WASHINGTON — A wrongly deported immigrant at the center of a high-profile legal battle over President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort is back in the United States and facing a criminal indictment in Tennessee, the Justice Department said Friday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi held a news conference to unveil the indictment for Kilmar ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. to face a federal indictment in Tennessee accusing him of transporting across the country hundreds of people who had entered the U.S. illegally.

The sprawling two-count indictment alleges the Beltsville resident conspired with others for nearly a decade to transport people, as well as ...Read more

A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump‘s administration to pause across-the-board cuts to AmeriCorps in response to a lawsuit filed by 24 states.

The federal community service program that oversees thousands of volunteers was targeted in mid-April by the Department of Government Efficiency, which terminated grants and placed 85% of ...Read more

Even before President Donald Trump told Haitians this week they will no longer be welcome in the United States, travel from the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation was already difficult. It’s been restricted by deadly gang violence, repeated airport shutdowns and years-long visa delays at the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince.

Now, with the newly ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were carrying out a series of immigration sweeps across Southern California on Friday morning, sparking fear and anxiety among immigrant communities.

At least one video posted on X show federal agents running after people in the parking lot of the Home Depot in Westlake, not far ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Two years after five young women were killed instantly in a vicious car crash, a Hennepin County jury found Derrick John Thompson guilty Friday of five counts of third-degree murder and 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide for their deaths.

The families of Sabiriin Ali, Sahra Gesaade, Salma Abdikadir, Sagal Hersi and Siham ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A group of states and companies used the Trump administration’s own statements against them while urging a federal appeals court to pause the sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries.

The Thursday filings at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit come as the Trump administration seeks to keep the tariffs in place ...Read more

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. to face a federal indictment in Tennessee accusing him of transporting across the country hundreds of people who had entered the U.S. illegally.

The sprawling two-count indictment alleges the Beltsville resident conspired with others for nearly a decade to transport people, as well as firearms, in over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the DOGE team that had been led by Elon Musk to examine Social Security records that include personal information on most Americans.

Acting by a 6-3 vote, the justices granted an appeal from President Donald Trump’s lawyers and lifted a court order that had barred a team of DOGE ...Read more

A defense attorney who worked with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein claims his former client provided no information that would implicate President Donald Trump in any illegal activity.

Epstein, who hanged himself at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, was known to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has asked Congress to delete a portion of a federal law that requires the Office on Violence Against Women to be a separate office within the Justice Department, part of a shake-up experts say would hamstring the office’s visibility and saddle victim grant programs with more bureaucracy.

The White House...Read more

Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the U.S. to face a federal indictment in Tennessee accusing him of transporting across the country hundreds of people who had entered the U.S. illegally.

The sprawling two-count indictment alleges the Beltsville resident conspired with others for nearly a decade to transport people, as well as firearms, in over ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s domestic drama threatens to overshadow a coming G7 summit, and a recent meeting with the German chancellor — with quips about World War II — suggests awkward moments could overtake the confab in Canada, which Trump has proposed making the “51st state.”

The question of how much German ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Two foreign nationals were charged with stalking a Los Angeles-based artist who has criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping, federal officials said.

Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the U.K. and a U.S. lawful permanent resident, were charged with interstate stalking, conspiracy to commit interstate stalking, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. and Chinese negotiators will resume trade talks Monday in London, President Donald Trump announced, as the world’s two largest economies look to resolve a simmering dispute over tariffs and technology that has unnerved markets.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz and Minnesota’s narrowly divided Legislature have struck a deal on the state budget and will return to St. Paul on Monday to finish their work.

Walz and legislative leaders announced Friday they’ve agreed to a one-day special session that must adjourn before 7 a.m. Tuesday. Their two-page signed agreement, ...Read more

A “fraudulent EMT” is accused of providing medical care to more than 100 people even though he wasn’t certified, Colorado officials said.

Lauren Wilson, 53, was indicted in connection with unauthorized practice of medicine while fraudulently representing to be a certified professional, along with other charges, the Colorado Attorney ...Read more

President Donald Trump continued his war of words with Elon Musk on Friday, saying the Tesla tycoon “has lost his mind” — even as Musk seemed to be softening his stance in their epic feud.

Trump on Friday told reporters that while Musk may be ready to make amends, he’s not ready to rekindle his friendship with the tech billionaire, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The clamorous end to President Trump’s alliance with Elon Musk is increasing pressure on the White House over its signature legislation known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” — a bill under intense scrutiny in the Senate that Musk wants killed over its price tag, but that Trump views as critical to the success of his ...Read more

ATHENS, Ga. — Lawyers for Jose Ibarra, the man convicted of murder in the killing of college nursing student Laken Riley, told a judge Friday they intend to file motions seeking a mental competency evaluation and funding for a DNA expert to review forensic evidence.

The brief virtual hearing with an Athens-Clarke County judge was a status ...Read more