WASHINGTON — A federal court in New York took the first official steps this week to start the refund process for the worldwide tariff regime that the Supreme Court said violated the law.

Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade said in an order Wednesday that importers were due refunds for tariffs paid under the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s immigrant rights groups doubt that a leadership change at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will lead to a substantial shift in enforcement tactics.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he was tapping Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the department that includes Immigration and Customs ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House members eagerly hoping for a spot across the Capitol in the Senate are now facing an unexpected variable in their campaign calculus: the conflict in Iran.

If the war drags on, it will become a delicate issue that both Republican and Democratic candidates will need to balance, albeit for different reasons.

Their first test ...Read more

CHICAGO — A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South Side’s House of Hope, providing a requiem to the vast reach of the leadership, inspiration and teachings that made the Rev. Jesse Jackson a national civil rights icon.

More than 1,000 people attended the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation are pressing for “immediate remediation” as Legionella bacteria remains in the water at Baltimore’s federal building, which houses ICE and other agencies. Meanwhile, federal officials say safety measures are already in place and there is no threat.

In a letter sent Friday to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran's "unconditional surrender," signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a Truth Social post, Trump indicated that diplomatic ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Bay Area child who attended a school for the deaf was summarily detained and deported, alongside his mother and brother, this week during an immigration office visit, prompting the state’s superintendent of schools to call on the Trump administration to return him to the United States.

According to a KTVU report and a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Pakistani businessman Asif Merchant, who tried to hire hit men to kill a political figure, potentially President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of murder-for-hire and terrorism charges — despite his claims that his Iranian intelligence handler forced him into the scheme by threatening his family.

A federal jury in Brooklyn...Read more

ADRIAN, Mich. — Jury deliberations in the murder trial involving a woman whose body was discovered in a resealed fertilizer tank were abruptly postponed Friday until Tuesday.

The jury had barely begun weighing the fate of prominent Tecumseh farmer Dale Warner on Friday when one of the jurors told the court he or she had an unspecified ...Read more

DENVER — A Colorado voter initiative that would require sentences to life in prison for people convicted of child sex trafficking has qualified for the November ballot.

Protect Kids Colorado, the group backing Initiative 108, submitted nearly 170,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced ...Read more

Capt. Cody Khork, from Winter Haven, Florida, one of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait drone attack Sunday, was enrolled as a current student at a Missouri university.

Webster University, in St. Louis, announced on Facebook earlier this week that Khork was an online student pursuing a master’s degree in Business and Organization ...Read more

Attorneys for 18 California youths are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to allow them to go forward with claims that climate change is already affecting them disproportionately.

The youths, now 10 to 19 years old, argue that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency discriminates against children by giving more ...Read more

The Federal Drug Enforcement Administration opened an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and a dozen other individuals in 2015 that centered on allegations of money laundering, drug trafficking and the procurement of Eastern European prostitutes for high-profile clients, according to five people familiar with the case.

The investigation, which ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The mother of Ju’Juan Jeffers, the 20-year-old man killed during a shooting at Lincoln University homecoming last November, has filed a lawsuit against the school, the university police chief, and others.

Attorneys for Marchelle Hargroves, Jeffers’ mother, allege that Lincoln prioritized the “college experience” over ...Read more

MIAMI — President Donald Trump will host leaders from across Latin America and the Caribbean in Doral on Saturday for what the White House describes as a landmark summit aimed at reshaping regional alliances and reinforcing U.S. influence in the Western Hemisphere.

The gathering, which the Trump administration is calling the “Shield of the ...Read more

Nancy Guthrie’s neighbors are reportedly being asked about internet glitches around the time the 84-year-old woman went missing.

It’s not clear if investigators in Arizona believe there’s a link to possible technological issues in Tucson and Guthrie’s Feb. 1 disappearance.

Three of Guthrie’s neighbors were quizzed about their web ...Read more

After more than 25 years, magician and illusionist David Copperfield announced his Las Vegas residency is coming to an end after his name again appeared in the latest Jeffrey Epstein evidence dump.

“My journey began as a kid in New Jersey with a dream of one day making magic in my life. I saw magic then — and I see magic now — as more ...Read more

CHICAGO — A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South Side’s House of Hope, providing a requiem to the vast reach of the leadership, inspiration and teachings that made the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson a national civil rights icon.

More than 1,000 people attended the...Read more

Robert Marzan was a bear of a man, round chested and with hands as big as catcher’s mitts.

But he was a gentle giant, said niece Irene Fernandez, who called Marzan “my loving and fun uncle, grandma’s baby, a devoted husband, protective and loving father, baby brother, cousin and best friend to many.”

Marzan, 54, a chief warrant officer...Read more

Six months ago, Nick Reiner tried to participate in a display of family unity as he posed on a Hollywood red carpet with his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, and his siblings to celebrate the premiere of his father’s new movie, a sequel to his groundbreaking 1984 comedy, “This is Spinal Tap.”

But following Reiner’s arrest in the murder ...Read more