NEW YORK — Thousands of protesters railing against ICE, the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s “ongoing consolidation of executive power” took to Manhattan’s streets Saturday with one unified cry: “No Kings.”

Toting banners reading “We Will Not Be Silenced,” and carrying signs demanding “ICE out of NYC,” protesters ...Read more

CHICAGO — Hours before the “No Kings” rally officially began, people from across the Chicagoland area streamed into Grant Park Saturday morning, carrying handmade signs, wearing anti-Trump regalia and blasting protest music that echoed through the park and surrounding areas.

Arriving at Butler Field with her family and a close friend ...Read more

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty of plotting to assassinate U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He planned to do with Molotov cocktails made out of vodka.

“This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters. … (Expletive) them for pushing us so far. you dont deserve this. Im so sorry for lying and ...Read more

A petition to force a House vote on extending temporary legal protections to thousands of Haitians at risk of deportation to their violence-torn homeland secured the required support late Friday, including from four Republicans.

The rare procedural maneuver, led by Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts needed 218 signatures — a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A rolling wave of “No Kings” protests swelled through America’s small towns and big cities Saturday, with crowds gathering to blast President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, the war in Iran and high gas and food prices.

Saturday’s demonstrations were expected to draw millions of people ...Read more

Now that the 2026 midterm elections are less than a year away, public interest in where things stand is on the rise. Of course, in a democracy no one knows the outcome of an election before it takes place, despite what the pollsters may predict.

Nevertheless, it is common for commentators and citizens to revisit old elections to learn...Read more

WASHINGTON — Angered by a bipartisan Senate plan to end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, House Republicans countered with an eight-week funding extension that virtually ensures a continuation of the standoff.

The House on Friday passed a stopgap funding bill for the department that Senate Democrats warned has no ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll will be attending two of several No Kings rallies scheduled across Massachusetts on Saturday as the governor continues to increase her criticism of and actions against President Donald Trump and his policies ever since launching her reelection campaign in January.

“On Saturday, March 28th...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a memo directing Transportation Security Administration personnel to be paid, a bid to alleviate disruptions at U.S. airports as Congress battles over how to end the ongoing partial government shutdown.

The memo, which could lead to paychecks for TSA workers as soon as Monday, eased the sharpest ...Read more

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Group of Seven counterparts traded barbs over the wars in Iran and Ukraine, casting doubt on Europe bowing to Donald Trump’s demand for military help in the Persian Gulf.

“The United States is constantly being asked to help in a war,” Rubio said, referring to Ukraine, before taking off for the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a memo directing Transportation Security Administration personnel to be paid, a bid to alleviate disruptions at U.S. airports amid the ongoing shutdown of its parent agency.

Trump’s Friday memo stated that 50,000 transportation officers who work security at airports are not being paid because of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After years of demonstrators repeatedly shutting down freeway traffic around downtown Los Angeles, Caltrans has installed large metal swing gates onto freeway ramps ahead of this weekends "No Kings" protests.

Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol finished installing swing gates early Friday morning on Los Angeles Street ...Read more

The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran continued to upend markets, cause death and destruction across the Middle East and elude any diplomatic resolution heading into its fifth week on Friday — even as President Donald Trump claimed victory and a coming end to the conflict.

"We're doing really well in Iran, just so you understand," the president ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a memo directing Transportation Security Administration personnel to be paid, a bid to alleviate disruptions at U.S. airports amid the ongoing shutdown of its parent agency.

Trump’s Friday memo stated that 50,000 transportation officers who work security at airports are not being paid due to the ...Read more

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday angrily rejected the plan passed by the Republican Senate to end the partial government shutdown that has brought chaos to airports.

In a remarkable show of open Republican division, Johnson trashed Republican senators for voting unanimously after midnight to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security....Read more

WASHINGTON — Rep. Sam Graves, who chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is joining a growing list of lawmakers deciding not to seek reelection this year.

“After considerable reflection, 2026 will be my final year in Congress,” Graves, 62, said in a Friday statement. “This wasn’t an easy decision, but it’s the...Read more

On Feb. 24, The Conversation hosted a webinar titled, “What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements.”

Executive editor and general manager Beth Daley interviewed John Shattuck, professor of practice at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and Oliver Kaplan, associate professor at...Read more

MIAMI — For several years, former Miami-Dade Congressman David Rivera has maintained that he helped funnel money from his $50 million contract representing the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela’s national oil company to politicians opposing socialist President Nicolás Maduro.

Some of that money, Rivera has said, went directly to the jailed ...Read more