After California paused a plan to cancel the licenses of thousands of immigrant truckers, federal officials announced Wednesday they would withhold $160 million in transportation funds from the state.

The state was set to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses for immigrants by Jan. 5 but instead extended the deadline amid the threat of a ...Read more

The funding request from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear for a pre-K for all initiative looks different from what he pitched two years ago. And this year’s ask could be seen as a more politically savvy move as spend-conscious Republicans are increasingly wary of how the state spends its money while the executive remains adamant about the ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s inauguration fund received $1.2 million in donations from heavy-hitters in the sports and business industries, including $15,000 from the professional women’s soccer team the city is rebuilding White Stadium for.

Wu’s inaugural fund contribution report was filed with the state Office of Campaign and ...Read more

Rapper Snoop Dogg’s daughter, Cori Broadus, has finally welcomed her new baby home, after the infant spent 10 months in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit following her birth at 25 weeks.

“She’s home,” a beaming Broadus posted on Instagram Wednesday alongside a photo of her cuddling with tiny Codi under a faux fur blanket. “...Read more

The Trump administration is quickly moving to reestablish a diplomatic presence in Venezuela, asking local staff to prepare for the arrival of U.S. officials at its embassy in Caracas as soon as this week.

No official date has been set to reopen the embassy, according to people involved, asking not to be identified because the discussions are ...Read more

As state lawmakers returned to Sacramento for a new legislative session this week, Democratic members are having serious behind-the-scenes conversations about ways to raise revenue for the state budget.

State spending has outgrown its tax revenues and in recent years the budget has faced structural deficits in the tens of billions of dollars. ...Read more

Minneapolis Public Schools has canceled classes and activities for the rest of the week following the fatal ICE shooting and ensuing protests on Jan. 7.

There will be no school or extracurriculars Thursday, Jan. 8, or Friday, Jan. 9.

“Safety concerns related to today’s incidents around the city” prompted the closure, the district told ...Read more

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