WASHINGTON — In the months leading up to the 2024 election, many Republicans tried to play off abortion as a lesser campaign priority following the backlash to the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade.

But one year into President Donald Trump’s second term, anti-abortion advocates are aiming to push the issue back ...Read more

A friend of President Trump’s youngest son, Barron, said that he saved her life by calling the police when he saw her getting beat up by a man during a FaceTime call.

A transcript of the emergency call was shared during suspect Matvei Rumiantsev’s trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London on Thursday, CNN reported.

On Jan. 18, 2025, Trump...Read more

Haitians woke up Thursday under a cloud of uncertainty as the country’s fragile political transition descended into open confrontation, with the sides locked in a standoff and neither appearing willing to back down.

With just days remaining until its mandate ends, Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council is seeking to remove Prime Minister...Read more

A New York federal judge has denied a request from members of Congress and victims of Jeffrey Epstein for an independent monitor to oversee the Department of Justice’s release of its investigative files into the late sex trafficker.

California Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna and Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie sent the request ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and European leaders broke up this week. Or, at the very least, the longtime members of the trans-Atlantic alliance are taking a break.

The American diplomat in chief spent two days at a global summit in Switzerland ushering in a new U.S. foreign policy, one based more on individual transactions and less on...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday morning said he was not surprised the Trump administration blocked his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland the day before, saying it was another example of the president trying to stifle dissent.

"Is it surprising the Trump administration didn't like my commentary and wanted to make ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A plan by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to put up to 800 new tiny homes this year on its West Los Angeles campus drew an immediate rebuke from veterans who won a federal court order requiring the agency to build thousands of new units of temporary and permanent housing there.

"I don't think that's suitable at all," ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles school officials warned this week of impending staff reductions — including likely layoffs — as they grapple with steadily falling enrollment and a three-year budget projection that ends with a deficit.

The budget uncertainty is exacerbated by ongoing Trump administration moves that threaten California school ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Another hiker has died while attempting to summit the highest peak in the contiguous U.S., marking the third reported death on Mount Whitney this season.

The hiker was reported missing Monday after failing to descend the mountain and reunite with a hiking companion, who had decided the prior afternoon to turn around early due to...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Sunday before last, Blake DeBok snowmobiled out to nine wild horses he was told were stranded in deep snow north of Mammoth Lakes.

“As soon as I saw them, it really confirmed that they were in a very serious situation,” the Bishop resident said.

Two horses were dead when he arrived, including a foal that appeared ...Read more

After a year of ongoing measles outbreaks that have sickened more than 2,400 people, the United States is poised to lose its status as a measles-free country. However, the newly appointed principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ralph Abraham, said he was unbothered by the prospect at a briefing for ...Read more

Kim Kardashian's fashion brand must pay $200,000 to settle allegations that it overcharged customers over a five-year period.

The Hollywood-based loungewear and shapewear brand Skims Body improperly charged New Jersey customers sales tax from 2019 through 2024 even though most clothes are exempt in the state, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After the LAPD response to a 2020 protest outside the mayor's mansion led to an excessive force lawsuit, attorneys representing the Police Department insisted they had turned over all relevant evidence.

But then lawyers for the plaintiffs — activists from Black Lives Matter-L.A. — found footage recorded on the officers' body...Read more

The number of people reported killed in Iran’s protest crackdown has surged as rights groups continue to verify suspected fatalities, with the United Nations warning the total could be more than 20,000.

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activist News Agency said it’s verified 4,902 deaths during the unrest that erupted in late December, according...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — An unprecedented number of immigrants in federal detention are going to court in Minnesota to challenge their arrests — and many of them are winning.

Since Operation Metro Surge started on Dec. 1, a total of 344 immigrants filed cases challenging their detentions, according to a Minnesota Star Tribune review of federal ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — St. Paul resident Skot Rieffer patrols a day care every morning and afternoon in St. Paul, keeping a lookout for ICE. Like many who have joined in community efforts, he’s sad and exhausted.

“I wanted a reason to smile right now,” said Rieffer, 38, who co-owns the northeast Minneapolis bar Bumbling Fools Mead.

On Jan. 17, ...Read more

When a “Make America Healthy Again” summit was held at the posh Waldorf Astoria in Washington, the line of attendees stretched down the block.

The daylong, invitation-only event in November featured a who’s who of MAHA luminaries. Vice President JD Vance attended, as did Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the ...Read more