ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A state appeals court is being asked to dismiss felony voter misconduct charges against an Alaska resident born in American Samoa, one of numerous cases that have drawn attention to the complex citizenship status of people born in the U.S. territory. In arguments Thursday, attorneys for Tupe Smith plan to ask […]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle, further heightening the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head. Smoke filled the street Wednesday night near […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado discussed her country’s future with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, even though he has dismissed her credibility to take over after an audacious U.S. military raid captured then-President Nicolás Maduro. Trump has raised doubts about his stated commitment to backing democratic rule […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington. On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for guaranteed insurance coverage for a broader swath of Americans while Republicans, buttressed by medical industry lobbying, warned about cost and a slide into […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democrats across the country are proposing state law changes to rein in federal immigration officers and protect the public following the shooting death of a protester in Minneapolis and the wounding of two people in Portland, Oregon. Many of the measures have been proposed in some form for years in Democratic-led […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — One week after the nation marked the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, the history of what happened that day is being reconsidered, revised and reassessed by the party in power. The House GOP’s new Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attack held its first hearing Wednesday, what was […]
As tax season is just around the corner, a survey with more than 3,000 respondents was conducted to determine their beliefs on what is the most hated tax in WA.
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a year before an American military operation deposed Nicolás Maduro, a senior aide to President Donald Trump argued that the Venezuelan leader had been dispatching gang members into the United States. “If you’re a dictator of a poor country with a high crime rate, wouldn’t you send your criminals to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — There was a glass bottle of milk on the Resolute Desk, and President Donald Trump promised to get to it soon. But first he had to talk about Iran, the capture of someone accused of leaking secret information about Venezuela and a pair of executive orders he was issuing. Only then could […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Renaming the Department of Defense the Department of War could cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $125 million depending on how broadly and quickly the change is made, according to an analysis released Wednesday from the Congressional Budget Office. President Donald Trump signed an executive order in September that authorized the Department […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Wednesday he wants to move forward with redrawing the state’s congressional map and have the Democratic-controlled legislature vote on it, despite opposition from a key fellow Democrat concerned that mid-decade redistricting could backfire and cost the party a seat instead of gaining it one. Moore, who […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The head of a nonpartisan group that supports Georgia prosecutors said the new state law that President Donald Trump and others charged in an election interference case are using to seek millions in attorney fees and costs from the Fulton County district attorney’s office is likely unconstitutional. The law has “serious and […]
It’s not just about sending federal law enforcement officers into Minnesota. President Donald Trump’s administration is also lashing out at the state by threatening to withhold billions in federal money, much of it intended to help low-income families with food aid, health care and child care — and with a new lawsuit against the state. […]
Renee Good ’s family is accusing federal immigration officers of killing the Minneapolis mother as she attempted to follow agents’ instructions, and said Wednesday they have hired the same law firm that represented George Floyd ’s family to press for answers and accountability. Her loved ones said in a statement they want Good, 37, remembered […]
Reproductive rights advocates say they have dropped a legal challenge against the Trump administration for withholding millions of dollars of federal funding for family planning, contraception and other services after officials agreed to restore the money. Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after federal officials […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the U.S. military operation that removed Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro from power, Trump administration lawyers blessed the action by saying it would “not rise to the level of a war in the constitutional sense” and would serve “important national interests,” according to a legal opinion that articulates a muscular view of […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Wednesday vowed to continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro during her first press conference since Maduro was ousted by the United States earlier this month. Rodríguez served as Maduro’s vice president since 2018, running Venezuela’s feared intelligence service and managing its crucial […]
BOSTON (AP) — The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family for Thanksgiving, but still argued the error should not affect her case. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman, was detained at […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. The State Department said Wednesday it had instructed consular officers to halt immigrant visa applications from the countries affected in […]
SEMINOLE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday named to the Florida Supreme Court a state appellate court judge who pledged his allegiance to a legal theory that a law’s meaning doesn’t change over time, giving the Republican governor his sixth conservative appointee to the seven-member court. Adam Tanenbaum, a judge on the First […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States says it’s moving into the next phase of a Gaza ceasefire plan involving disarming Hamas, rebuilding and daily governance. Trump envoy Steve Witkoff says in a post on X that the ceasefire deal was entering a phase focused on demilitarizing Gaza, establishing a technocratic government and reconstruction. Witkoff did […]
