Maryland Democrats are coming down hard on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his role in the biggest political scandal of President Donald Trump’s second term thus far.

“Somebody should take responsibility for this, and if there’s not a good explanation and they’re not able to state how it will not happen again in the future, they ...Read more

Democrats in Springfield and Washington are vowing to defend Illinois election laws against a sweeping executive order from Donald Trump aimed at limiting counting of mail-in votes, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and giving Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to voter data.

The executive order, signed ...Read more

Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Wednesday that the escalating gang crisis in Haiti has reached a point that demands a rapid increase in the number of cops and equipment for the Haiti National Police to battle gangs that are on the verge of taking over the capital.

Ultimately, the Haiti National Police “has to take on the gangs,” ...Read more

BOSTON — A Tufts University grad student who has been vocal about her pro-Palestinian support has been detained by federal authorities in Somerville, according to reports.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Ph.D. student and Fulbright Scholar from Turkey, was taken into custody Tuesday evening by Department of Homeland Security agents outside an off-campus ...Read more

Gov. Tim Walz and state leaders on Wednesday urged new strategies to protect Minnesotans and agricultural producers from H5N1, an influenza strain that has spread rapidly in the U.S. among wild and domestic birds and dairy farms over the past three years.

The highly infectious bird flu variant was most recently found in turkey farms in Dakota ...Read more

BOSTON — An alternate juror from Karen Read’s first trial has joined the defense team just ahead of the retrial, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.

Victoria George was added to the defense team on Wednesday according to court records. George identified herself as an alternate juror earlier this month in an interview with Boston’s CBS...Read more

For five weeks, Yolanda Marodi was on the run from authorities.

The 53-year-old was the prime suspect in the killing of her wife, Rebecca Marodi, 49, a fire captain who was found stabbed to death last month in the couple's home in Ramona, California, officials said.

Her fugitive status ended this weekend when Yolanda Marodi was arrested in ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge rejected a majority of motions by OpenAI and Microsoft to dismiss parts of a lawsuit accusing the tech companies of swiping stories from the New York Daily News, The New York Times and other newspapers to train their AI products.

The Daily News, its affiliated newspapers in MediaNews Group and Tribune Publishing, ...Read more

President Donald Trump‘s recent executive order overhauling U.S. elections has drawn swift opposition from California leaders and advocacy groups who say it threatens how the state conducts elections.

Signed Tuesday, March 25, the order calls for stricter voting rules, including requiring voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One by one, the speakers walked up to the small table early Wednesday, then sat and faced the panel of lawmakers in front of them.

Several came from across the country — Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee and Texas. For some, it was their first time in the Missouri Capitol building.

They came to testify in support of two ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A protest led by scientists and other state employees Wednesday afternoon wasn’t as loud as one earlier this month. But the 100 or so workers who marched in downtown Sacramento carried the same angry message: Gov. Gavin Newsom’s return to office order needs to be defeated.

“Hell no RTO!” they chanted, as they ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — At a time of concern about juvenile crime, a key legislative committee is considering whether to raise the age of arrest for youths who commit crimes.

A bill in the legislature’s judiciary committee Wednesday called for increasing the age to 12 years old in 2026, up from the current 10, depending on the severity of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A study funded by the National Institutes of Health that would test if an antibiotic can prevent sexually transmitted infections in women has been terminated by the Trump administration as part of its ongoing attempt to halt what it considers “diversity, equity and inclusion” in scientific research.

While the drug has been ...Read more

With just days left to finalize the state budget, New York lawmakers are getting behind Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature plan to ban cell phones all school day.

The proposal, known as a “bell-to-bell” policy because it separates students from their devices upon arrival until dismissal, had initially been met with some reluctance in the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania election officials and experts said Wednesday that it’s highly unlikely a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump seeking to require proof of citizenship for voters and altering rules for administering elections will take full effect.

And at least one Philadelphia area county said it is consulting ...Read more