NEW YORK — A federal judge rejected FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s do-it-yourself motion for a new trial based on what the former crypto king claimed was new evidence.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversaw Bankman-Fried’s 2023 trial and conviction before sentencing him to 25 years in prison, denied the request on Tuesday in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted for a second time since Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, with prosecutors alleging that he threatened the president’s life in a social media post.

A federal grand jury in North Carolina returned the indictment on Tuesday. It features two counts, accusing Comey of ...Read more

Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday signed a sweeping slate of nearly 200 bills, including a crackdown on foster care placements after a teenager’s death and a first-in-the-nation effort to block grocery stores from using technology that quietly changes prices throughout the day.

This is the second time the governor has signed bills into law since the ...Read more

North Carolina lawmakers gave their approval Tuesday to a bill to provide $319 million more in funding needed to keep the state’s Medicaid program running through June.

The bill, which was released on the first day back in session last week, spans 33 pages and goes significantly beyond Medicaid funding and into policy. That includes language ...Read more

The Supreme Court of Virginia on Tuesday denied a request from Virginia Democrats to halt a lower court’s order that blocks the state from certifying the results of last week’s redistricting election.

That means certification of the April 21 election, scheduled for Friday, remains blocked for now. The court has agreed to hear the case, but ...Read more

South Carolina’s election agency will share millions of voters’ personal information with the U.S. Department of Justice, ending a monthslong dealmaking process with the Trump administration.

The Election Commission, led by chair Robert Bolchoz, agreed to send its rolls, including partial Social Security numbers of registered voters, to the...Read more

The federal government has officially moved to block a controversial Illinois law banning certain credit card fees, a decision that favors financial institutions but could leave state-chartered banks in a lurch as lawmakers weigh next steps.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, an independent bureau of the U.S. Department of the ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House on Tuesday voted almost unanimously to eliminate Cesar E. Chavez Day as a state holiday in the wake of allegations the former labor leader sexually assaulted women.

Last month, a New York Times investigation detailed years-long sexual abuse allegations against Chavez, the late cofounder and president of the...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey again Tuesday, on allegations that an Instagram post he made last year showing seashells spelling out “86 47” was in fact an assassination threat against President Donald Trump.

The two-count indictment, brought in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Walk of Fame is known for its colorful cast of characters. But even by those standards, the scenes of Jesus Christ and Sonic the Hedgehog racing past security guards employed by the Church of Scientology in recent days were a little bizarre.

On Saturday afternoon, someone dressed as the Christian messiah was among ...Read more

NEW YORK — A U.S. Army special forces master sergeant pleaded not guilty to charges of trading on classified information about the operation to capture then-Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, entered the plea Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett in Manhattan. Prosecutors claim Van Dyke, who was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — King Charles III addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, delivering a carefully worded speech that threaded two of his most deeply held causes — climate action and the defense of Europe — to a roomful of people deeply divided on both.

The king’s address to Congress, only the second in history by a British monarch...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Federal agents carried out search warrants Tuesday in the Twin Cities “relating to the rampant fraud of U.S. taxpayers dollars,” according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

“The American people deserve to know how their taxpayer money was abused,” a Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement. “… No...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has formally asked to change its legal name from the Department of Defense to the Department of War, a move the agency estimates will cost more than $50 million.

The Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel posted its proposal to change the law to rename the department, even though the new name has been deployed since...Read more

King Charles III kicked off a pomp-filled visit to the U.S. on Wednesday that has been warmly welcomed by President Donald Trump and is aimed at bolstering the “special relationship” between the two nations even amid tensions over the Iran war.

Embracing the extensive formal ceremonial trappings of a state visit, the British monarch held ...Read more

MIAMI — A wildfire that sparked on Monday evening in Everglades National Park has rapidly grown to about 2,500 acres, authorities say. Fire crews are battling the blaze, which has already closed parts of the Everglades.

The wildfire began in the northeastern corner of the national park, with U.S. Wildland Fire Services crews working the fire ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Iran has asked the United States to lift a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz while the two sides negotiate an end to the two-month war, which has upended global energy supplies.

Tehran wants the critical waterway for oil and gas shipments open “as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership ...Read more

BOSTON — The City of Boston has agreed to pay $850,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed by four protesters who allege they were beaten with wooden batons and pepper-sprayed by police during a 2020 George Floyd demonstration.

The settlement agreement was announced Tuesday by attorneys representing the protesters — Jasmine Huffman, Justin ...Read more