WASHINGTON — Four Democratic members of Congress removed their names as original co-sponsors of the articles of impeachment that Michigan U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar introduced this week targeting President Donald Trump.

The lawmakers' offices indicated that Thanedar's staff had not followed up with their bosses to confirm that they wanted to be ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis and first lady Casey DeSantis led a news conference in Tallahassee on April 1 to announce that trained Hope Florida liaisons were in every sheriff’s office.

The DeSantises, flanked by uniformed sheriffs and deputies in the state Capitol, touted the liaisons as dedicated conduits between the program and ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On the last scheduled day of Florida’s regular legislative session, lawmakers passed a Gov. Ron DeSantis priority to change the state’s ballot initiative process.

The measure passed by the Legislature didn’t go as far as DeSantis’ office wanted. But opponents of the bill said it would still make it difficult for ...Read more

Newly released video shows Kilmar Abrego Garcia interacting with Tennessee state troopers during a traffic stop back in 2022, an incident the Trump administration has used to justify his deportation from the United States to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

Abrego Garcia was driving from Texas to Maryland when he was stopped for speeding on ...Read more

The FDA has rehired at least some workers tasked with releasing public records generated by the agency’s regulatory activities, two employees said. The recall reverses firings carried out roughly a month ago by the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the agency.

Workers who process records about medical device and tobacco ...Read more

For decades, an “extremely rare” fossil sat unidentified in Japan’s Museum of Unique Insect Fossils.

Discovered in 1988 in Hyogo Prefecture, the imprint of a large butterfly wing and body is now confirmed to belong to an extinct species that’s new to science, according to a May 2 study published in the journal Paleontological Research. ...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — An independent review of the security failings at the governor’s mansion in Harrisburg that enabled last month’s arson attack to occur has been completed, but its findings are not being publicly released.

“The sensitive nature of the specific findings uncovered as a result of our review precludes their release to the ...Read more

White crosses displaying the names of the 19 children and two teachers killed when a gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School were “lovingly placed” near the school by family and community members.

Then, on May 1, the memorial remembering one of Uvalde’s darkest days was vandalized, local police said.

“This act is not only ...Read more

DENVER — The second of three men who hurled rocks at passing cars in a fatal Jefferson County spree two years ago was sentenced to 32 years in prison Friday.

Zachary Kwak, 20, received the maximum possible sentence on convictions of assault and attempted assault in the April 19, 2023, spree in which he and two other then-18-year-old men threw...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is proposing steep cuts to domestic and foreign aid spending for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1 coupled with hefty increases for defense and border security, with the help of GOP lawmakers already writing separate legislation outside of the annual appropriations process.

The “skinny” version of the ...Read more

MIAMI — A Fort Lauderdale federal judge sentenced a MS-13 gang member to 17 years in prison for running a fentanyl drug-trafficking operation while locked up in a Florida prison.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 32-year-old Mario Clifford Rivera, who goes by the nickname “Chuky,” was organizing shipments of illegal drugs from Mexico to ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s proposed budget looks to end the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft and Gateway space station central to NASA’s existing Artemis program — but only after a successful moon landing as the nation remains in a race with China.

A preliminary overview of the White House’s planned 2026 discretionary budget ...Read more

JOLIET, Ill. — A Will County landlord was sentenced to 53 years in prison Friday for the murder of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the attempted murder of the boy’s mother in October 2023, an attack a jury found to be a hate crime spurred by the war in Gaza.

Given his age, Joseph Czuba, 73, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars ...Read more

ATLANTA — A class-action lawsuit filed Friday is challenging a law passed in 2024 requiring people accused of minor criminal offenses such as trespassing and failure to appear in court to pay bail for their release from jail.

As the bill moved through the legislative process last year, its sponsor, Republican state Sen. Randy Robertson, said ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams is exploring a move to abandon the current plan to close Rikers Island, and instead and turn the borough-based sites intended to replace the notorious jail complex into housing, the Daily News has learned.

The mayor has asked top staffers to look into how many units of housing could be built at the borough sites in...Read more

For the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972, NASA officially has its hands on a spacecraft expected to fly humans to the moon.

Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Orion space capsule, transferred possession of the Artemis II spacecraft Thursday to the agency’s Exploration Ground Systems team base at Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis II is ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — The state House of Representatives in Connecticut voted overwhelmingly Thursday night to codify into state law that minors can consent to contraception without parental notification.

After a lengthy debate, the House voted 117 – 27 as four Democrats joined with 23 Republicans against the measure.

The issue of parental ...Read more

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week.

The field's premiere scientific conference was scheduled to be held in the Emerald City five years ago, until COVID-19 dashed those plans. This time, U.S. autism researchers face a very different kind of crisis: massive cuts to federal funding, ...Read more

Israel struck a target near the presidential palace in the Syrian capital after the Druze community in both countries called for help following a series of violent clashes between the minority group and Syrian government forces.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a post on Telegram on Friday that its fighter jets hit an area close to the People�...Read more