SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Assembly easily passed bills to increase taxes on software programs and health insurance premiums and extended a cap on corporate tax credits Monday, with the Democrat supermajority muscling in unity past Republican outrage during a late night debate.

Gov. Gavin Newsom first proposed the revenue raising ...Read more

Republican Rep, Mike Collins defeated Derek Dooley in a runoff election for the GOP Senate nomination in Georgia, advancing to face incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff in what will be one of a handful of races this November that will help decide control of the U.S. Senate.

The election was a duel of endorsements, with President Donald Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House budget office released $351.6 million to the Secret Service on Friday for “White House Security Measures,” amid mounting criticism that taxpayer dollars may be tapped to help pay for President Donald Trump’s planned East Wing ballroom.

A database that tracks “apportionments” made by the Office of ...Read more

The U.S. has emptied the immigration detention camp in the Florida Everglades known as Alligator Alcatraz after the state spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the high-profile facility to support President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that the jail, a sprawling ...Read more

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump shook hands and smiled on the sidelines of a Group of Seven summit in France ahead of their first bilateral meeting in a year.

Noticeably absent was Modi’s trademark bear hug, a hallmark of his interactions with world leaders. The relatively restrained greeting reflected a ...Read more

CHICAGO — Just ahead of the Juneteenth public opening of the Obama Presidential Center, former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama gathered nearly 500 supporters and contributors to the campus for a thank you celebration on Tuesday.

“For us to be able to give back to this community is really important to us, and that couldn...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania families will gain access to detailed information about vaccination rates in their schools before the new academic year, when the state health department launches a new online database to better inform the public.

More than 200 Philadelphia-area schools with kindergarten classrooms — roughly one in three — have...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A northern Minnesota judge handed down a 30-day jail sentence to a head election judge this week for the felony offense of allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast ballots.

Timothy Scouton, 65, of Nevis, Minnesota, removed his glasses and closed his eyes on camera during his virtual sentencing Monday in Hubbard County District ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — More than two years into Minneapolis’ push to implement a court-ordered settlement agreement, police reform efforts lag behind — stymied by a persistent backlog of Internal Affairs cases and high staff turnover, according to an evaluator’s report released this week.

The 40-page document, from the nonprofit Effective Law ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is dispersing its civil rights and special education responsibilities to other federal offices, a major step toward the Trump administration’s goal of dismantling the agency.

Oversight of civil rights in schools will move to the Department of Justice and special education programs will move to the ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The reservoir that serves as Southern Nevada’s main water supply is headed for an even more painful decline than thought due to historic drought and recent water management decisions, according to federal forecasters.

Lake Mead could plummet to 1,015.77 feet above sea level in July 2027, far below any level seen since the ...Read more

The Texas Department of Public Safety said that Victor Mata Villarreal, the suspect in the Midland mass shooting on June 12., died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The autopsy results released on Tuesday confirmed this, according to the DPS.

Villarreal was found dead in an abandoned veterinarian’s office building where he had barricaded ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ release from prison is now set for February 2028, weeks earlier than his previously scheduled date.

The disgraced music mogul, who is currently behind bars at New Jersey’s FCI Fort Dix, was ordered to spend 50 months in prison after he was found guilty in July 2025 of two counts of transportation to ...Read more

BALTIMORE — A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled the criminal trial connected to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore for October 2027. But as attorneys prepare for the 16-month road ahead, questions remain about who exactly will be at the highly anticipated seven-week jury trial.

At the start of a status conference on Tuesday, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base was in the process of tests to upgrade the aging fleet of B-52 bombers with new engines and radar systems when one of the planes crashed Monday, killing eight people, officials said.

The tests, and planned upgrades for the bomber, are just the latest in what has been long history for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Five suspects have been arrested for allegedly plotting to kill government officials and others attending the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House last weekend, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles.

Bryan Roa, 24, of Calimesa and Michael Thomas, 32, of Pinon Hills, California,...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ property tax proposal has a provision meant to entice Floridians at the ballot box in November: New residents will have to wait five years to benefit from it.

It’s not a new idea. But it could be an unconstitutional one.

More than 40 years ago, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a nearly ...Read more