WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the U.S. has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely.

Trump called for “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” and noted a plan for the U.S....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran's "unconditional surrender," signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a Truth Social post, Trump indicated that diplomatic ...Read more

DENVER — A state board considering whether to prohibit the main food assistance program in Colorado from paying for most sweetened drinks punted its decision until late April, with several members saying they were torn between the desire to reduce sugar consumption and to avoid burdening low-income people.

The Colorado Healthy Choice Waiver ...Read more

CHICAGO — A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South Side’s House of Hope, providing a requiem to the vast reach of the leadership, inspiration and teachings that made the Rev. Jesse Jackson a national civil rights icon.

More than 1,000 people attended the ...Read more

Clocks are taking a major leap into spring this weekend, this time around as early as it ever happens.

On Sunday the clocks will skip right over 2 a.m. and proceed to 3 a.m. as daylight saving time begins and will continue through Nov. 1.

The sun won’t set before 7 p.m. until Sept. 22.

Congratulations to those who prefer eating dinner ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As the U.S. and Israel continue their bombardment of Iran, Iranian Angelenos are turning to a patchwork of communication apps, social media and cable news for updates on their loved ones some 7,500 miles away.

The Los Angeles Times spoke with several people in the "Tehrangeles" area of Westwood this week — the epicenter of L.A...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia City Council next month will consider legislation to place some limits on immigration enforcement in the city and is planning a daylong hearing to parse the proposals.

Council President Kenyatta Johnson, a Democrat who controls the flow of legislation in the chamber, said he has scheduled a hearing to take place at...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal court in New York took the first official steps this week to start the refund process for the worldwide tariff regime that the Supreme Court said violated the law.

Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade said in an order Wednesday that importers were due refunds for tariffs paid under the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota’s immigrant rights groups doubt that a leadership change at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will lead to a substantial shift in enforcement tactics.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he was tapping Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead the department that includes Immigration and Customs ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House members eagerly hoping for a spot across the Capitol in the Senate are now facing an unexpected variable in their campaign calculus: the conflict in Iran.

If the war drags on, it will become a delicate issue that both Republican and Democratic candidates will need to balance, albeit for different reasons.

Their first test ...Read more

CHICAGO — A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South Side’s House of Hope, providing a requiem to the vast reach of the leadership, inspiration and teachings that made the Rev. Jesse Jackson a national civil rights icon.

More than 1,000 people attended the ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Members of Maryland’s congressional delegation are pressing for “immediate remediation” as Legionella bacteria remains in the water at Baltimore’s federal building, which houses ICE and other agencies. Meanwhile, federal officials say safety measures are already in place and there is no threat.

In a letter sent Friday to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran's "unconditional surrender," signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a Truth Social post, Trump indicated that diplomatic ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A Bay Area child who attended a school for the deaf was summarily detained and deported, alongside his mother and brother, this week during an immigration office visit, prompting the state’s superintendent of schools to call on the Trump administration to return him to the United States.

According to a KTVU report and a ...Read more

NEW YORK — Pakistani businessman Asif Merchant, who tried to hire hit men to kill a political figure, potentially President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of murder-for-hire and terrorism charges — despite his claims that his Iranian intelligence handler forced him into the scheme by threatening his family.

A federal jury in Brooklyn...Read more

ADRIAN, Mich. — Jury deliberations in the murder trial involving a woman whose body was discovered in a resealed fertilizer tank were abruptly postponed Friday until Tuesday.

The jury had barely begun weighing the fate of prominent Tecumseh farmer Dale Warner on Friday when one of the jurors told the court he or she had an unspecified ...Read more

DENVER — A Colorado voter initiative that would require sentences to life in prison for people convicted of child sex trafficking has qualified for the November ballot.

Protect Kids Colorado, the group backing Initiative 108, submitted nearly 170,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot. The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office announced ...Read more

Capt. Cody Khork, from Winter Haven, Florida, one of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait drone attack Sunday, was enrolled as a current student at a Missouri university.

Webster University, in St. Louis, announced on Facebook earlier this week that Khork was an online student pursuing a master’s degree in Business and Organization ...Read more

Attorneys for 18 California youths are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to allow them to go forward with claims that climate change is already affecting them disproportionately.

The youths, now 10 to 19 years old, argue that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency discriminates against children by giving more ...Read more