NEW YORK — Millions of dollars in federal funds were set to flow once again to the Hudson River Tunnel Thursday night, after a federal court order blocking the funds expired.

The expiration effectively reinstated Manhattan Federal Court Judge Jeanette Vargas’ order from last week in a suit brought against the feds by the states of New York ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — With a smile on his face, former Gov. Roy Cooper walked up to a voting booth Thursday at Chavis Community Center in Raleigh and filled in the bubble by his name.

He cast his ballot to become North Carolina’s next U.S. senator.

Outside, dozens of supporters waited for him holding up signs with his name on it. They cheered ...Read more

A federal judge on Thursday blocked a Trump administration order slashing $600 million in federal grant funding for HIV programs in California and three other states, finding merit in the states’ argument that the move was politically motivated by disagreements over unrelated state sanctuary policies.

U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, an Obama...Read more

The father, mother and brother of the singer known as D4vd are fighting Los Angeles County grand jury subpoenas related to the investigation into the death of a teenage girl discovered in the trunk of his Tesla, arguing their due process rights are being violated, court records in Texas indicate.

The 1st District Court of Appeals in Texas on ...Read more

The Trump administration on Thursday reversed the U.S. government’s longstanding scientific conclusion that planet-heating pollution seriously threatens Americans, erasing a foundational piece of the country’s efforts to address climate change. California, with its ambitious goals for cutting emissions, immediately announced it will sue the ...Read more

Authorities are examining security camera footage from a home in the Tucson, Arizona, area near Nancy Guthrie’s property that shows a man wearing a backpack trying to scale a wall the morning of her disappearance.

The video, which was captured on a Ring camera at 1:54 a.m. Feb. 1, shows a bald man wearing a gray jacket and a backpack similar ...Read more

The FBI has released new details regarding the suspect in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, while doubling its reward for information leading to her recovery or the conviction of her captor.

Officials in the department’s Phoenix bureau said a forensic analysis of doorbell camera footage from Guthrie’s home points to a male of average build, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The CIA is targeting Chinese military officials in its latest recruitment video, in an effort to capitalize on potential disillusionment inside the People’s Liberation Army in the aftermath of President Xi Jinping’s military purges.

The U.S. spy agency on Thursday released a video in Mandarin that portrays a fictional mid-...Read more

A federal judge in Orlando ordered two more Venezuelan migrants released from ICE custody on Thursday and said he suspected foul play by the agents involved in their detentions.

In one case, U.S. District Judge John Antoon, who released another detainee earlier this month, said the warrant ordering Junier Silva-Parucho’s arrest on Jan. 29 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has found that the city of Los Angeles violated the constitutional rights of homeless people by seizing and destroying their personal property during cleanups.

The ruling filed late Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fisher ended a seven-year-old case against the city without a trial. The decision hinged on...Read more

BALTIMORE — Rep. Jamie Raskin visited the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore a day after holding a hearing in which survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein said they felt “dehumanized” by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Raskin is the second Maryland congressperson to visit the office after videos of the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the Trump administration prepares to draw down the presence of armed immigration agents in Minnesota, a lawsuit filed in federal court in Sacramento this week reveals ongoing tensions between state and federal officials months after similar enforcement sweeps in California.

The lawsuit, filed by Assemblymember Maggy ...Read more

The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026. It moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, a formal determination that greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger public health and welfare. But the administration’...Read more

Alaska lawmakers on Wednesday approved spending $85,000 to continue a legal battle with Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued to establish an agriculture department.

The Alaska Legislative Council voted unanimously to increase a previously approved contract for legal services with Stoel Rives, from $100,000 to $185,000, after ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a year after the devastating Eaton fire — and following months of mounting pressure from survivors — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has opened a civil rights investigation into fire preparations and response, looking particularly at potential disparities in historically Black west Altadena.

"My office will ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to visit Germany this weekend to attend the Munich Security Conference as a panelist focused on city leadership.

Wu is the first American mayor invited to participate in the conference, which is described as a global gathering of leaders focused on international security.

“Boston is a leading global ...Read more

Senate Commerce Committee members reached agreement Thursday on a bill that would speed satellite licensing by the Federal Communications Commission, advancing by voice vote legislation with additional checks to address Democratic concerns about potential automatic approvals.

The committee approved the bill with a substitute amendment jointly ...Read more

NEW YORK — More than 2,000 protesters descended on the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village on Thursday afternoon to hoist the pride flag back up again, after the Trump administration removed it earlier this week.

In a fired-up scene reminiscent of the resistance of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 that sparked the gay civil rights ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration will phase out most of its flood of federal agents in Minnesota, White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday, bringing within sight an end to what’s been called the largest immigration enforcement deployment in U.S. history.

Homan said a significant drawdown of federal agents in Minnesota has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a cord and unveiled a plaque hanging above a door at the end of a cramped hallway on the Capitol’s third floor. For the first time, a press gallery on Capitol Hill was named after a journalist: Frederick Douglass.

Douglass’ legacy in journalism is crucial, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said Thursday,...Read more