U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem doubled down on her characterization of the fatal shooting of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis as the result of an “act of domestic terrorism” while criticizing Minnesota’s immigration policies.

Flanked by federal agents at Fort Snelling ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Wednesday withdrew the United States from 66 international organizations and treaties, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

In a presidential memorandum, Trump said it is “contrary to the interests of the United States to remain a ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump leveled fresh criticism toward NATO, days after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said his desired takeover of her nation’s territory of Greenland would mean the end of the military alliance.

“RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE ZERO FEAR OF NATO WITHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND I DOUBT NATO WOULD BE THERE FOR US IF WE ...Read more

Two Caribbean countries whose nationals have been targeted under a recent U.S. travel ban have agreed to accept asylum-seekers rejected from the United States who cannot return to their countries of origin.

Meanwhile, a third country, Guyana, confirmed to the Miami Herald that it is also close to finalizing “a framework to lead to an ...Read more

SEATTLE — Projects funded by Washington’s Climate Commitment Act have not been nearly as effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions as previously thought, state officials acknowledged this week.

Officials with the state's Department of Commerce overshot their own estimates by such a significant margin that on Tuesday they published a ...Read more

The woman shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday lived in Kansas City as recently as fall of 2023, court records show.

Renee Good filed a petition in Jackson County Circuit Court on Oct. 18, 2023, to change her last name. She gave an address in Kansas City.

According to her petition, Good ...Read more

The fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has thrust a long-running and deeply contested question back into the national spotlight: When is a law enforcement officer justified in using lethal force against someone in a moving vehicle?

The killing, captured on cellphone video, has exposed sharp ...Read more

One commercial farm in Queen Anne’s County remains under quarantine for bird flu, Maryland officials said Wednesday; however, the rest of the state has no such restrictions.

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a highly contagious airborne respiratory virus that affects poultry — including chickens, ducks and turkeys — as well as some wild ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — As Minnesotans piece together how the deadly ICE agent shooting of a woman Wednesday in Minneapolis played out, two bystander videos have become key to those seeking to understand ― and interpret ― what happened.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, was fatally shot by an ICE agent on Portland Avenue near E. 34th Street in the Central ...Read more

A House committee voted Wednesday to subpoena billionaire retail tycoon Les Wexner in its investigation of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

An email released by the Department of Justice last month revealed that law enforcement officials working on Epstein’s 2019 prosecution identified Wexner as one of 10 “co-...Read more

“Amateurs” and “stupid.”

Those are the words Sen. Thom Tillis used to describe people like White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon after hearing an interview Miller gave on CNN about taking over Greenland.

“I’ve got a couple of buddies that call me cranky,” Tillis said in his floor...Read more

With multiple measles cases reported in North Carolina, rising flu deaths and shifting federal recommendations, state health officials stressed the importance of vaccination and urged people to contact their health care providers with questions.

“In North Carolina, we are seeing an increase in measles cases, an uptick in respiratory illnesses...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The woman shot and killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Wednesday was identified by her mother as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.

Donna Ganger told the Minnesota Star Tribune that her daughter lived in the Twin Cities with her partner. In a joint statement, several Minneapolis City Council members confirmed she lived in the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is scheduled to hold a key procedural vote Thursday on a resolution blocking further military action against Venezuela, setting up the first test of congressional backing for President Donald Trump’s intervention in the South American nation.

The resolution, invoking congressional authority under the 1973 War ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Swing-district Republicans defied party leaders to join Democrats in advancing legislation to revive expired Obamacare subsidies for three years, an indication of the political risks facing the GOP majority in the U.S. House heading into this year’s midterm elections.

Nine House Republicans joined Democrats on a procedural ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of Senate deal-makers labored toward an agreement Wednesday on reviving expired health care tax credits but are still managing sticking points as the House prepares to vote on a largely symbolic measure backed by Democrats to extend the subsidies for three years.

In a procedural step, the House voted 221-205...Read more

Following the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright laid out a plan in Miami on Wednesday for the U.S. government to sell Venezuelan oil and administer the proceeds for the “benefit” of the United States and Venezuela.

“We’re going to market the crude coming out of Venezuela, first this ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Famed defense attorney Alan Jackson stepped down Wednesday as counsel for Nick Reiner, who faces two counts of murder in the brutal December stabbings of his parents, Hollywood couple Rob and Michele Reiner.

“Circumstances beyond my control, but more importantly circumstances beyond Nick’s control, have made it impossible ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A crowd of people gathered in sorrow and anger Wednesday, shouting at local law enforcement, “Go arrest ICE,” in the hours after a federal agent fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Wednesday their agents are investigating jointly with the FBI.

Crime scene tape and ...Read more