A cannabis retail market could be coming to Virginia as soon as next November, if the General Assembly passes the legislation and Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger signs off on it. Since 2021, Virginians have been able to legally possess marijuana for personal use but unable to legally purchase it.

The Joint Commission to Oversee the Transition of ...Read more

A class-action lawsuit has been filed by a group of Texas families in the third legal challenge over displays of the Ten Commandments in classrooms across the state.

On Tuesday, a group of 18 multifaith and nonreligious families filed the class-action suit, which requests a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against any ...Read more

In what appears to be a longer-term legal strategy, the plaintiffs in an injunction case limiting the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz on Tuesday abruptly moved to dismiss the underlying lawsuit in the midst of an appeal by the Trump administration.

In the request, lawyers representing a consortium of media ...Read more

St. Paul police will face more scrutiny for their role in the chaotic ICE raid last week on St. Paul’s East Side, where city officers sprayed chemical irritants and rubber projectiles on protesters.

City Council members say St. Paul police officers’ conduct at the scene crossed a line, and on Wednesday they’re expected to call for an ...Read more

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that her department will soon withhold funding that helps administer SNAP benefits in states run by Democrats, including Minnesota.

Those states have refused to share participants’ personal data with the federal government. Roughly 440,000 Minnesotans rely on the ...Read more

Minnesota and its Somali immigrant community have become the latest target of President Donald Trump, in what has become a pattern of escalating pressure against Democratic-led cities and states across the U.S.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that ICE would focus on undocumented members of the Twin Cities Somali community with an intensive ...Read more

A Native American tribe that was displaced by the establishment of Yosemite National Park is getting part of its lands back.

The land transfer, from Pacific Forest Trust, is considered a major milestone for Indigenous cultural and land restoration in California.

In addition, the move could lead to better management and control of wildfires in ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal appeals judge on Tuesday had blunt criticism for a lower court judge’s order to release hundreds of immigrants on bond whose arrests during “Operation Midway Blitz” are being challenged under a consent decree that limits so-called warrantless detention.

During arguments before a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit U...Read more

A Pennsylvania police officer testified that when he first saw the face of the nervous young man eating in a McDonald’s restaurant, he knew it was the suspect in the shooting death of a healthcare executive in New York five days earlier.

Patrolman Joseph Detwiler said he had seen a series of photographs released by the New York Police ...Read more

SpaceX carved out a sunset launch over the Space Coast on Tuesday with its latest Starlink flight.

A Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-95 mission with 29 of the company’s internet satellites blasted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 5:18 p.m.

This was the 25th flight for the first-stage booster, which...Read more

The Canadian publisher of a children’s book character used by Pete Hegseth to downplay possible war crimes is distancing their cartoon turtle from the U.S. Secretary of War.

“Franklin the Turtle is a beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy and inclusivity,” the publishing house Kids ...Read more

BEIRUT — With a rainbow adorning the early morning sky, tens of thousands converged on Beirut's waterfront on Tuesday to attend public prayers led by Pope Leo XIV — the culmination of an international debut that saw the U.S.-born pontiff repeatedly call for peace in a time of increasing war.

Addressing a crowd of an estimated 150,000 people...Read more

Talks between Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine have concluded at the Kremlin after almost five hours, according to news services in Moscow.

No details of the outcome of the discussions have emerged so far. Witkoff left the Kremlin to go to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, state...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County supervisors advanced an ordinance Tuesday that would prohibit law enforcement officers — including immigration enforcement agents — from wearing masks while working in unincorporated parts of the county.

The ordinance would also require all law enforcement officers to wear identification and make clear ...Read more

ANALYSIS — Faced with a burgeoning military scandal, President Donald Trump on Tuesday turned to his familiar strategy of trying to deflect and distract as he feels bipartisan heat from Congress.

His Defense secretary, meanwhile, opted to go full hawk.

“I ask questions from very intelligent lunatics, you people. I give the right answers. ...Read more

President Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns about affordability as a Democratic “con job” in a remarkable shift after recently latching onto the buzzword encapsulating widespread consumer worries about the cost of living.

Trump branded affordability as a “hoax” in a speech to his Cabinet in which he also downplayed the chances of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are poised to square off at a hearing Wednesday on a long-running, but so far unsuccessful, Republican push to impeach judges who have ruled against President Donald Trump’s agenda.

Republican House members have filed impeachment resolutions against a myriad of judges this Congress ...Read more

Sabrina Carpenter’s not mincing words when it comes to the Trump administration using one of her songs in a video promoting ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.

On Tuesday, the pop princess condemned the White House for posting a video featuring ICE arresting protesters and undocumented immigrants to one of her songs. The video, which...Read more