WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will announce his reciprocal tariff push Wednesday during an event in the White House Rose Garden, his top spokeswoman said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday the announcement would feature “country-based” tariffs. She said the president is also “committed to implementing” ...Read more

DETROIT — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has declared a state of emergency, and nearly 49,000 energy company customers in northern Michigan were without power Monday, days after an historic ice storm knocked out power to at least 90,000 in that area.

The emergency declaration aims "to get help out the door as fast as possible for Michiganders...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis said he wants to save Floridians about $1,000 on their property tax bills over the next year, escalating a dispute with the House speaker over how to cut taxes this year.

During a Monday news conference, DeSantis said he wanted the state to pick up the tab for a portion of property taxes for about 5 ...Read more

In a high-profile deportation operation over the weekend, the Trump administration deported to El Salvador 17 people it claims were foreign criminals, including alleged members of the Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua and the infamous MS-13, according to the the State Department, which claims that the group included rapists and murderers.

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SAN DIEGO — The woman woke up feeling hot. That’s how she discovered her hair was on fire.

The 47-year-old slapped at her head and scrambled from her tent, which sat beneath a bridge in southern San Diego, she recalled Wednesday during an interview at the site. Her Yorkshire terrier made it out, too. But the insulin she uses for her ...Read more

In a high-profile deportation operation over the weekend, the Trump administration deported to El Salvador 17 people it claims were foreign criminals, including alleged members of the Venezuela-based gang Tren de Aragua and the infamous MS-13, according to the the State Department, which claims that the group included rapists and murderers.

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The Trump administration is using a point system to decide which Venezuelans should be deported as suspected members of the feared Tren de Aragua gang, according to federal court documents.

The document says the system is to be used in making deportation decisions under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act against Venezuelans who are over the age of 14 ...Read more

BOSTON — Here are the people you should know ahead of the Karen Read retrial starting with jury empanelment on Tuesday.

The victim: John O’Keefe was a 16-year Boston police officer when he died at 46 in the early hours of Jan. 29, 2022. He was “not only a dedicated police officer, he was an exemplary guardian, son, brother, uncle and ...Read more

SpaceX has two rockets at two pads set for launch Monday on the Space Coast.

First up is a Falcon 9 carrying 28 Starlink satellites targeting 3:32 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. Backup are available through 6:40 p.m. or on Tuesday during a four-hour window that opens at 2:24 p.m.

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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia received $2.2 billion from the federal government in the last full budget year, and a vast majority of the aid funded health and social services programs for the city's most vulnerable residents, illustrating the stakes as President Donald Trump has threatened to cut aid to cities.

It's not yet certain whether ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams on Monday urged the judge presiding over his public corruption case to hurry up and decide on outstanding dismissal motions before upcoming deadlines in the mayoral race.

In the new filing, lawyer Alex Spiro urged Manhattan federal Judge Dale Ho to issue his highly anticipated decision on whether to dismiss the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two Manhattan lawmakers are advancing legislation to try to block mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo from using taxpayer dollars to bring another lawsuit against his longtime political nemesis, New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The new bill, dubbed the “State Taxpayer Oversight and Protection Act” or “STOP Act,” doesn...Read more

Virginia Giuffre — the woman whose story of sexual abuse as a teenager led to the reopening of the Jeffrey Epstein case — is fighting for her life following a car accident in Australia.

Giuffre on Sunday posted an Instagram photo of her in a hospital bed covered in bruises on Instagram, characterizing her injuries as life threatening. The ...Read more

WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. — Canada is taking its fight against President Donald Trump’s tariffs to Florida’s highways.

Billboards paid for by the Canadian government are popping up across the Sunshine State, including one near a 7-Eleven gas station in Winter Springs.

Canada’s message to U.S. voters: “Tariffs are a tax on hardworking ...Read more

BOSTON — Even as President Donald Trump attacks the judiciary for standing in the way of implementing his oft-promised mass deportations, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says that the administration has not been forthcoming with details or the legal reasoning behind recent high profile arrests in her state.

According to Healey, ICE has not ...Read more

ATLANTA — The 2025 session of the Georgia General Assembly ends Friday, and lawmakers are in crunch time to get their bills over the finish line.

Republicans who control both the state House and Senate prioritized strengthening school safety and restricting transgender athletes from competing outside of the sex listed on their birth ...Read more

DENVER — A Colorado Springs lawmaker has been repeatedly accused of retaliating against and mistreating her legislative aides, including documented allegations that she ignored an aide’s complaint of sexual harassment by a relative of the lawmaker last year, The Denver Post has confirmed.

At the direction of a bipartisan legislative ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Trump administration is dismissing a federal lawsuit against Georgia’s 2021 voting law, calling it “false claims of suppression.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi said Monday she has directed the U.S. Department of Justice to drop the case alleging Georgia illegally discriminated against Black voters by limiting voting access.

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