In Megan Egbert’s experience, it can often take dozens of calls reporting possible abuse or neglect of a child before the Department of Health and Welfare finally takes action.

The first time Egbert, now a Democratic state representative from Boise, served as a court-appointed representative for a child in foster care, the department received...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court invalidated much of the Trump administration’s worldwide tariff regime in a ruling released Friday, dealing a major setback to one of President Donald Trump’s signature domestic and foreign policy efforts.

The 6-3 ruling found that Trump overstepped the emergency authority Congress gave to presidents in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at Supreme Court justices who struck down a key part of his tariffs agenda, calling them “fools” who made a “terrible, defective decision” that he plans to circumvent by imposing new levies in a different way.

In a defiant appearance at the White House, Trump told reporters ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shortly before releasing an after-action report on the Palisades fire, the Los Angeles Fire Department issued a confidential memo detailing plans to protect Mayor Karen Bass and others from “reputational harm” in connection with the city’s handling of the catastrophic blaze, records obtained by The Times show.

“It’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress have given their members leeway on how they show opposition to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address — attend and stay silent, or don’t attend at all. But central to their show of force will be victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

That effort starts from leadership ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday criticized the Supreme Court for casting aside many of his global tariffs, easily the biggest setback of his second term — but he vowed to impose new import fees and accused the six justices who ruled against him of being corrupted by foreign entities.

“We’re going forward,” a defiant ...Read more

BALTIMORE – A Salisbury woman said federal immigration agents forced their way into her home and arrested her husband in front of their children last week, an incident that has sparked student protests across the Eastern Shore city.

Erika Vargas said more than a dozen U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrived at the family’s...Read more

President Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, risking a new destabilizing conflict in the Middle East.

The Pentagon has orchestrated a massive deployment to the region that includes two aircraft carriers, fighter jets...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore police vehicles were in 623 crashes in the city from January 2024 to August 2025. These accidents cost a total of $1,027,397, with vehicles either being a total loss or repaired for future usage. Several accidents had more than $30,000 in damage.

Department spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge said roughly half of the ...Read more

The big question regarding Sunday’s snow storm threat on Friday not so subtly pivoted from will it happen to how much.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch starting at 6 a.m. Sunday into Monday morning for the potential of 6 inches of snow or more.

With a surprising level of agreement so far in advance of a first-...Read more

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago is among 31 universities nationwide to cut ties with The Ph.D. Project, an organization known for helping students of color attain professional degrees, amid an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.

The organization, founded in 1994 to increase diversity among business school faculty, provides ...Read more

Florida’s middle and high school students will learn about the fall of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as part of their history of communism lessons to be implemented next year.

The State Board of Education on Friday unanimously approved adding the information into social studies standards that it originally adopted in November.

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LOS ANGELES — U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi declared a triumph against California on Friday, touting an appellate court ruling that she said blocked a state ban on immigration agents and other law enforcement officers wearing masks.

"The 9th Circuit has now issued a FULL stay blocking California's ban on masks for federal law enforcement agents,"...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, which have caused mass disruption for Minnesota businesses, farmers and consumers.

The state’s top Democrats were quick to praise the 6-3 ruling, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, who reprimanded the president for overstepping his executive power...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Abortion in Kentucky would be treated like a homicide under a bill proposed Friday by social conservative legislator Rep. Josh Calloway, R-Irvington. But if recent history and another legislator interested in the issue are any indication, don’t expect the bill to move.

House Bill 690 would supersede Kentucky’s current ...Read more

Maryland officials say they are gathering the data needed to pursue federal disaster aid for the state’s struggling oyster industry, as watermen and Eastern Shore lawmakers press for relief under both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fishery disaster process and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

For weeks, ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t need to go to Congress to restore his sweeping global tariffs after the Supreme Court decision Friday that struck them down.

Asked if he would go to Congress on the matter, Trump told reporters at the White House “I don’t need to” because the authorities he is seeking are already approved. Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at Supreme Court justices who struck down his tariffs agenda, calling them “fools” who made a “terrible, defective decision” that he plans to circumvent by imposing new levies in a different way.

In a defiant appearance at the White House, Trump told reporters that his ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal prosecutors said Friday, Feb. 20, that the U.S. government has yet to formally decide whether to seek the death penalty against Vance Boelter, the man accused of shootings two Minnesota state lawmakers and their families last summer.

During a brief appearance in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, assistant U.S. ...Read more