SELMA, Ala. — Moments before leading them across the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock urged the congregation at Tabernacle Baptist Church to create a “reimagining” of how American works.

The Georgia Democrat said the time is now for action as thousands marched amid thunderstorms and cold temperatures to ...Read more

Romania banned far-right front-runner Calin Georgescu from taking part in May presidential election in a move that deepens the country’s political turmoil and risks provoking the wrath of Trump administration.

The Bucharest-based electoral bureau rejected Georgescu’s candidacy at a meeting on Sunday, it said in a statement, after receiving ...Read more

U.S. Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas made a pitch for continuing President Donald Trump’s tax cuts to a friendly crowd of about 35 supporters Saturday, as more than 200 people gathered outside to protest Estes, Trump, and billionaire Elon Musk over deep cuts to federal spending and workforce.

Estes was the headliner of a meeting at downtown Wichita�...Read more

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick signaled he doesn’t expect a reprieve on 25% tariffs for steel and aluminum imports scheduled to take effect on Wednesday.

The levies, ordered by President Donald Trump in February, include imports from Canada and Mexico — which are among the top foreign suppliers — and apply to finished metal ...Read more

More than a hundred protesters gathered at a Tesla dealership on Arden Way on Saturday to protest tech billionaire Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration with pun-filled signs.

The protest, which lined both sides of the major Arden Arcade thoroughfare just outside the city of Sacramento, seemed to find a largely receptive audience of ...Read more

One by one, the pieces came together. Fresh pita bread, a vegetable medley, chicken spiced in a special “Como Street Blend” — all packed into kid-friendly kits, with nods to culture and community, for delivery to St. Paul schools.

This year, St. Paul Public Schools is one of 19 districts and charter schools in Minnesota to win approval to...Read more

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday announced new leadership at the agency tasked with immigration enforcement as she also pledged to step up lie detector tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about operations to the media.

“The authorities that I have under the Department of Homeland Security are ...Read more

A now former United States Border Patrol agent is accused of making women expose their breasts to get into the country.

Shane Millan, 53, pleaded guilty on March 7 to two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, according to court records.

His attorney did not immediately respond to McClatchy News’ request for comment on March 9. ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelenskyy will eventually make a natural-resources deal with the U.S., while accusing the Ukrainian president of “taking candy from a baby” in maximizing U.S. military aid during the Biden years.

Trump also repeated his assertion in an interview on Fox News’ "Sunday Morning Futures" that Zelenskyy was...Read more

For weeks after the Eaton fire ravaged her Altadena home, Ivana Lin lived in a constant, overwhelming state of fight or flight.

Her body was tense. She barely slept.

At one point, she jotted down a to-do list of everything she felt pressure to get done in one day — including itemizing her lost belongings for her insurer, applying for ...Read more

The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to cut 83,000 jobs, slashing employment by over 17% at the federal agency that provides health care for millions of veterans, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press on March 5, 2025.

The department known as the VA manages and directly provides comprehensive ...Read more

Billionaire Elon Musk threw his weight behind a U.S. exit from NATO, saying on his social media platform that it “doesn’t make sense for America to pay for the defense of Europe.”

The senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump was responding to a post on X early Sunday that asserted the U.S. should “Exit NATO *now*!”

“We ...Read more

The former head of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s removal efforts in Boston has been promoted to lead the agency’s national efforts, according to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristy Noem.

Noem announced Sunday that Todd Lyons, former field office director of ICE operations in Boston, will serve as the agency’s acting ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two months after twin fires destroyed large swaths of two Southern California communities, many of the businesses left behind are struggling to revive sales in the face of displaced customers, road closures and a massive rebuilding effort that is projected to drag on for years.

The secondary crisis has hit hard in Malibu because...Read more

TRYON, N.C. — The downed power line that sparked a wildfire here that ultimately burned more than 600 acres in western North Carolina fell a couple hundred feet from where U.S. 176 has abruptly ended since Hurricane Helene washed away a section of roadway.

Once sparked, the fire roared across the southern side of the mountain, devouring the ...Read more

Chikao Tsubaki had been having a terrible time.

In his mid-80s, he had a stroke. Then lymphoma. Then prostate cancer. He was fatigued, isolated, not all that steady on his feet.

Then Tsubaki took part in an innovative care initiative that, over four months, sent an occupational therapist, a nurse and a handy worker to his home to help figure ...Read more

It began with some foul-tasting wine.

As a sales rep for software company Ansys, Brandon Apodaca went out for drinks regularly and traveled by plane every other week. Throughout the pandemic, he continued traveling for work.

"I didn't take this seriously at all," he said. "I was one of those people that said, 'I am healthy, I'm fit, I've never...Read more