SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Monday, directing state workers who fall under his jurisdiction back into offices four days a week by July 1.

The governor’s office said it was also directing the California Department of Human Resources to make it easier to hire former federal workers in certain areas that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — During his first term and since, President Donald Trump has spoken positively of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Now Trump’s policies are following suit.

In the wake of Friday’s Oval Office argument among Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy, Washington and the world are waking up to what ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Pentagon on Monday renamed Fort Moore as Fort Benning, switching the sprawling Georgia military base near Columbus back to its original name.

The move is part of a broader Trump administration effort to restore the names of military installations after they were changed in 2023 because the bases honored Confederate leaders.

The...Read more

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., will skip President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, saying the president is “spitting in the face of the law.”

“He is letting an unelected billionaire fire cancer researchers and wreck federal agencies like the Social Security Administration,” Murray said in a prepared...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 51-45 on Monday to confirm Linda McMahon as Education secretary to lead a department that President Donald Trump has instructed her to dismantle and eventually close.

Republicans were unanimous in their support for McMahon while no Democrats backed her confirmation.

A loyal Trump ally, McMahon served as head of ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The Fort Worth-based organization that runs Texas’ refugee resettlement operations has sued the federal government demanding it release $36 million in funding that has been held up since January.

Catholic Charities Fort Worth on March 3 filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Health ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican lawmakers were fuming Monday following a Friday night announcement that several members were removed from some committees – a move GOP members say was “retaliation” for challenging Democratic leadership and came without warning.

Speaker Robert Rivas announced changes to more than a dozen policy and budget...Read more

The last time SpaceX launched its Starship and Super Heavy rocket, the upper stage disintegrated spectacularly over the Atlantic. Two months later, SpaceX is set to try again with less explosive results.

A Monday attempt was scrubbed, but the company could attempt another launch as soon as Tuesday.

The Jan. 16 launch saw a successful catch of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, facing calls to resign amid controversy over the Trump DOJ’s move to dismiss his federal corruption indictment, defended himself Monday against accusations he used racially insensitive language in recent comments about fellow Black politicians and said he’s being targeted by a political “lynch mob.”

In a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered a pause to all military aid to Ukraine, turning up the heat on Volodymyr Zelenskyy just days after an Oval Office blowup with the Ukrainian president left the support of his country’s most important ally in doubt.

The United States is pausing all current military aid to Ukraine until Trump ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ bid to have his federal corruption indictment dropped is getting a legal boost from Michael Flynn, a controversial former adviser to President Trump.

Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian government officials and was later pardoned by Trump, filed a so-called ...Read more

The Department of Government Efficiency has targeted seven Kentucky mine safety offices for possible closure, according to the DOGE website.

On Monday afternoon, the website listed U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety Health Administration office leases in Madisonville, Barbourville, Beaver Dam, London, Hazard, Harlan and Prestonsburg as ...Read more

Florida Democrat Rep. Kelly Skidmore has introduced a bill to end the state’s $29.5 million contract with a controversial pregnancy care provider.

While Skidmore, of Boca Raton, has targeted the Florida Pregnancy Care Network and its lucrative contract in the past, this time is different.

That’s because now Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly on Monday approved an amended 2025 budget that includes hundreds of millions of dollars for hurricane relief, tax refunds, prison security and other priorities. Here’s what you need to know.

—Hurricane relief: The budget includes $862 million for expenses related to last September’s Hurricane ...Read more

The last time SpaceX launched its Starship and Super Heavy rocket, the upper stage disintegrated spectacularly over the Atlantic. Two months later, SpaceX is set to try again today, Monday, with less explosive results.

The Jan. 16 launch saw a successful catch of the Super Heavy booster back at the Texas launch site, but the Starship spacecraft...Read more

ATLANTA — Two years after assuring parents of transgender children that legislation passed in 2023 to ban certain procedures to assist minors in their gender transition was “just a pause,” Republican senators voted Monday to restrict more treatments available to children.

The legislation, sponsored by Senate Health and Human Services ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Setting up a showdown with the Legislature, Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday that he would veto $40 million in spending for special education and $2.8 million for nonprofits that are threatened with spending cuts by Republican President Donald Trump.

Lamont is employing his powers by using a line-item ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Congress for years backed additional immigration judges to address a yearslong backlog of deportation and asylum cases, but the sharply different views of two of the newest members of the Senate Homeland Security panel show a consensus on that approach has fractured.

Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said in an interview about joining the ...Read more

Chris Wicker isn’t quite sure which emotions will bubble to the top when he walks into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol Tuesday night for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress.

He knows he’ll be humbled. As a six-year Air Force veteran who has saluted the American flag more times than he can count, the 40-...Read more