NEW YORK — Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday did not rule out revoking an executive order issued by outgoing Mayor Eric Adams that threatens city government employees with disciplinary action if they take any official actions that “discriminate” against Israel or its citizens.

“The mayor is free to issue as many executive orders...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday over President Donald Trump’s decision to fire Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, in a case that could expand the control a president has over the executive branch.

Directly, the Trump administration asked justices to overturn a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals ...Read more

A group of Environmental Protection Agency workers fired for signing a letter criticizing EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have formally challenged their dismissals to a federal oversight board. Among them are two North Carolina scientists who worked at the agency’s large campus in Research Triangle Park.

“Beyond the legal reasons, I still ...Read more

An attorney for the Trump administration claimed in court Thursday that the dismissal of a lawsuit over the use of force by immigration agents in Chicago would bar journalists and protesters from bringing similar claims of constitutional violations in the future.

In making her argument, Department of Justice attorney Elizabeth Hedges also told ...Read more

After an active case of tuberculosis was detected in the Sacramento area, you may be wondering about your risks of contracting the highly contagious disease.

An individual with contagious tuberculosis was recently identified within the UC Davis “campus community,” the university said in a Tuesday, Dec. 2 news release.

In conjunction with ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has tapped a new architect to help plan his $300 million White House ballroom wing, assigning the former lead designer to a consultant role in the high-profile and controversial project.

Shalom Baranes Associates, a Washington-based architecture firm, will design the ballroom that will be built in place of ...Read more

President Donald Trump gathered the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo to sign a peace accord and economic agreements with the U.S., though it’s unclear whether the efforts will resolve a 30-year conflict that continues to fester.

“They’ve spent a lot of time killing each other and now they’re going to spend a lot of...Read more

The immigration process for hundreds in Central Florida and thousands across the country has ground to a stop following the Trump administration’s sweeping directive aimed at immigrants from 19 countries dubbed high-risk.

As the region’s largest of the listed groups, Venezuelans and Haitians awaiting their asylum, green card or ...Read more

NEW YORK — Cops have arrested a teenager for setting a homeless man on fire aboard a No. 3 train in Manhattan, police said Thursday.

Hiram Carrero, 18, is facing charges of attempted murder, arson, assault, criminal mischief and reckless endangerment for the shocking 3 a.m. attack Monday.

NYPD warrants officers apprehended Carrero Thursday ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida House Republicans appear ready to throw Florida into a mid-decade redistricting battle. But they don’t agree on when to start.

Over the summer, President Donald Trump began pushing for red states to redraw their maps to protect the House Republican majority in the upcoming midterm elections and add more GOP-...Read more

A U.S. appeals court will allow President Donald Trump to keep thousands of National Guard troops in Washington for now, temporarily halting a district judge’s ruling that declared the deployment unlawful.

The order on Thursday from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit isn’t a final decision, but it bolsters ...Read more

The House unanimously passed legislation this week to bar noncitizens involved with the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel from being allowed into the United States or be permitted to remain in this country if already here.

The bill, which now goes to the Senate, was sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove.

He said the law would “...Read more

In the race for California governor, a new poll shows two Republicans and a recently-announced Democratic candidate topping the field.

The Emerson College survey shows Chad Bianco, the Republican sheriff of Riverside County, with support from 13% of voters. Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, and Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who got into ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida House Republicans appear ready to throw Florida into a mid-decade redistricting battle. But they don’t agree on when to start.

Over the summer, President Donald Trump began pushing for red states to redraw their maps to protect the House Republican majority in the upcoming midterm elections and ...Read more

Alleging human rights abuses in two South Florida immigration detention facilities, Amnesty International released a 61-page report on Thursday describing inhumane conditions at Alligator Alcatraz and Krome North Service Processing Center.

The report, released a day after the organization opened a related art exhibit in Miami Beach, focuses on ...Read more

WINONA, Minn. — It’s hard to overstate how rare and exciting a dinosaur mummy is.

And yes, the fossil called "Medusa” could be a dinosaur mummy — the remains of an Edmontosaurus about 66 million years old that researchers believe contains a significant amount of skin and tendon tissue.

It’s so rare that only about a dozen such ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Cassidy, a physician and Republican health care leader in Congress, on Wednesday offered his harshest criticism yet of the Health and Human Services Department under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory panel considers the childhood vaccine schedule.

The agency�...Read more

The U.S. admiral whose strikes on an alleged drug-running boat have drawn bipartisan scrutiny and prompted accusations of possible war crimes told lawmakers on Thursday he was not ordered to kill everyone on board.

The assurance by Admiral Frank Bradley, confirmed by key lawmakers from both parties, that there was no “kill all” order ...Read more