BALTIMORE — When asked recently if Maryland Courts might strike down his efforts to redraw congressional districts to stamp out the state’s only Republican seat, Gov. Wes Moore told “MS NOW” that his team has been “working with judges” to prepare for legal challenges. The statement raised ethical red flags among some law professors ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — St. Anne’s Place, a family homeless shelter in north Minneapolis, was attacked by a group of its across-the-street neighbors in the middle of the night, forcing the shelter to relocate 16 mothers and their 30-plus children. More than a year later, shelter staff attended the sentencing of one of the assailants, asking a Hennepin...Read more

NEW YORK — The Trump administration on Monday filed papers to fight a court order that would restore federal funding to the $16 billion Hudson River Tunnel as a deadline looms to resume payments.

Attorneys for the US Department of Transportation filed a notice asking the Second Circuit federal appeals court to pause a Friday night ruling that...Read more

BOSTON — The fate of a bill making its way through the Massachusetts Legislature that would establish a publicly funded program to provide legal representation to illegal immigrants facing deportation proceedings may be decided by the Joint Judiciary Committee this month.

The joint bill, called An Act Ensuring Access to Equitable ...Read more

Keir Starmer pledged to press on with his agenda as the departure of a second senior aide in 24 hours left the U.K. prime minister’s grip on power appearing increasingly tenuous.

The resignation of Starmer’s communications director, Tim Allan, on Monday, after just five months on the job will feed the sense of crisis engulfing 10 Downing St...Read more

Juan Pablo Guanipa, one of the highest-ranking Venezuelan opposition leaders still behind bars, spent less than 12 hours free before being taken back into custody on Monday, casting fresh doubt on the interim government’s pledge to free political prisoners under a forthcoming amnesty law.

Guanipa’s re-arrest came after he spent part of his ...Read more

The best presidents – including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington – are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political skill, but personal virtue.

Why, though, should anyone expect a president to demonstrate that sort of virtue? If someone is good at the difficult job ...Read more

Iran extended the prison sentence of a Nobel peace laureate and detained several prominent reformist figures, escalating a crackdown on dissents weeks after security forces killed thousands of people to quell nationwide protests.

The weekend’s arrests came days after the Islamic Republic and the U.S. had indirect nuclear talks, the first ...Read more

Keir Starmer pledged to press on with his agenda as the departure of a second senior aide in 24 hours left the U.K. prime minister’s grip on power appearing increasingly tenuous.

The resignation of Starmer’s communications director, Tim Allan, on Monday, after just five months on the job will feed the sense of crisis engulfing 10 Downing St...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is eyeing a presidential bid, has incensed both Democrats and Republicans over immigrant health care in his home state, underscoring the delicate political path ahead.

For a second year, the Democrat has asked state lawmakers to roll back coverage for some immigrants in the face of federal Medicaid spending ...Read more

If she could go back in time, she never would have married him.

Nou was 15 and living in a refugee camp in Thailand when she was wed to a much older man. She didn’t want to and, with decades of hindsight and regret, she wishes she had pushed back.

Now, she’s 50 and living in St. Paul. She is disabled from what she describes as years of ...Read more

Maryland correctional authorities have recorded seven inmate deaths over the past two months, a pattern that criminal justice experts say points to deeper challenges inside the state’s prisons.

“The number of deaths raises more than individual problems. It is time to look at systemic shortcomings,” said Nora Demleitner, a past president ...Read more

He was a surgical oncologist at a hospital in a Southern city, a 78-year-old whose colleagues had begun noticing troubling behavior in the operating room.

During procedures, he seemed “hesitant, not sure of how to go on to the next step without being prompted” by assistants, said Mark Katlic, director of the Aging Surgeon Program at Sinai ...Read more

The Trump administration plans to appeal a temporary court order that blocks the federal government from withholding funds for a $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

The Gateway Development Commission is building the new tunnel but had to stop construction late Friday because it’s exhausted all of its funding sources.

The Trump ...Read more

Thailand’s ruling conservative party clinched a surprisingly solid election win Sunday, marking the first victory this century for a party aligned with the country’s royalist establishment and a clear defeat for an emerging progressive movement.

The Bhumjaithai Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, is set to secure ...Read more

California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Super Bowl Sunday to be “Bad Bunny Day” in California in a social media post mimicking President Trump.

“As many people know, I am a tremendous lover of ‘the Spanish’,” Newsom wrote Saturday. “I am also a huge fan of Puerrrrrrrto Rico. That is why I am declaring [Sunday] in California as ‘...Read more

Maryland officials are asking for federal help after what they describe as one of the worst oyster seasons in state history, a collapse they say threatens both watermen and a cornerstone of the Chesapeake Bay economy.

U.S. Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., this week asked the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to declare an economic ...Read more

A political ad backing a hopeful for California governor will appear during the Super Bowl.

An independent committee supporting the candidacy of San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan bought the 30-second ad on NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service for a reported $1.4 million, the Los Angeles Times said.

It’s the only ad in the governor’s race ...Read more