SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his final State of the State address, Gov. Gavin Newsom touted California’s economic dominance and a modest reduction in the unsheltered homeless population, claiming victory on one of his most potent political liabilities.

During his address, which he gave to lawmakers in Assembly chambers, Newsom spotlighted the ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension revealed Thursday that federal officials have “reversed course,” and the investigation into the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent will be conducted solely by the FBI without assistance from the state agency.

In the immediate wake of the killing of 37-year-old Renee ...Read more

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited New York Thursday to promote the success of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement gang takedown operation as hundreds protested ICE’s caught-on-camera killing of a protester in Minneapolis.

More than 200 people rallied outside of One World Trade Center, where Noem was ...Read more

In the days after Maj. Gen. Javier Marcano Tábata vanished from Venezuela’s chain of command earlier this week, the official story never quite settled. Rumors of treason, incompetence and betrayal swirled.

But sources with direct knowledge of the regime’s internal dynamics say the explanations miss the point. Marcano Tábata did not fall ...Read more

To be sure, the optics don’t look good for Nicolás Maduro.

For months, the Trump administration pilloried him as a corrupt drug-trafficking politician who consorted with terrorists to harm America, setting the stage for the U.S. military’s seizure of the Venezuelan president in a predawn raid on Saturday.

A newly unsealed indictment ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday is Jonathan Ross, the same officer who was dragged and injured by a fleeing driver in a separate incident last year, according to a person with knowledge of the case and verified by court documents.

Little public ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Victims and witnesses to the deadly Santana High School shooting in Santee nearly 25 years ago expressed disappointment and frustration Wednesday after a judge agreed to recall the shooter’s sentence — a ruling that sets him up to be released from prison.

Charles Andrew “Andy” Williams was 15 years old when he opened fire ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky Republican legislator wants to limit eligibility for local offices to only natural-born U.S. citizens.

State Rep. Shane Baker, R-Somerset, filed a bill Wednesday that would block anyone not born in the U.S. or who has citizenship in another country from holding the offices of mayor, city council, county fiscal ...Read more

A federal judge weighing one of several court challenges to the Trump administration’s decision to revoke temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the U.S. is questioning how a dozen countries with the same benefit suddenly arrived at the same fate.

Judge Ana C. Reyes of the Federal District Court in Washington ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jocelyn Strauber is stepping down as commissioner of the city’s Department of Investigation after being told her status at the agency was uncertain, the New York Daily News has leaned.

Strauber decided to resign after the Mamdani administration had initiated a hiring process that included reviewing other candidates for the ...Read more

NASA announced a single crew member suffered a medical situation Wednesday on board the International Space Station that forced the postponement of a planned spacewalk. It has since said the crew member is stable, but that the Crew-11 mission may need to leave earlier than planned.

“Safely conducting our missions is our highest priority, and ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul how California's education system is governed, calling for structural changes that he said would shift oversight of the Department of Education and redefine the role of the state's elected schools chief.

The proposal, which is part of Newsom's state ...Read more

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decried the killing of an unarmed Minneapolis mom by a federal immigration agent as “murder” and accused President Donald Trump of lying about the shocking incident.

The progressive lawmaker said videos of the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Good show that the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...Read more

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to announce a universal child care program for 2-year-olds along with Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday, a boon to one of the mayor’s signature campaign promises.

The governor was expected to details those plans, which would start rolling out this fall and be fully phased in by the 2029-30 school year, in...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The fatal shooting Wednesday of a 37-year-old woman by a federal immigration agent during an operation in Minneapolis has sparked public outrage and protests across the country, including in California, where agents have been involved in some shootings.

California lawmakers and immigrant rights groups condemned the killing of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The University of California enrolled a record number of Californians in fall 2025, according to data released Thursday, touting the vitality and popularity of a system under attack by the Trump administration and grappling with federal funding cuts and state budget belt-tightening.

More than 301,000 students attended one of UC'...Read more