The State Department began laying off more than 1,300 U.S.-based diplomats and other employees on Friday, after the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could go ahead with plans to slash the size of the federal workforce.

The layoffs affect 1,107 civil servants and 246 foreign service officers on domestic assignments, according to...Read more

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the U.S. resumed shipping military aid to Ukraine, which was unexpectedly put on halt last week.

“According to all reports, the supply has been renewed,” Zelenskyy said late Friday in his daily video address to the nation. “We will continue to work with the American side at the military level, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Los Angeles police officers from using rubber projectiles and other so-called less-lethal munitions against reporters covering protests against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

In a ruling made public Friday, U.S. District Judge Hernán D. ...Read more

Far right-wing Congresswoman and conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene raged that an unspecified “they” are controlling the weather on X.

“First, they said we were crazy for saying they are controlling the weather and spraying chemicals in our skies,” the MAGA loyalist wrote. “Now, they are admitting that they are controlling the...Read more

For days, the message circulated on WhatsApp chats, warning of an imminent attack.

The message, which claimed to be from Jeff Laros, the sanctioned leader of Haiti’s so-called Taliban gang, didn’t specify when or where. But residents of Lascahobas, an important trading point between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, stood their guard.

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The Minneapolis City Council is looking into new ways to tax its wealthiest residents and businesses.

On Thursday, the council voted 10-0 to research new sources of revenue, including taxing the city’s upper class in ways that likely would require changes to state or federal laws.

Council members sought to frame the idea as a clapback to ...Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off a trip to South Carolina to test his political appeal ahead of a likely presidential run, announced Friday that California is creating a new agency to consolidate the state’s efforts to confront two of its most pressing challenges: lowering housing costs and helping people off the streets.

The California Housing ...Read more

A federal appeals court on Friday vacated former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s mortgage fraud conviction, while upholding two separate perjury convictions, according to newly filed court records.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled 2-1 that Mosby’s mortgage fraud case had been improperly tried in Maryland. ...Read more

The two engines on the Air India flight shut down within one second of each other before the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed last month in Ahmedabad, India, killing at least 260 people, according to a preliminary report released Friday.

Both engine fuel control switches that, if pulled while in flight, cut power to the engines, transitioned from ...Read more

WASHINGTON ― A defense policy bill approved this week by a Senate panel authorizes $14 million for infrastructure upgrades at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Macomb County ahead of the anticipated arrival of two new airframes, the F-15EX fighters and KC-46 tankers.

Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters' office said Friday that the National ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnetonka police will soon begin sending drones first to some 911 calls to gauge the situations faster and, in some minor cases, determine whether human officers are still needed.

“By deploying drones to calls within moments, we can assess situations faster, send the right resources and help protect both the public and our ...Read more

Coinciding with the anniversary of the islandwide July 11 uprising in 2021 on Friday, the United States sanctioned Cuba’s leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, for his involvement in “gross violations of human rights, ” the Department of State said in a statement.

This is the first time the U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Díaz-Canel, Cuba...Read more

President Donald Trump said it was “hard to believe the devastation” as he visited Texas to see firsthand the damage from extreme floods that killed at least 120 people and left scores still missing in the state’s Hill Country region.

Trump’s visit was aimed at reassuring residents that the federal government was committing the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Training for dozens of recruits hoping to be New York City deputy sheriffs was thrown into chaos after the Department of Investigation determined the academy’s instructors responsible for investigation and firearms training weren’t certified by the state, the Daily News has learned.

After being delayed for more than three weeks...Read more

Top Republican senators criticized Gov. Wes Moore’s voluntary separation plan for state employees Friday, saying that he originally ignored GOP ideas to thin out Maryland’s workforce during the tough 2025 legislative session.

“Governor Moore is finally recognizing that the Republicans have better ideas when it comes to fiscal ...Read more

CHICAGO – One of the sons of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty Friday in federal court in Chicago to helping his father and brothers run the notoriously violent Sinaloa cartel, importing thousands of tons of narcotics into the U.S., bribing public officials and using murder and ...Read more

CHICAGO – Chicago Public Schools announced a second round of summer layoffs Friday, firing 1,458 employees in the latest effort to help close the district’s $734 million budget deficit.

The layoffs include 432 teachers – representing 1.8% of the teaching staff – including 132 special education teachers. Also impacted were 311 ...Read more

Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan Friday to provide direct cash assistance to people who have been affected by the Trump administration's sweeping immigration raids.

The aid will be distributed using cash cards with a "couple hundred" dollars on them, which should be available in about a week, Bass said at a news conference.

"You have people ...Read more