented his endorsement in a post on his media company, Truth Social.

“Joe Lombardo is the strong and very popular Governor of Nevada, a very special place to me in that we had a BIG Presidential ...Read more

A pharmaceutical executive collapsed in the Oval Office on live television Thursday during a press conference about the Trump administration’s deal to lower the cost of some obesity drugs.

The unnamed executive was standing in a group behind the podium while Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks spoke. As he began to fall, multiple men including Dr. ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Josh Stein on Thursday called for lawmakers to return to Raleigh on Nov. 17 for a special session to shore up Medicaid funding in order to reverse cuts that his administration put in place Oct. 1.

In North Carolina, the governor can call an extra — or special — session to address limited matters.

Lawmakers in the GOP...Read more

Federal aviation safety officials said Thursday they are looking at the full maintenance history of a UPS cargo plane that crashed Tuesday in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 13 people.

National Transportation Safety Board Member Todd Inman said that review includes more than 6 weeks of heavy maintenance overhaul done in September and October. The...Read more

WASHINGTON — A U.S. judge ordered Trump officials to fully cover the cost of food-aid benefits for more than 42 million eligible Americans this month, rejecting an administration plan to only partially fund the program during the government shutdown.

The order from U.S. District Judge John McConnell on Thursday means that the U.S. Department ...Read more

NEW YORK — NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch received advance notice from the Trump administration last month that ICE agents were about to conduct a controversial immigration enforcement raid along Canal Street in Manhattan, the Daily News has learned.

In response, sources say Tisch directed NYPD officers to stay away from the ICE agents as ...Read more

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors have filed sealed criminal charges against at least one Dearborn, Michigan, juvenile in connection with an alleged Halloween terrorism plot targeting LGBTQ+ friendly clubs in Ferndale and an amusement park, and are holding the 16-year-old male in a rural county jail in Northern Michigan, five sources told The ...Read more

A federal judge in Denver has blocked a new state law that’s intended to warn young users about the dangers of too much time on social media, ruling that requiring tech companies to display the warnings on their apps likely violates the First Amendment.

U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez’s ruling Thursday is a win for a coalition...Read more

The United Nations is launching a $74 million action plan to assist 1 million Cubans affected by Hurricane Melissa’s devastating impact on the island’s eastern provinces.

When it was clear that Melissa was going to hit the provinces of Santiago de Cuba, Granma, Las Tunas, Guantánamo and Holguín as a powerful Category 3 storm, the U.N. aid...Read more

WASHINGTON — Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S secured deals with the Trump administration to slash prices for their blockbuster weight-loss drugs like Zepbound and Wegovy in exchange for tariff relief and wider Medicare access.

The deals, announced Thursday at a White House event with President Donald Trump, will make some of the most ...Read more

The kids are in school, Halloween decorations are coming down to make way for the holiday season and the fall crisp air floods your lungs each morning.

But soon, that deep breath may get harder as another fall staple comes to your area — flu season.

While flu shot campaigns and initiatives start around the end of the summer, the peak season ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House pulled legislation from its Thursday agenda that would allow government agencies to hide the addresses, phone numbers and outside employer names of state lawmakers, the governor, former governors, the lieutenant governor and their immediate family members.

House Speaker Matt Hall, R-Richland Township, ...Read more

The first three victims of Tuesday’s fatal UPS cargo plane crash have been identified, according to a Thursday afternoon statement from the company.

The victims, members of the UPS crew, were identified as Capt. Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and International Relief Officer Capt. Dana Diamond.

“Words can’t express the ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Andy Beshear has gotten a lot of use out of his navy blue emergency management jacket in his six years as Kentucky governor.

He wore it when he visited London in May after a tornado ripped through the area killing 20. He wore it in 2022 when catastrophic floods killed 45 across Eastern Kentucky.

And he wore it Nov. 5, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A jury in D.C. federal court found Thursday that Capitol Police discriminated against a former K-9 officer in training on the basis of her sex and awarded damages of $850,000.

The verdict was reached seven years after Mauricia VanMeter, a current Capitol Police officer who was dismissed from the department’s K-9 training ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge Wednesday ordered the release of video taken during an hourslong deposition given last week by U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.

The Chicago Tribune and Chicago Public Media petitioned U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis to release the recordings, which were filed under seal as part of a lawsuit led by the Chicago ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Opioid Restitution Fund paid out a combined $11 million in opioid settlement funds to three nonprofits that are financially delinquent with the state of Maryland, online data accessed Thursday by The Baltimore Sun shows.

Maryland OneStop data shows the three groups — Baltimore Safe Haven, Charm City Care ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial Discipline on Thursday suspended Philadelphia Judge Scott DiClaudio without pay amid allegations that he sought to influence a colleague’s decision in a case with ties to rapper Meek Mill.

DiClaudio, who sits on Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, was placed on administrative leave in ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Maryland National Guard is set to establish a crowd control reaction force by April, following an order from a top military commander requiring every state, territory and the District of Columbia create a “quick reaction force” that provides crowd and riot control as well as use riot batons and shields.

The state’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Commerce Committee Democrats said they are considering options for ethics and privacy probes into Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, for recording and looking up Democrats’ personal vehicle identification numbers to find data for a vehicle safety debate.

“Democrats on the committee are looking at all of their options to get ...Read more