NEW YORK — Wealthy celebrities and investors — including many who could be targeted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed tax hikes on millionaires — pumped tens of thousands of dollars into his transition coffers last month, new filings reviewed by the Daily News show.

The December donors include members of the super-wealthy Pritzker and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The "Rising Together" float in Pasadena's Rose Parade was supposed to celebrate the resiliency of Los Angeles in the face of the unprecedented double disaster that flattened thousands of homes and took 31 lives last January.

But amid the float's proud phoenix and colorful California poppies, two frustrated fire survivors ...Read more

Former Navy Seal, professional wresting superstar and ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse “The Body” Ventura hinted that his frustration over the state of the nation has him considering a return to government.

“I’ll give you a quote,” the 74-year-old Minneapolis native told reporters in response to ICE activity taking place in his state. “...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget Friday painted a somewhat brighter picture of California’s economy than was forecast last year, but warned that “risks and uncertainty remain elevated.”

The budget forecast, similar to that of independent analysts, offers a better outlook than the governor’s May revision. But it also ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for hundreds of millions of taxpayer funds lost to fraud, adding on Jan. 9 in a call with reporters while in the Twin Cities that the Trump administration is launching a series of steps to root out fraud and hold fraudsters accountable.

It comes as Minnesota ...Read more

Iranian officials intensified a crackdown on protests across the country, blocking the internet and threatening participants with the death penalty amid expectations of further unrest Friday night.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic won’t tolerate “vandalism” or “people acting as mercenaries for foreign ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom made several direct and indirect appeals to California lawmakers during his State of the State speech Thursday morning, mapping out how he hopes to work with them in the new legislative session.

The governor, who has emerged as a likely candidate for the 2028 presidential race, spent much of his hourlong...Read more

BEIRUT — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as "saboteurs" and insisting the Islamic Republic would "not back down," even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing antigovernment demonstrations.

Speaking before a crowd that ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota leaders announced Friday an investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this week in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the investigation after the FBI took sole ownership of investigating the shooting, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There is an increasing number of campaigns being hosted by one of the nation’s leading crowdfunding platforms claiming to be collecting money on behalf of the family of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.

As of Jan. 9, one effort among the 30 or so leads the way with a tally topping $1.5 ...Read more

A U.S. State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since strongman Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in his residence in Caracas, as Washington weighs reopening its embassy in Caracas after nearly six years.

The visit, first reported by CNN, reflects the Trump administration’s efforts to reestablish a ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said a second wave of attacks on Venezuela has been canceled, citing improved cooperation from the country after some political prisoners were released.

Venezuela is “working well” with the U.S. on rebuilding its oil and gas infrastructure and releasing “large numbers” of political prisoners, Trump wrote in a...Read more

NEW YORK — Attorney General Letitia James warned that President Donald Trump is putting the most vulnerable New Yorkers at risk as she and four other attorneys general head to court in a bid to reverse the administration’s withholding $10 billion in funding for child care and other social services programs.

The funding freeze, which ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is applauding students and staff at Roosevelt High School for standing up for freedom and America, and subtly hinted that he may once again be interested in running for the state’s top office.

“I did one term. I am owed a second,” he told reporters on Jan. 8. “I was leading a nice ...Read more

SpaceX has the first of a series of afternoon launches in the next week on tap Friday with another Starlink mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-96 mission with 29 more of the internet satellites is targeting 2:34 p.m. Eastern time in the middle of a four-hour window from 1:03 to 5:03 p.m. from Cape Canaveral ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois and four other states are suing the Trump administration over its decision earlier this week to withhold $10 billion in child care and family assistance funds.

The attorneys general of Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in New York, alleging federal officials ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago residents, activists and elected officials demanded that the city’s civilian police oversight board launch a thorough probe into how the Chicago Police Department has interacted with or assisted federal immigration agents before, during and after “Operation Midway Blitz” at a heated Thursday night meeting.

City police ...Read more