ATLANTA — South Georgia could soon be home to the country’s largest immigrant jail.

Local officials approved a plan this week to markedly increase capacity at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility located in Charlton County, called the Folkston ICE Processing Center.

Sitting fewer than 10 miles from the Florida border, the ...Read more

Beijing says it granted approval to some applications for the export of rare earths, a move that could ease tensions before trade negotiations between the U.S. and China next week.

The Chinese commerce ministry confirmed the approval of the applications without specifying which countries or industries were covered, even as it noted growing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as President Donald Trump's steep tariffs take a hit on global trade and a major economic engine for the regional economy.

Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the port went without work over the last two weeks, Gene Seroka, executive director of the...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis set a personal record for issuing vetoes in a single legislative session this year — and, potentially, made history as the first Colorado governor to veto a bill that passed the General Assembly unanimously.

The 11 vetoed bills touched on a raft of issues: social media regulations, new rules for ride-hailing ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Immigration raids Friday led to the arrests of dozens of people and caused hours of chaos in downtown L.A.

Here is what we know so far:

Where were the raids?

Federal agents hit several locations including the Ambiance Apparel in garment district, where many were detained and authorities clashed with protesters, and a Home ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An hours-long standoff between protesters and federal agents erupted Saturday morning in Paramount as federal officials warned of further immigration raids to come in Los Angeles.

The confrontation near a Home Depot at 6400 Alondra Blvd. escalated into a fiery and tumultuous clash. At least one protester was injured, witnesses ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was mistakenly shot and killed by a fellow officer during a confrontation with an armed suspect, according to police, who continued to hold at least two people in custody as of late Friday.

The department announced Rivera had been struck by friendly fire about a day after she died. She and her ...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami Republican who co-founded the group Latinas for Trump is condemning President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign and blasting recent immigration enforcement actions as harmful.

“This is not what we voted for,” state Sen. Ileana Garcia said in a statement on Saturday. “I have always supported Trump, through thick ...Read more

Geert Wilders is betting that triggering the collapse of an unloved Dutch government will position him to emerge stronger and become the nation’s dominant political figure, but signs are emerging that the far-right leader’s gambit could backfire.

By alienating potential coalition partners and testing the patience of weary voters, Wilders ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The rejection of Santa Ono as the University of Florida’s next president confronts the state’s flagship university with a conundrum as it picks a new leader: Must it consider a president based on political ideology rather than academic qualifications?

“I don’t think that any credible, talented administrator will take a...Read more

President Donald Trump vowed his former friend Elon Musk will face “very serious consequences” should he choose to support the Democratic party following their very public feud.

Trump delivered the warning in an interview with NBC News, during which he also said he had “no intention of speaking to” the tech billionaire any time in the ...Read more

MIAMI — A friend of Miami Beach’s notorious Alexander brothers — charged with taking part in a rape almost a decade ago — asked a judge to dismiss the case this week, saying that “critical evidence” in the case was lost, destroyed or never preserved by state prosecutors.

Ohad Fisherman, a 39-year-old friend of twins Oren and Alon ...Read more

CHICAGO — Former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan’s attorneys have attacked prosecutors’ “draconian” recommendation that he serve 12½ years in prison in the ComEd scandal, likening the proposed term to a life sentence for an old man who is “not the villain of their constructed narrative.”

“The government seeks to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Fallout from a blitzkrieg of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sweeps in downtown Los Angeles continued Saturday, with fierce pushback from protesters, open sparring between L.A. leadership and federal officials, and a chaotic scene in Paramount as federal officials warned of more arrests to come.

“As Mayor of a proud ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago police Officer Krystal Rivera was mistakenly shot by a fellow cop during a confrontation with an armed suspect that took her life Thursday, police have announced.

In a statement late Friday, the department said that an investigation had reached the conclusion that Rivera was struck by friendly fire.

“As released in ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Elon Musk will pay “very serious consequences” if the billionaire tech mogul funds Democratic candidates that challenge lawmakers who backed Republicans’ tax-and-spending bill.

Trump, in a phone interview with NBC News’ Kristen Walker, also said he has no desire to repair his relationship with Musk. The two ...Read more

Iran’s state television said on Saturday the country obtained a large trove of sensitive Israeli nuclear information.

The Islamic Republic’s intelligence services have acquired “thousands of files related to that regime’s nuclear projects and facilities,” according to the broadcaster.

The report added that a mission to obtain the ...Read more

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal sex trafficking trial wrapped its fourth week on Friday with even more bombshell claims about the embattled music mogul, including that he dangled a woman off a 17th-floor balcony and coerced another into participating in sex parties.

Combs, 55, has been behind bars at Brooklyn’s Metropolitan ...Read more