Iranian officials intensified a crackdown on protests across the country, blocking the internet and threatening participants with the death penalty amid expectations of further unrest Friday night.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Islamic Republic won’t tolerate “vandalism” or “people acting as mercenaries for foreign ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom made several direct and indirect appeals to California lawmakers during his State of the State speech Thursday morning, mapping out how he hopes to work with them in the new legislative session.

The governor, who has emerged as a likely candidate for the 2028 presidential race, spent much of his hourlong...Read more

BEIRUT — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as "saboteurs" and insisting the Islamic Republic would "not back down," even as the country remains in the throes of a full communications blackout amid growing antigovernment demonstrations.

Speaking before a crowd that ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota leaders announced Friday an investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross earlier this week in Minneapolis.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced the investigation after the FBI took sole ownership of investigating the shooting, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — There is an increasing number of campaigns being hosted by one of the nation’s leading crowdfunding platforms claiming to be collecting money on behalf of the family of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent this week in Minneapolis.

As of Jan. 9, one effort among the 30 or so leads the way with a tally topping $1.5 ...Read more

A U.S. State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since strongman Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in his residence in Caracas, as Washington weighs reopening its embassy in Caracas after nearly six years.

The visit, first reported by CNN, reflects the Trump administration’s efforts to reestablish a ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said a second wave of attacks on Venezuela has been canceled, citing improved cooperation from the country after some political prisoners were released.

Venezuela is “working well” with the U.S. on rebuilding its oil and gas infrastructure and releasing “large numbers” of political prisoners, Trump wrote in a...Read more

NEW YORK — Attorney General Letitia James warned that President Donald Trump is putting the most vulnerable New Yorkers at risk as she and four other attorneys general head to court in a bid to reverse the administration’s withholding $10 billion in funding for child care and other social services programs.

The funding freeze, which ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is applauding students and staff at Roosevelt High School for standing up for freedom and America, and subtly hinted that he may once again be interested in running for the state’s top office.

“I did one term. I am owed a second,” he told reporters on Jan. 8. “I was leading a nice ...Read more

SpaceX has the first of a series of afternoon launches in the next week on tap Friday with another Starlink mission from Florida's Cape Canaveral.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-96 mission with 29 more of the internet satellites is targeting 2:34 p.m. Eastern time in the middle of a four-hour window from 1:03 to 5:03 p.m. from Cape Canaveral ...Read more

CHICAGO — Illinois and four other states are suing the Trump administration over its decision earlier this week to withhold $10 billion in child care and family assistance funds.

The attorneys general of Illinois, California, Colorado, Minnesota and New York filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in New York, alleging federal officials ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago residents, activists and elected officials demanded that the city’s civilian police oversight board launch a thorough probe into how the Chicago Police Department has interacted with or assisted federal immigration agents before, during and after “Operation Midway Blitz” at a heated Thursday night meeting.

City police ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jack Tompkins, the former mayor of Pemberton Township, NJ has officially been replaced following his resignation amid allegations of sexual and mayoral misconduct.

Republican councilman Matthew Bianchini was selected in a 3-2 vote to serve out the remainder of Tompkins’ term, which comes to an end later this year, NJ Advance ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After experiencing one of the wettest holiday seasons on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years.

This data, collected by the U.S. Drought Monitor, is a welcome nugget of news for Golden State residents, who in the last 15 years alone...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said a second wave of attacks on Venezuela has been canceled, citing improved cooperation from the country after some political prisoners were released.

Venezuela is “working well” with the U.S. on rebuilding its oil and gas infrastructure and releasing “large numbers” of political prisoners, Trump wrote in a...Read more