The Department of Homeland Security says immigration officers are arresting accused criminals, the “worst of the worst.” But a federal lawsuit argues authorities are regularly jailing and deporting immigrants who are survivors of human trafficking, domestic abuse and other crimes.

The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court on Oct. 14 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department plans to terminate over 2,000 employees across five government workers unions, according to a Monday court filing.

The department provided updated numbers after it was ordered by a federal judge to include additional information for three additional unions — the National Federation of Federal Employees, ...Read more

CHICAGO — A pair of immigration officials in federal court Monday defended their agencies’ use of force with protesters and media during the Trump administration’s ongoing “Operation Midway Blitz,” saying agents have been put in dangerous situations on the streets, pelted with eggs and rocks and forced to use tear gas and other tactics...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The mother of a 5-year-old girl who fell off of the Disney Dream cruise ship in June will not face a criminal charge, the Broward State Attorney’s Office decided.

The family, who live outside of Florida, were taking photos about 11:30 a.m. June 29 on Deck 4, which features a wraparound exercise track and some areas with ...Read more

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made changes to the naturalization civics test that will make it more challenging for immigrants to obtain their U.S. citizenship.

The changes are part of the federal agency’s ongoing effort to overhaul the legal immigration naturalization process.

“These critical changes are the first ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Monday said a Caribbean system has a high chance to form into Tropical Storm Melissa this week, with some forecast paths having it turn north and threaten landfall.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, the tropical wave located in the eastern Caribbean Sea had a concentrated area of showers ...Read more

President Donald Trump over the weekend continued to paint San Francisco as a hotbed of crime, and suggested in a Fox News interview, once again, that he planned to send federal troops to the city by the bay.

“I think they want us in San Francisco,” Trump told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo during a Sunday interview. “San Francisco was truly...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday said he selected Detroit marijuana businessman Mark Savaya to serve as his special envoy to Iraq.

Savaya has owned Leaf and Bud, a Detroit-area chain of medical and recreational marijuana stores.

"Mark’s deep understanding of the Iraq-U.S. relationship, and his connections in the region, will ...Read more

A U.S. appeals court allowed for now President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy troops to Portland, Oregon, to counter protests against his immigration crackdown, a major boost for the administration’s effort to send the military into Democratic-led cities.

A divided court in San Francisco on Monday lifted an order earlier this month that ...Read more

A mother faces felony charges after police say she smuggled a knife past a Detroit elementary school guard this month and gave it to her child, who allegedly stabbed a fellow student.

In Eastpointe, Michigan, a woman was deemed competent to stand trial Thursday, after she allegedly fatally stabbed her manager at a McDonald's restaurant.

The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an agreement with visiting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to boost access to critical minerals and rare earths, as the U.S. looks to reduce reliance on Chinese supplies.

“In about a year from now, we’ll have so much critical mineral and rare earths that you won’t know what to do ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida group pushing to legalize recreational marijuana is accusing the state of meddling with its ability to get the issue in front of voters.

Smart & Safe Florida, a political committee trying to again put a recreational marijuana constitutional amendment on the ballot, filed a lawsuit against Secretary of State ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump listed rare earths, fentanyl, soybeans and Taiwan as the U.S.’s top issues with China, underlining the divisive topics the two sides plan to tackle at the negotiating table as a fragile trade truce nears its expiration.

“I don’t want them to play the rare earth game with us,” Trump said on Air Force...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans aligned with the party establishment are excited that Texas Sen. John Cornyn has closed the gap with primary challenger Ken Paxton in his high-profile reelection race.

But the four-term incumbent is still extremely vulnerable. The GOP primary, now a three-way race between Cornyn, Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, offers an...Read more

Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in U.S. courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest social media companies.

The blizzard of paperwork is a byproduct of two consolidated lawsuits accusing Snap Inc.’s Snapchat; Meta ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — New details have emerged in the ongoing search for Melodee Buzzard, a missing 9-year-old Lompoc girl who authorities now say was seen as recently as Oct. 7 and may have been driven to Nebraska by her mother.

Melodee’s mother, Ashlee Buzzard, refuses to cooperate with authorities or answer questions about her daughter’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — It was supposed to be a boisterous event at Camp Pendleton celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps that included a live simulation of a beach assault by sea and air.

The plan involved Marines firing high explosive rounds from M777 Howitzers — artillery used to launch shells in wars in Afghanistan and Ukraine — into ...Read more

Outrage spread Monday over President Donald Trump’s effort to mock the huge No Kings protests over the weekend by posting an AI video of himself dumping waste on demonstrators.

Supporters of the sprawling rallies that drew millions slammed Trump for posting the 18-second clip depicting him wearing a crown and piloting a KING TRUMP warplane ...Read more

WILDER, Idaho — At La Catedral Arena in Wilder, a local horse racetrack popular among the Spanish-speaking community west of Boise, families enjoy the free raffles, vendors and food. It’s common to see hundreds of children there on a race day, said Nikki Ramirez-Smith, a Nampa-based immigration lawyer.

Those children, Ramirez-Smith said, ...Read more