Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub “Trump derangement syndrome” (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.

Eric Lucero, R-St. Michael; Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa; Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls; Justin D. Eichorn, R-Grand ...Read more

U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthi militants will be “unrelenting” until the group stops shooting at civilian and military vessels in the Red Sea, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Sunday, a day after President Donald Trump ordered new operations in the Middle East.

“This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring ...Read more

Gov. Wes Moore has been leveraging his opportunities on national news to draw attention to what he called the “disastrous” impact to Maryland’s economy in the first two months of the Trump administration.

Moore was asked Sunday morning on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” about President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on goods from Canada ...Read more

Republican control of the Minnesota House will come to an end Monday when a newly elected Democrat is sworn in, bringing the chamber to a rare 67-67 tie that will test the parties' ability to work together.

Everything will be subject to negotiation now, as 68 votes are needed to pass bills in the House. The party caucuses will have to put ...Read more

One day after a judge blocked the federal government from using wartime powers to quickly expel accused Venezuelan gang members from the country, the Trump administration announced Sunday that it had flown hundreds of alleged members of Tren de Aragua to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador — raising the question of whether the president ...Read more

The Trump administration said it arrested and expelled hundreds of alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang to El Salvador for imprisonment, even as a federal judge ordered a halt to some deportations.

“This weekend, at the President’s direction, the Department of Homeland Security successfully arrested nearly 300 Tren De Aragua...Read more

President Donald Trump may speak to Russian leader Vladimir Putin this week, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, as the U.S. pushes for a quick ceasefire to end the war in Ukraine.

“I expect that there’ll be a call with both presidents this week,” Witkoff said on CNN’s "State of the Union." “And we’re also ...Read more

The federal government's move to revoke a Columbia University graduate student's green card and deport him for his involvement in a pro-Palestinian student encampment last year is raising fresh questions about the risks associated with political activism for non-United States citizens.

Mahmoud Khalil was a prominent negotiator representing ...Read more

If Susan B. Anthony had a deaf sister, everyone would know that deaf suffragists fought tirelessly for expanding women’s right to vote, right alongside Anthony herself. Everyone would know deaf suffragists contributed to women’s emancipation in the United States and Britain and that they lived bold lives.

As a researcher of deaf ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Representatives of California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to take a different approach in confronting the problems of the water-starved Colorado River.

As Trump’s appointees inherit the task of writing new rules for dealing with the river’s chronic water shortages, the three states are raising ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado is falling behind other states in road conditions, a new study has found, ranking 43rd, while neighboring Utah ranked 8th.

The study done by the Reason Foundation, a nonprofit think tank that analyzes transportation issues, ranked the states across 13 categories including spending, pavement condition, fatalities, deficient ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — For nearly two decades now, Glendene Grant has had only memories of her daughter. That’s because Jessica Foster, at the age of 21, went missing in North Las Vegas in March 2006 after coming here for an extended stay.

For Grant, who still lives in British Columbia, Canada, where Foster grew up, the pain of not having had Foster ...Read more

As safety concerns over the Sig Sauer P320 handgun continue to mount, a growing number of police departments across the United States are rethinking their use of the popular semiautomatic firearm.

Released in 2014, Sig Sauer’s P320 model has become one of the most popular guns in America, with more than 2.5 million units sold. The P320 also ...Read more

Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral positions unfilled. A University of Washington researcher is wondering about a climate and health grant after a government site was taken ...Read more

Concern turned to grief this weekend as fans of Big Bear’s beloved bald eagle couple Shadow and Jackie learned one of the three eaglets that hatched in the pair’s nest this month did not survive a winter storm.

Throngs of fans flocked to the popular 24-hour live feed of the eagles’ nest to celebrate when the pair welcomed the fuzzy new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has invoked a centuries-old immigration law to ramp up deportations of undocumented migrants amid signs of frustration within the administration over the pace of efforts to deliver on one of his top priorities.

A federal judge blocked Trump’s proclamation soon after, the Associated Press reported.

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MIAMI — Ocean Drive and much of South Beach was again devoid of signs that spring break was in full swing Saturday — no large party crowds, a minimum of loud music and families galore.

Visitors to Miami Beach lauded the changes. But business people say they noticed a drop in sales.

Despite the quieter commerce, they were more than happy to...Read more