WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded ready Tuesday to uphold state laws that forbid transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams for girls.

Idaho, West Virginia and 25 other Republican-led states say a student's biological sex at birth should determine who can play on the girls' or boys' teams.

They say it is unfair ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Chairman James R. Comer said Tuesday the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would take up a contempt of Congress measure against Bill Clinton next week, after the former president did not show up for a deposition tied to the panel’s investigation of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Committee approval of a ...Read more

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a case that seeks to overturn state bans on transgender women competing in high school and college sports, with some conservative judges hinting they may side with the red states.

The conservative justices, who have been mostly skeptical of trans rights, will decide whether bans on trans women ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After admitting last week that the Los Angeles Fire Department’s after-action report on the Palisades fire was watered down so as not to reflect poorly on top command staff, Fire Chief Jaime Moore said Monday he does not plan to determine who was responsible.

Moore said he is taking a forward-looking approach and not seeking ...Read more

Yosemite National Park won’t require reservations in 2026 for visitors hoping to see one of its most famous natural spectacles.

For the last three years, the popular California park has required reservations during select weekends in February to see the so-called “firefall,” a natural phenomenon that occurs when the setting sun lights up ...Read more

The U.S.Marshals Service is assisting local authorities in New Mexico in their search for “West Wing” and “Thirtysomething” star Timothy Busfield, who’s been accused of sexual misconduct involving children.

The 68-year-old director and producer is accused of sexually abusing twin brothers on the set of the crime drama “The Cleaning ...Read more

DETROIT — President Donald Trump arrived Tuesday in Michigan, where he is expected to promote his approach to the nation's economy and jump-start the midterm election year in the battleground state.

After Air Force One landed at Detroit Metro Airport at about 11:45 a.m., Trump is expected to visit Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Truck Plant before ...Read more

For years, the water table has been dropping beneath thousands of acres of desert farmland in western Arizona, where a Saudi-owned dairy company has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts of groundwater to grow hay for its cows.

But the company and other landowners in the area will now face limits under a decision by state officials to impose ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — In a heated meeting punctuated by a student protest, the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Tuesday voted against including some Sunday voting opportunities and on-campus voting sites in the March primary election.

In mostly party-line votes, the board’s new Republican majority voted to approve early voting plans ...Read more

NEW YORK — Tony Herbert, a former official in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration and longtime fixture in New York City politics, was arrested by federal authorities Tuesday on sweeping public corruption charges alleging he took bribes and kickbacks during his time at City Hall.​

The Adams associate and perennial political candidate, who was...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The federal government is ending temporary protected status for Somalis in the United States, potentially affecting hundreds of people across the U.S. and Minnesota.

The Department of Homeland Security announced the move on Jan. 13, giving Somali people with a protected status until March 17 to leave the United States. Tuesday�...Read more

Iran’s death toll from ongoing protests may be in the thousands, activist groups said, as U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to continue demonstrations against the regime of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported Tuesday that at least 2,000 people have died in just over two ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Thompson, the leading federal prosecutor and public voice on uncovering rampant fraud in Minnesota, has resigned from the U.S. attorney’s office.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to represent the United States and this office,” Thompson wrote in an email obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune. He did not give any ...Read more

CHICAGO — Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore has joined her former colleagues in federal prison nearly three years after they were convicted in a scheme to bribe then-House Speaker Michael Madigan.

Pramaggiore, 67, reported Monday to a minimum-security prison camp in Marianna, Florida, about an hour’s drive west of Tallahassee, where she ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Joe Thompson, the leading federal prosecutor and public voice on uncovering rampant fraud around Minnesota, has resigned from the U.S. attorney’s office.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to represent the United States and this office,” Thompson wrote in an email obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune. He does not give...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Staffers within Minnesota’s top federal prosecutor’s office have been asked to stay quiet about the FBI investigation probing the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an immigration agent last week.

In an internal email obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen told his staff to “say ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.

Jeri Rees said her 21-year-old nephew underwent six hours of surgery and that doctors found ...Read more

DETROIT — Local immigration advocates are urging Detroit officials to limit how much they collaborate with ICE agents in the city as the furor over the shooting death of Rene Nicole Good in Minneapolis continues to reverberate.

At a Tuesday morning rally before the Detroit City Council meeting, about 60 people braved frigid temperatures to ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump Justice Department to respond to demands from congressional lawmakers that he appoint a special master to facilitate the release of files gathered on deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and accusations that the government is disobeying the law, according to court docs filed Tuesday...Read more

Iran’s death toll from ongoing protests may be in the thousands, activist groups said, as U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iranians to continue demonstrations against the regime of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported Tuesday that at least 2,000 people have died in just over two ...Read more