WASHINGTON ― Democrats in Michigan's congressional delegation wrote Friday to President Donald Trump, urging him to support the opening the Gordie Howe International Bridge on schedule in early 2026 and reiterating its importance to the economy and jobs in Michigan and around the country.

“This critical conduit of international commerce ...Read more

British Defense Secretary John Healey met with counterparts from Baltic and Nordic nations to discuss seizing oil tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, as Europe seeks to tighten curbs on Moscow’s war economy nearly four years after its invasion of Ukraine.

The meeting of the Joint Expeditionary Force, a group of 10 nations with a shared...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans are opening a new front in their clash with college accreditors, this time targeting medical schools in a move that could have implications for the state’s access to billions of dollars in federal student aid.

A scathing Feb. 12 letter reviewed by the Herald/Times shows Florida university leaders ...Read more

WASHINGTON — House Republicans have used a slim majority to push through some of President Donald Trump’s biggest priorities — and shield him from political and legal trouble — since Trump returned to the White House last year.

But as Trump’s approval ratings slide and the federal government faces a partial shutdown this weekend, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — One 911 caller said he saw federal agents shoot a man 10 times. Another reported a dumpster being set ablaze by a flash-bang, while someone else said intruders were clambering to a rooftop above the smoke-filled mayhem as conflict engulfed Nicollet Avenue.

These accounts and others fielded by Minneapolis emergency dispatchers ...Read more

Gov. Josh Shapiro implored Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week to reconsider converting warehouses in Berks and Schuylkill counties into mass immigration detention centers, citing “real harms” to the communities.

In a Thursday letter to Noem obtained by The Inquirer, Shapiro questioned legality of the facilities, which the ...Read more

Authorities are investigating eerie new footage from the days leading up to the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy.

The roughly 20-second Ring camera footage, from the early morning hours of Jan. 23, was published Friday by TMZ, which says the video was recorded roughly 6.5 miles from 84-year-old Guthrie’s home in Tucson, ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Friday that he is planning to make an official visit to Venezuela, signaling deepening ties with the country’s interim government following the January capture by U.S. forces of strongman Nicolás Maduro.

“I think I am going to make a visit to Venezuela. We haven’t decided [when],” Trump told reporters on the...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday that “significant cooperation” from local law enforcement helped lead to the expected end of Operation Metro Surge, but sheriffs across Minnesota say their policies have not changed.

The Minnesota Star Tribune asked sheriffs in all of the state’s 87 counties this week if they signed a ...Read more

The recent FBI search of the Fulton County, Georgia, elections facility and the seizure of election-related materials pursuant to a warrant has attracted concern for what it might mean for future elections.

What if a determined executive branch used federal law enforcement to seize election materials to sow distrust in the results of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A probation officer who was caught on video bending a teen in half.

A Torrance police officer who shot a man in the back as he walked away from a crime scene.

Seven California Highway Patrol officers who piled atop a man screaming "I can't breathe" as he died following a drunk driving stop.

All three cases had similar outcomes...Read more

Mass. Gov. Maura Healey is “demanding” New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte oppose federal plans to turn a large warehouse in Merrimack, N.H., into a detention center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In a statement issued Friday, Healey called ICE’s plans for the facility, confirmed through documents released by the New Hampshire...Read more

The Supreme Court of Virginia said Friday it would allow a special election on redistricting to move forward this spring while a legal challenge to the process continues.

That election, set for April 21, will ask voters whether they support redrawing the commonwealth’s congressional map ahead of elections this fall to give Democrats a chance ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A recent federal appeals court ruling means immigrants detained in Minnesota and sent to Texas won’t be released on bond — for now.

Thousands of immigrants detained during the monthslong Operation Metro Surge have been sent to Texas detention facilities. While the surge in immigration enforcement is expected to end soon, the...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is participating in a trade mission to Germany, her office announced Friday, marking her second trip to Europe of the first seven weeks of the new year.

In Germany, Whitmer had already visited the global headquarters of the manufacturer RENK Group, which announced plans to expand in Michigan and...Read more

Virginia’s supreme court Friday gave the green light to a planned referendum on a Democratic redistricting map that aims to flip four Republican congressional seats, although the justices are still hearing arguments about whether the plan would be legal.

In a procedural win for Democrats, the court ruled Virginia may go ahead with the ...Read more

A San Francisco teachers' strike that closed public schools for some 50,000 students this week ended Friday as the union reached a tentative agreement with the cash-strapped school district, which will provide pay raises and improved healthcare benefits.

The tentative contract between the San Francisco Unified School District and United ...Read more

The Trump administration says it’s revoking more federal grant dollars in Illinois — this time for electric vehicle charging stations.

On the chopping block in Illinois is a $100 million grant to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for electric vehicle charging stations and a $3.6 million grant to the Secretary of State’s office...Read more

A new federal policy will make it harder for immigrants across the nation with deportation orders to challenge and fight their cases by limiting appeals.

A policy taking effect March 9 will cut the time to appeal from 30 days to 10, giving immigrants and their families less time to hire attorneys and prepare a legal defense.

Under the new rule...Read more