SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker proposed a $330 million budget cut last month to scale back an expansion of health care coverage for undocumented adult immigrants in his state, where a state audit found that services for certain age groups exceeded estimates by more than 280%.

California soon may face the same financial ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s second budget address to Philadelphia City Council sounded in many ways like an ordinary mayoral speech, with Parker waxing poetic about heroic first responders, touting wins during her first year, and pitching new proposals on housing and tax cuts contained in her $6.7 billion proposal for the city ...Read more

The federal government says it’s ramping up immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s crackdown, but the extent of activity in the Denver area has been unclear — with little arrest data available yet.

A lack of transparency by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement so far is making it difficult to determine the size and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A “swatting” call about an active shooter triggered a massive police response at Claremont McKenna College on Thursday evening, a day after a similar false report caused panic and evacuations at Loma Linda Children’s Hospital in San Bernardino County.

Students were warned to shelter in place at the five undergraduate ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Elon Musk made an unannounced visit to the National Security Agency on Wednesday, a week after saying the secretive office responsible for foreign-intelligence collection needed to be revamped.

Musk was hosted by Timothy Haugh, the Air Force general who leads the NSA and the U.S. Cyber Command. The visit was Musk’s first as a ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is tightening sanctions on Russia by restricting payments for energy even as it pursues peace negotiations with President Vladimir Putin’s government over the war in Ukraine.

The Trump administration quietly let expire a license covering payments for energy to a handful of Russian banks that were still allowed to ...Read more

DENVER — An American Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac at Denver International Airport on Thursday after an engine problem, forcing passengers to evacuate the aircraft, DIA and airline officials said.

The plane was at gate C38 when the fire started at around 6 p.m., said airport spokesperson Michael Konopasek.

Passengers were ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Students were warned to shelter in place at Claremont McKenna College and police worked to clear the area following reports of a possible active shooter Thursday evening.

The Claremont Police Department received a call of an active shooter on campus around 5 p.m. and was working with regional agencies to respond to the potential...Read more

NEW YORK — A criminal investigation by Trump’s Justice Department targeting migrants who sought asylum in New York City has spread alarm about a potentially dark new chapter in the president’s brutal crackdown on immigration.

The government, in a criminal subpoena, has demanded a Midtown hotel hand over the names, dates of birth and other...Read more

NEW YORK — Comptroller Brad Lander is demanding more information from the Adams administration about a probe aimed at migrant shelters, The New York Daily News has learned — coming as the mayor is facing increasing calls to take a tougher stand against the president’s increasingly aggressive immigration actions in the city.

The Department...Read more

BOSTON — Yet another judge has told Karen Read that she has to fight the murder charge in the Norfolk County courtroom.

A U.S. District Court judge on Thursday denied the murder defendant’s federal bid to toss the murder charge against her.

Read, 45, of Mansfield, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor ...Read more

CHICAGO — Growing occasionally emotional, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday testified during a bench trial that she was disturbed and traumatized by a profane and racist death threat sent to her in 2022 through a city feedback email system.

Lightfoot, who served as Chicago’s mayor from 2019 to 2023, took the stand at the ...Read more

DENVER — An American Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac at Denver International Airport on Thursday, according to reporting from Denver7.

The plane was at gate C38 when the fire started and evacuation slides were deployed, a DIA spokesperson told Denver7. No injuries were reported.

News of the fire spread quickly on social media after ...Read more

Canada’s top ministers said the country’s change of leadership may provide a chance to “reset” its now troubled relationship with the U.S., its biggest trading partner.

Mark Carney, who will replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday, is expected to talk to President Donald Trump in the coming days, said Canada’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to hire more than two dozen temporary workers to help with fire recovery efforts in Southern California.

The agency announced the expanded workforce Thursday, saying the new employees would help in the Eaton and Palisades disaster areas.

The workers will be hired for four months and...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis warned Thursday of the effect of potential Medicaid cuts in Colorado, reiterated his support for federal immigration authorities’ efforts in the state and criticized President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Polis, joined by a Canadian diplomat, made the comments at a news conference he called to highlight Colorado’s �...Read more

WASHINGTON — The more than 2 million federal employees have legal rights as civil servants that are supposed to protect them from being fired unfairly, including for political reasons.

But the Trump administration’s mass firings have exposed a flaw that has left tens of thousands without protection just when they need it the most.

The ...Read more