Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani picked up an endorsement Tuesday from a Brooklyn pastor who previously supported Andrew Cuomo in the race for City Hall.

The Mamdani endorsement from Bishop Orlando Findlayter, whose congregation is in East Flatbush, could help Mamdani make inroads with Black, socially conservative Democrats, a ...Read more

New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer, especially for minors.

Senate Bill 243, sponsored by state Sen. Steve Padilla (D-Chula Vista) will require AI companies to incorporate guardrails that prevent so-called "companion" chatbots from talking to users of any ...Read more

The heads of Japan’s main opposition parties are expected to discuss Wednesday whether they can close policy gaps and pick a candidate of their own for the nation’s premiership.

The leaders — Yuichiro Tamaki of the Democratic Party for the People, Yoshihiko Noda of the Constitutional Democratic Party, and Fumitake Fujita of the Japan ...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge on Tuesday blocked Miami Dade College from transferring property to the state for Donald Trump’s presidential library, ensuring the school keeps the land in its possession until the court issues a final verdict in a lawsuit alleging the institution violated Florida’s Sunshine law when its trustees ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Hamas return the bodies of deceased hostages and threatened the militant group with retaliation if it does not lay down its arms.

Trump’s comments Tuesday came after Israel prepared to limit the aid it lets into Gaza, developments that threatened the fragile U.S.-led ceasefire that the president ...Read more

Lawyers for the federal government say the government shutdown prevents them from working and are requesting that an appellate court pause a lawsuit over the controversial detention center in the Florida Everglades, Alligator Alcatraz.

In a filing Friday, Department of Justice lawyers asked the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Hochul said Tuesday she wants to work with Democratic mayoral front-runner Zohran Mamdani to achieve universal health care — although she stands opposed to the candidate’s plan to fund the program through tax hikes.

Among the various issues on voters’ minds, Hochul is perhaps most aligned with the democratic socialist on...Read more

NEW YORK — As President Trump’s immigration crackdown catches New York City students in the crosshairs, an influential panel appointed by the chancellor is recommending steps for local schools to take to better defend immigrant children and their families.

The 50-member advisory council on multilingual education said all schools should form...Read more

A State Board of Education resolution to spike new health education standards failed in a 5-2 Tuesday evening vote along party lines, shutting down an effort by conservatives to halt certain subjects in sex education from being offered in Michigan classrooms.

The resolution by the board's two Republican members sought to stop the proposed new ...Read more

Top Republicans in Massachusetts say the time has come for reforms to how taxpayer-funded emergency contracts are reviewed and used in the state’s emergency assistance shelter system.

The Senate Republican Caucus says it has filed “comprehensive legislation” that aims to place time limits on contracts and increase reviews, while ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Tuesday that a cause has not been determined in the death of a 20-year-old midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

Midshipman Second Class Kyle Philbert James, of Whippany, New Jersey, was reported missing on Oct. 9 before he was found dead a day later. His remains were ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — As North Carolina Republicans plan to redraw the state’s congressional map once again to further favor their party, some may be hopeful that Democratic Gov. Josh Stein can put a stop to the effort with a swift veto.

However, as is often the case in North Carolina politics, the governor lacks the power to do so — setting ...Read more

Recently fired Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees on Tuesday called the Trump administration’s recent mass layoffs an “intentional attack” on the agency and Americans’ health.

More than 1,300 CDC employees were abruptly terminated Friday, with about half reinstated within 24 hours. About 600 staffers remain dismissed, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — A trio of Second Amendment rights organizations filed a lawsuit Monday in San Diego federal court challenging a new state law that California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Friday that bans the sale of semi-automatic handguns that can be easily converted into submachine guns with the use of a device commonly known as a “Glock switch.�...Read more

STARKE, Fla. — The state on Tuesday executed a Plant City man known as the “Deacon of Death” for the murders of two women in 1996.

Samuel Lee Smithers, 72, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. Eastern time following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, near the city of Starke in northeast Florida. He did not have a final statement.

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration instituted reductions in force on Friday. Maryland is home to some of the terminated federal employees. But for now, it’s hard to quantify how many people, and which agencies, were most affected in the state.

“We’re still trying to understand the impact in Maryland,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen told The...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested the $20 billion lifeline the U.S. is planning for Argentina could be contingent on libertarian leader Javier Milei’s success in the midterm elections, sending fresh jitters through the currency market.

“If he wins we’re staying with him, and if he doesn’t win we’re gone,” Trump told ...Read more

Jared Isaacman’s recent interview for the top job at NASA turned into a tense examination of the fintech billionaire’s vision for the agency and the role companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX will play in its future, people familiar with the matter said.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is helming the space agency on a temporary...Read more