Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro met with leaders in Berks and Schuylkill counties Thursday as those communities confront the planned federal conversion of two warehouses into ICE detention centers, pledging to do everything possible to block the Trump administration’s plans in the state.

Shapiro, a Democrat who first opposed the potential ...Read more

The Maryland House of Delegates passed two bills Thursday to restrict the spread and impact of immigration detention facilities in the state, amid work by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and private companies to set up immigration detention centers. The legislation now goes to the State Senate.

One bill, HB 1017, that passed 98-36 ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — A new California bill co-authored by a Fresno-area legislator intends to reopen Medi-Cal applications for undocumented adults who lost access to the program because of cuts made to the state’s budget last year.

The Medical Access Restoration Act, known as SB 1422, would end the Medi-Cal enrollment freeze that took effect ...Read more

Hillary Clinton gave closed-door testimony Thursday to a congressional committee investigating the Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking scandal, with Bill Clinton to follow on Friday.

The former secretary of state sat for a deposition to the House of Representatives’ oversight committee near the couple’s home in suburban Chappaqua, New York, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Five police officers say in a new federal lawsuit they were skipped over for promotions because of a Philadelphia policy change to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the municipal workforce.

The officers — Christopher Bloom, Kollin Berg, Joseph Musumeci, Marc Monachello, and Leroy Ziegler — claim they were victims ...Read more

Mayor Zohran Mamdani presented President Donald Trump with a pitch to build 12,000 housing units in New York City at a White House sit-down Thursday, marking the moment with a chummy picture of the pair in the Oval Office featuring Trump clutching a fake Daily News front page and smiling ear-to-ear.

“I had a productive meeting with President ...Read more

Idaho Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Risch spoke up for his constituents’ “passionate, unified” support for public lands during the confirmation hearing for proposed Bureau of Land Management chief Steve Pearce on Wednesday.

Risch questioned whether Pearce, a controversial pick for his past sentiments to sell public lands, understood the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz lashed out at the Trump administration for clawing back a quarter-billion dollars in Medicaid funding from Minnesota over its handling of fraud, calling it a “ransom note” and saying it would only hurt the vulnerable.

Speaking at a news conference Feb. 26. Walz said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...Read more

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors said Thursday they plan to narrow conspiracy allegations and review “newly unearthed” evidence in the politically charged “Broadview Six” case accusing a group of Democrats and other protesters of conspiring to block and damage an immigration agent’s vehicle outside the ICE facility in Broadview in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told House lawmakers she did not have information on the past criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and never recalled meeting the now-deceased sex offender, according to remarks prepared as part of a congressional deposition Thursday in New York.

In an opening statement she shared ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the Trump administration on Thursday afternoon was set to release a Columbia University student detained earlier in the day by federal Department of Homeland Security agents, who Columbia acting President Claire Shipman alleged made “misrepresentations” to enter a school residence.

In the ...Read more

Gov. Maura Healey is responding to President Trump naming Massachusetts, along with California, Maine, and Minnesota, as some of the most fraud-ridden states in the country while announcing a new “war on fraud” during his State of the Union address.

“At the end of the day, this is all about the president and the Trump administration ...Read more

DENVER — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston signed an executive order Thursday that’s intended to protect protesters demonstrating against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations if the city becomes the next target for a surge.

His order requires Denver Police Department officers to intervene and detain ICE agents if they see the agents...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Nine members of the U.S. Navy and one other suspect were arrested in connection with an assault in which the victim was pistol-whipped and beaten at a house party in the San Diego County community of Jamul last year, sheriff’s officials said Wednesday.

Deputies received a report on May 3 of an assault at a home on Proctor Valley...Read more

A week after the NASA Administrator promised consequences for the agency’s mishandling of the Boeing Starliner saga, two key leaders of its Commercial Crew Program are being replaced.

NASA said that Ken Bowersox, who announced his retirement Wednesday, will be stepping down from his role as associate administrator of Space Operations Mission ...Read more

NEW YORK — For the first time in roughly 90 years — dating back to the Great Depression — the United States has seen more people moving out of the country than moving in.

The Trump administration has made immigration to the U.S., along with mass deportations, chief among its priorities. But according to the Wall Street Journal, there’s ...Read more

The Missouri House passed a bill permanently extending its ban on transgender athletes competing in school sports consistent with their gender identity.

The athletics ban comes two weeks after the Missouri House permanently extended its ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and both will codify moratoriums on transgender issues passed in ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Maryland lawmakers are considering an unprecedented number of bills addressing the quality and nature of elder care as the state grapples with a growing senior population.

With the number of Marylanders 65 or older growing at more than 3% per year — more than four times the rate of the rest of the population — and costs for ...Read more

After years of states pushing legislation to accelerate the development of data centers and the electric grid to support them, some legislators want to limit or repeal state and local incentives that paved their way.

President Donald Trump also has changed his tone. Last year he issued an executive order and other federal initiatives meant to ...Read more

State officials across the country are looking to crack down on fraud and mistakes in the nation’s largest food assistance program, spurred by looming federal rules that will force states with high error rates to pay more.

But the Republican proposals mostly focus on more frequently verifying the eligibility of individual households that ...Read more