President Donald Trump’s border policy adviser, Tom Homan, said Thursday that federal authorities would wind down immigration crackdowns in Minnesota only if agents were given access to jails to seize undocumented immigrants for deportation.

Speaking to reporters publicly for the first time since arriving in Minnesota on Monday after Border ...Read more

NEW YORK — Thousands of New Yorkers, including a large contingent of nurses, gathered outside the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Manhattan for a vigil for Alex Pretti, the second person to be gunned down by federal agents amid the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.

The massive crowd — estimated at up to 2,000 people — gathered outside ...Read more

SEATTLE — Washington announced $12 million in awards for electric vehicle chargers Thursday after a monthslong tussle with President Donald Trump’s administration, which had attempted to withhold the congressionally approved funds.

The grants will go toward building 14 electric vehicle charging stations, with a total of 96 ports, along ...Read more

The Sierra Nevada snowpack, the source of nearly one-third of California’s water supply, is looking a little like a New Year’s resolution: full of hope and promise at the beginning of January, but now struggling with a bothersome reality check.

Starting on Christmas Eve, big storms dumped 7 to 8 feet of new snow across the Lake Tahoe area ...Read more

President Donald Trump sued the U.S. Treasury and IRS for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout.

The suit was filed Thursday in Miami federal court by Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric, and ...Read more

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Senate lawmakers voted to pass legislation Wednesday to lower the legal drinking limit when driving, a move some say will provide more safety on Washington roads.

Sponsored by Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, at the request of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, Senate Bill 5067 decreases the blood alcohol content limit ...Read more

SEATTLE — Another citizen-led initiative affecting public education will likely appear on Washington voters’ ballots in November’s general election.

Initiative IL26-001 asks for voter approval to expand the Washington “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which currently allows parents of public school students to access certain school records...Read more

SEATTLE — Three more measles cases have been confirmed in Snohomish County after an outbreak began two weeks ago, public health officials said Wednesday.

Earlier this month, three children in Snohomish County tested positive for measles after being exposed to a contagious family visiting from South Carolina, where a massive ongoing outbreak ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — After the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, a large group of people came together outside of the Idaho Capitol to mourn his death. Police said the gathering soon turned contentious, with multiple fights breaking out, and a judge recently sentenced one of the men involved.

Police said they arrested Alfonso ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom continued his vocal opposition to the proposed billionaire tax measure, saying at a Bloomberg forum event in San Francisco that it would ultimately degrade the state’s tax base as the ultrawealthy left the state.

It wasn’t a new argument for the governor, who has deep ties to the state’s ultra-wealthy tech ...Read more

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced several actions Thursday to help residents worried and affected by immigration enforcement activity, as well as prepare the city for a possible surge by federal officers.

Her orders focused on creating a community hotline, disseminating $4 million for local immigrant support organizations, ...Read more

Two years after the DeSantis administration steered $10 million from a Medicaid settlement to a political campaign, the House Republican who followed the money is pushing legislation to stop future administrations from doing something similar.

State Rep. Alex Andrade’s bill, HB 593, was passed unanimously Thursday afternoon by the House ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Shortly after defending redistricting efforts in a House committee hearing earlier this week, Gov. Wes Moore in a social media post accused Republicans of trying to wipe out Black leadership across the country. But before the day ended, he scrapped that pointed language from his post in exchange for a more general statement saying ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that a plan is in the works to reduce the number of federal agents in the area, after conversations with numerous political and law enforcement leaders in Minnesota.

That drawdown, Homan added, will require the cooperation of Minnesota law enforcement and political leaders with ICE...Read more

President Trump’s border policy adviser, Tom Homan, said Thursday that federal authorities would wind down immigration crackdowns in Minnesota only if agents were given access to jails to seize undocumented immigrants for deportation.

Speaking to reporters publicly for the first time since arriving Minnesota on Monday after Border Patrol ...Read more

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented closing arguments this week in the trial of five pro-Palestine activists accused of felony vandalism at Stanford University’s executive offices, with defense attorneys arguing that prosecutors failed to prove the charge.

The trial is nearing its conclusion three weeks after it ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Waymo self-driving taxi recently struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school during drop-off hours, triggering an investigation into the incident by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The child sustained minor injuries, Waymo said. After being struck, the child stood up and walked to the sidewalk, ...Read more

MIAMI — Blocked roads and heavy traffic plagued Miami on Wednesday when Vice President JD Vance came to town for a Miami Beach private event. One Miami man decided police checkpoints erected to protect the VP weren’t going to stop him, landing him in handcuffs, police say.

Tobias Gonzalez Garcia, 29, is facing charges of resisting an ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Attorney General’s Office said it is expanding its investigation into petition fraud and is asking local elections officials to hand over more documents related to a proposed recreational marijuana amendment — days ahead of the final deadline for signatures to be verified.

Statewide prosecutor Brad McVay on...Read more

California Democrats have assumed leading roles in their party’s counteroffensive to the Trump administration’s massive immigration crackdown — seizing on a growing sense, shared by some Republicans, that the campaign has gotten so out of hand that the political winds have shifted heavily in their favor.

They stalled Department of ...Read more