Just a few months after opening, the controversial Trump Truth Store in Crystal Lake, Illinois, has temporarily shut down, citing a drop in sales amid the ongoing Iran war.

In a notice to customers, business owner Lisa Fleischmann posted on Facebook on March 26 that the MAGA-themed shop “is closed until further notice.”

“I am not even ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — In two separate courtrooms in a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, prosecutors were having a rough day.

On the seventh floor, on Wednesday afternoon, in courtroom 7B, U.S. District Judge André Birotte Jr. berated prosecutors with the U.S. attorney's office for failing to disclose additional discovery to the defense ...Read more

The U.S. accused China of harassing and detaining Panama-flagged ships after the Central American nation struck down contracts with a Hong Kong conglomerate operating ports on both sides of the Panama Canal.

The allegations, first raised by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission and amplified by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, add ...Read more

Iran targeted more sites in Arab Gulf states overnight and into Friday, hours after President Donald Trump issued fresh threats against Iranian infrastructure to pressure Tehran to start peace negotiations.

Abu Dhabi suspended operations at its largest natural gas processing facility, after a fire broke out due to debris from a projectile ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — On the morning of April 1, incoming UNC-Chapel Hill student body president Devin Duncan received a text asking him if Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, was coming to campus.

Why?

The student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, had published an article with the following headline: “Trump orders Alcohol Law Enforcement ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Crimson the baby mountain lion had a rough start to life. He lost the toes on one of his hind feet and, at just 3 weeks old, was separated from his family and left alone in a den to starve.

But the Southern California cub experienced a positive turn of fate when state wildlife officials rescued him last week and transported him ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As Democrats vie to take control of Congress in the midterms this fall, their main message on health care policy is fairly straightforward: undo Republicans’ Medicaid cuts and restore the health care subsidies that lapsed at the end of last year.

But some analysts and lawmakers say momentum is growing for a bigger health care ...Read more

CHICAGO — Joabe Barbosa used to tell people his appetite for exploration drove his quest to become the first person to run every street in the city of Chicago.

Now, after learning his F-1 student visa status might force him to leave the place he has called home since 2022 and return to his native Brazil, he recognizes it has always been the ...Read more

MIAMI — In Miami Beach, police can arrest homeless people under a city law banning public camping, but they must first offer someone the choice to go to a shelter instead.

But those offers are usually rejected, arrest reports show. Officers have made six times more camping arrests than shelter placements since January 2024.

There are many ...Read more

After President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026, news reports suggested that she fell from grace, not for being too independent, but for not being effective enough at defending him and prosecuting his political enemies.

As The New York Times reported the previous day, Trump was disappointed with “Ms. ...Read more

Amid heightened tensions with the United States, the Cuban government announced Thursday evening it will release more than 2,010 prisoners as a humanitarian gesture amid Holy Week celebrations.

It is unclear if among those pardoned are some of the 1,200 political prisoners human-rights groups estimate are held currently on the island. The Cuban...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County leaders decried an appearance by federal immigration agents Thursday at a domestic violence-focused courthouse, blasting the effort as a repeat arrest attempt, creating a chilling effect on victims.

Immigration agents have been spotted at county courthouses five times since the end of February, targeting the county’s ...Read more

CHICAGO — A Venezuelan migrant charged in state court with the slaying of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman in the Rogers Park neighborhood last month is now facing a federal weapon charge.

José Medina-Medina, 25, was charged in a criminal complaint filed Thursday in U.S District Court with unlawful possession of a weapon by ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota National Guard estimates its activation during Operation Metro Surge cost the state about $5.2 million.

Gov. Tim Walz activated the Guard from Jan. 8 to Feb. 25 “out of an abundance of caution” during the aftermath of the fatal shooting of Renee Good.

National Guard members were asked to serve in a supportive ...Read more

A measles outbreak in Washtenaw County may be spreading due to community transmission, health officials said Thursday, announcing that a case has now confirmed in neighboring Monroe County.

Due to the continued spread, state officials are temporarily recommending that families in southeast Michigan have their infant children vaccinated at an ...Read more

Since Donald Trump took office for the second time and began an aggressive effort to deport immigrants, federal courts in Western Washington have seen a massive surge in the number of people objecting to their detainment, according to a review of filings by The Seattle Times.

In Washington and across the country, the number of detention appeals...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A juvenile has been arrested in the case of a 12-year-old Reseda girl who died after she was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The suspect, whose age and gender have not been disclosed, was arrested on ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to remove Pam Bondi as attorney general delivers a new disruption to an already beleaguered U.S. Justice Department as it works to advance the administration’s policy goals and sometimes controversial prosecutions.

Trump announced Thursday that he’d ousted Bondi as the nation’s chief law ...Read more

NEW YORK — The judge presiding over Luigi Mangione’s federal criminal case over the killing of UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson has pushed back the trial three months to January, the second postponement in two days.

U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett on Thursday revised the start date for the federal stalking case, which ...Read more

Federal regulators on Thursday renewed the license for California’s last nuclear power plant, ensuring Diablo Canyon will remain open until at least 2030 after years of debate over safety, climate goals and the state’s ability to keep the lights on.

The plant on the San Luis Obispo County coast, about 200 miles south of San Jose, provides ...Read more