MINNEAPOLIS — Five days after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in south Minneapolis, federal immigration enforcement is expanding and becoming more visible, protests and confrontations continue to punctuate daily life, and local leaders are locked in an escalating battle with Washington over accountability and authority.

Homeland ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Mamdani tapped former City Councilman Rafael Espinal to lead his media office on Monday — and made it one of Espinal’s first orders of business to revoke ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ 11th hour effort to place new restrictions on press access in the Big Apple.

The new rules, which Adams’ Office of Media and Entertainment ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A new wave of immigration enforcement officers has been sent to Minnesota as more arrests continue to be reported following Wednesday’s fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.

On Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, on behalf of the state of Minnesota and alongside the cities of Minneapolis and ...Read more

SpaceX launched its third mission of the year from Florida's Space Coast on Monday afternoon while preparing for the early return later this week of Crew-11 from the International Space Station.

A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 4:08 p.m. Eastern time on the Starlink 6-97 mission with ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — In fiery remarks at Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter aircraft plant in Fort Worth, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth spoke Monday of prioritizing defense spending, saying it was imperative to rebuild the “arsenal of freedom” by getting advanced weapon systems into the hands of the military.

Last week, President ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly on Monday sued Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department in D.C. district court over the Pentagon’s attempt to reduce Kelly’s pension pay and rank after he appeared in a November video that urged troops to refuse unlawful orders.

The lawsuit contends that Kelly’s speech was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Avian flu has been blamed for the deaths of 32 birds at Lake Eola Park since Dec. 17, including 26 of the city’s signature swans.

All of the dead swans are Royal Mute swans, and 23 of the 26 belonged to the city. Three others were wild swans who apparently joined the flock at the park.

“It’s heartbreaking, the swan is a...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House officials were caught by surprise when a post appeared Sunday night on the Federal Reserve’s official social media channel, with Jerome Powell, its chairman, delivering a plain and clear message.

President Donald Trump was not only weaponizing the Justice Department to intimidate him, Powell said to the camera, ...Read more

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported at least 8,250 people from California during the first nine months of 2025, with removals surging as the year went on.

The data, compiled by ICE and processed by a UC Berkeley Law School initiative, shows how deportations have unfolded in President Donald Trump’s second term. He promised the ...Read more

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C., headquarters.

The nation’s top central banker dismissed the threat of criminal charges and subpoenas about the ...Read more

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday to block the Pentagon’s effort to punish him for urging troops to defy illegal orders from superiors.

The retired Navy captain and astronaut asked a court to reverse Hegseth’s formal censure of him, which could lead to a demotion and reduction in retirement pay, saying the...Read more

CHICAGO — Hours after a woman was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Minnesota, 400 miles away in Chicago’s Little Village, Andrew Freer moved through a crowd of community members huddled quietly around a mural of the Virgin Mary, a small video camera in hand.

Through the stillness, he weaved in and around the group. He didn�...Read more

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is swinging back at President Trump’s administration after the Department of Justice launched a criminal indictment over the central bank’s extensive renovations of its Washington, D.C., headquarters.

The nation’s top central banker dismissed the threat of criminal charges and subpoenas about the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In a remarkable reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay for soil testing for lead at 100 homes that were destroyed by the Eaton fire and cleaned up by federal disaster workers.

The forthcoming announcement would mark an about-face for FEMA ...Read more

NEW YORK — Citing “the seriousness of the charges” Luigi Mangione is facing in his Manhattan death penalty case, a federal judge on Monday reconsidered a hearing about the legality of a property search during the suspected CEO killer’s December 2024 arrest, ordering the Justice Department to secure testimony from a Pennsylvania police ...Read more

DENVER — The Denver City Council is considering a new policy that would ban law enforcement officers — including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — from covering their faces during arrest and detention operations.

Councilwomen Flor Alvidrez and Shontel Lewis plan to present the idea for a potential city ordinance during a ...Read more

MIAMI — Miami Dade College is trying to disqualify a judge who already ruled in its favor from any future proceedings in a public transparency lawsuit over the College Board of Trustees’ decision-making process to give away prime downtown land for Donald Trump’s presidential library.

Even though Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz tossed ...Read more

Iran’s foreign minister said security forces have “full control” of the country after two weeks of violent unrest, amid reports he’s reached out to the United States following an intervention threat by President Donald Trump.

Abbas Araghchi’s claim to have asserted police authority over nationwide protests is yet to be fully tested, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — In a wide-ranging interview on The New York Times’ “The Daily” podcast, Minneapolis police Chief Brian O’Hara called last week’s fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good “predictable and entirely preventable.”

He railed on aggressive tactics employed by the influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ...Read more

DETROIT — Flu cases are surging in Michigan, state health experts say, as the flu season has hit harder and earlier than it typically does, according to several local health systems.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has recorded 2,110 influenza-related hospitalizations this flu season, including 306 among children ages 4 ...Read more