WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump concluded a meeting Wednesday with top advisers as he weighed whether to plunge the U.S. into the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, but the White House offered few clues about whether he had decided to join the offensive aimed at destroying Tehran’s nuclear program.

Before the meeting, Trump told ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee used a hearing Wednesday to air questions about the use of the autopen in the Biden administration, a topic the Trump administration has pursued this month.

Conservative lawmakers at the hearing, titled “Unfit to Serve: How the Biden Cover-Up Endangered America and Undermined the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump concluded a meeting Wednesday with top advisers as he weighed whether to plunge the U.S. into the ongoing war between Israel and Iran, but the White House offered few clues about whether he had decided to join the offensive aimed at destroying Tehran’s nuclear program.

Before the meeting, Trump told ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With federal immigration sweeps showing no signs of slowing across Southern California, there is growing concern from top officials, spiritual leaders and business owners that a climate of fear was sending more people underground and changing the rhythm of city life.

Once-bustling immigrant hubs, including MacArthur Park, the ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD on Wednesday named and released footage of a suspect, who frequently demonstrated at pro-Palestinian and Columbia University protests, in the recent torching of 11 police vehicles in a Brooklyn parking lot just down the street from a precinct stationhouse.

Cops identified Jakhi Lodgson-McCray, 21, of New Jersey, who was ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Delegate Chris Bouchat, a Republican from Carroll County who has railed against both Democrats and members of his own party in Annapolis, is gearing up to run for governor next year.

Bouchat told The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday he is launching an initial slate of television ads in the coming weeks but is not yet formally announcing...Read more

MIAMI — It seemed inevitable that U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams would hold state Attorney General James Uthmeier in contempt of court after he violated her order to stop enforcing a new law that makes it a crime for undocumented immigrants to enter Florida.

After all, Uthmeier told state law enforcement agencies that they could arrest...Read more

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Congressman Eric Swalwell this week decried the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport a Livermore father and winery worker, mere hours before a U.S. District Court judge said he should remain in the country.

Vowing that “we’re not going to forget him,” Swalwell slammed the early June deportation of ...Read more

The U.S. State Department has ordered a review of student visa applicants’ social media presence and told them to make their profiles public, stepping up measures to restrict foreign nationals’ entry to American campuses over national security concerns.

The department instructed consular officers screening online accounts to watch for any ...Read more

The Department of Homeland Security has placed new limits on members of Congress seeking to visit and inspect immigration detention facilities as lawmakers from New York and the Chicago delegations become the latest to encounter resistance from federal officials on an attempted tour.

The department issued new guidance that includes several ...Read more

A complex rescue operation unfolded off the coast of Australia after a humpback whale was found tethered to the sea floor.

The incident took place near Geraldton — located about 260 miles north of Perth — on June 17, according to a news release from Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia.

“At about 8:30 in the morning, Parks and ...Read more

President Donald Trump campaigned against what he called the “Green New Scam” — a catchall for Democrats’ climate spending.

But as Congressional Republicans race to pass their massive tax-and-spending legislation — what the president calls the “big, beautiful bill” — some business groups and companies are warning that ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Advocates say information about arrested immigrants “disappears” after they’re booked into Orange County jail — and are calling for more transparency so their families can find them.

The problem stems from a regular practice in an era of heightened immigration enforcement: When people are arrested by state and local ...Read more

DETROIT — After evading authorities on a two-year-long manhunt, an elusive black bear has finally been caught in northern Michigan.

The young black bear, which has been carrying a lid stuck around its neck since 2023, was captured by state wildlife biologists in Montmorency County in early June, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ...Read more

A listeria outbreak that has reached 13 states and involves three deaths has been linked to chicken Alfredo dishes recalled from Walmart and Kroger, the nation’s two largest grocery sellers.

Here’s what was announced Tuesday night by the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service:

What’s been recalled from Kroger and Walmart?

From Walmart ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A Maple Grove lawmaker has confirmed that her house was one of four known residences visited early Saturday morning by the gunman accused of killing state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, as well as seriously wounding state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife Yvette.

“The past several days have been surrounded by so much ...Read more

CHICAGO — Aldermen granted Chicago’s police superintendent the power Wednesday to declare a teen curfew anytime, anywhere in the city, teeing up a likely veto by Mayor Brandon Johnson.

The highly contentious ordinance faced months of City Council debate before passing in a 27-22 vote. And Johnson, who has blasted it as “lazy governance”...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — A jury cleared Karen Read of all but the least serious offense — drunk driving — following a lengthy trial for the murder of Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe, her boyfriend.

The verdict, delivered after over 20 hours in the jury room, was anticipated ever since jurors appeared to hint at it with two notes they sent on ...Read more