President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a major step to reset fractured ties with a surprise deal on Monday to slash tariffs, bringing much-needed relief to India’s economy.

The U.S. will cut its levy on Indian goods to 18% from 25%, lower than most Asian peers, while an additional 25% punitive duty tied to purchases of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — L.A. County spent more than $112 million defending the Sheriff's Department against lawsuits last fiscal year, more than five times the legal expenses of any other county agency.

According to an annual tally of the county's legal spending released this week, about $229 million went to legal payouts and lawyer bills from July 1, ...Read more

An unusually large majority of Americans agree that the recent scenes of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis are disturbing.

Federal immigration agents have deployed with weapons and tactics more commonly associated with military operations than with civilian law enforcement. The federal government has ...Read more

As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it left more than a million people without power, mostly in the Southeast.

Scrambling to meet higher than average demand, PJM, the nonprofit company that operates the grid serving much of the mid-Atlantic U.S., asked...Read more

Watching the Winter Olympics is an adrenaline rush as athletes fly down snow-covered ski slopes, luge tracks and over the ice at breakneck speeds and with grace.

When the first Olympic Winter Games were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, all 16 events took place outdoors. The athletes relied on natural snow for ski runs and freezing ...Read more

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans aim to translate the most up-to-date nutrition science into practical advice for the public as well as to guide federal policy for programs such as school lunches.

But the newest version of the guidelines, released on Jan. 7, 2026, seems to be spurring more confusion than clarity about what people ...Read more

Back in 2013, the Supreme Court tossed out a key provision of the Voting Rights Act regarding federal oversight of elections. It appears poised to abolish another pillar of the law.

In a case known as Louisiana v. Callais, the court appears ready to rule against Louisiana and its Black voters. In doing so, the court may well abolish ...Read more

NASA’s test run of its Artemis II countdown ran into problems Monday at Kennedy Space Center that ultimately forced a decision to call off any chance to launch the moonbound mission this month.

“With the conclusion of the wet dress rehearsal today, we are moving off the February launch window and targeting March for the earliest possible ...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s resumption of attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure with the biggest assault this year will have consequences for Kyiv’s negotiating team in this week’s peace talks.

As winter temperatures remain frigid, Russia delivered an overnight assault with scores of missiles and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Authorities found blood inside the Tucson home of Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement sources said, heightening concerns that the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was the victim of foul play.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen Saturday night at her residence, and local authorities say she may have been forcibly taken in...Read more

WASHINGTON — Top House Republicans are plowing forward with plans to vote Tuesday on a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that punts on full-year funding for the Homeland Security Department after securing support from their right flank on a key procedural vote.

After a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, Rep. Anna ...Read more

If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.”

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Kaitlin Cooke of Cartersville, Georgia, was contemplating suicide when she started calling a statewide mental health crisis line in 2018. She said she would sneak outside and call the hotline ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho -- Living outside of San Francisco, Chris Paczocha and his wife had always leaned conservative, but they kept quiet about their beliefs, aware that most of their circle was more liberal.

But 2020 was a turning point. Paczocha and his wife were frustrated by growing unrest stemming from Black Lives Matter protests and six months of ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Segundo’s family kept watching the street, afraid to leave the house.

All around their south Minneapolis neighborhood, the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge was raging. Immigrants were being pulled from their cars through smashed windows and marched out of their homes into the freezing cold.

Segundo, 43, his wife...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — For weeks, administrators at this charter high school have arrived an hour before class, grabbed neon vests and walkie-talkies, and headed out into the cold to watch for ICE agents and escort students in.

Lately, fewer than half of the 800 sudents show up.

"Operation Metro Surge," the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that led...Read more

Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone.

A week earlier, immigration agents had grabbed Julio César Peña from his front yard in Glendale, California. Now, he was in a hospital after suffering a ministroke. He was shackled to the bed by his hand and foot, he told Romero, and agents were in the room, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Twin Cities area families continue to show faith in their Catholic schools.

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis reported last week that 19,663 students were attending the 80 Twin Cities area Catholic schools serving kindergarten through eighth grade.

That’s virtually the same number as in 2021-22 when families flocked...Read more

TALLAHASSEE —Florida’s Secretary of State has declared dead a 2026 ballot measure to legalize pot, saying it failed to get enough petition signatures to make the ballot — but supporters said Monday the announcement is premature.

Cord Byrd, an appointee of legalization opponent Gov. Ron DeSantis, sent a memo to the media at 6:41 p.m. ...Read more

Philadelphia's bombastic district attorney, Larry Krasner, is no stranger to opposition from within his own party, but the anger directed at him last week after he said ICE agents are "wannabe Nazis" was more pronounced than usual.

After making the comparison, Krasner faced a wave of criticism, including from Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a ...Read more