WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration started the first of several sweeping trade investigations that set the stage for new tariffs, the centerpiece of a push to replace levies struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced Wednesday that his office would begin a probe into more than...Read more

NEW YORK — The NYPD chief who rocketed to social media stardom after he was recorded vaulting a metal barrier to capture an alleged ISIS-inspired terrorist outside Gracie Mansion said he acted on instinct and that it wasn’t until hours after the arrest that he realized his deadly peril.

Emir Balat, 18, lobbed an improvised explosive device ...Read more

A federal judge blocked the proposed construction of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Washington County, Maryland, in a ruling Wednesday.

The ruling is the latest update in a lawsuit filed by Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, alleging that ICE had failed to conduct environmental review procedures ...Read more

UW Medicine officials on Wednesday warned of the growing number of measles cases in Washington state ahead of the summer travel season and FIFA World Cup and related events planned in the Puget Sound region.

Measles is considered highly contagious and easily spread. According to information from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...Read more

A new study led by researchers at UC San Diego shows a certain protein detected in the blood can provide decades of early warning that a person is at an increased risk of developing dementia later in life.

The finding has the potential to provide a longer runway to make the lifestyle changes that can help reduce risk, and could be used to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Amid an unpopular war with Iran and slumping poll numbers linked to a sluggish economy, President Donald Trump resorted to name-calling Wednesday in a bid to boost Ed Gallrein in his GOP primary against Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie.

Trump took a break from overseeing his 12-day-old bombardment of targets inside Iran to make a stop...Read more

KANKAKEE, Ill. — Bob Wehrle sat in his driveway Wednesday morning and looked at the lot where his house once stood. His belongings and debris were scattered across his lawn, and his trailer was frozen in the air, pierced by a tree. It’s difficult to make out where the house ended and began.

Wehrle, 60, said he and his wife moved into their ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — President Claudia Sheinbaum’s attempt to overhaul Mexico’s electoral system fell short of the needed support for approval in the lower house of Congress on Wednesday, marking the first legislative setback in her agenda of priority reforms.

The bill garnered 259 votes in favor, 234 against and one abstention, but well short ...Read more

HEBRON, Ky. — President Donald Trump wants Northern Kentucky voters to know that incumbent 4th Congressional District Rep. Thomas Massie has got to go.

While Trump’s stop in Hebron Wednesday was intended to focus on his message on affordability heading into this year’s midterm elections, the president’s speech often veered into the ...Read more

CHICAGO — For a fleeting moment, as his hand cradled a hailstone just shy of 5 inches, Victor Gensini thought he had found a new record-breaker for the state of Illinois, surpassing a 4.75-inch stone found near the village of Minooka 11 years ago.

The atmospheric scientist was chasing thunderstorms near Kankakee Tuesday night that swept ...Read more

QLAYAA, Lebanon — The bells rang, their peals obscuring the buzz of the Israeli drone overhead as the casket of Father Pierre al-Rahi arrived at the parish he had served.

Only days before, Al-Rahi had stood in the very churchyard where the crowd assembled Wednesday for his funeral. He had announced that the people of Qlayaa would ignore ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California on Tuesday advanced a bill that would ban industrial, hormone-disrupting chemicals from receipts.

During a hearing of the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee, lawmakers unanimously voted to advance AB 1604, a bill that would restrict the use of BPA, or bisphenol A, starting in 2027 and ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Everyone recognizes the blue-and-yellow historic markers that commemorate important people, places, and events in communities across Pennsylvania, but this one is different.

It stands on Fairmount Avenue near Fifth Street in Philadelphia, where it recognizes not a fabled inventor or bygone colonial battle but something recent ...Read more

Senate Democrats stepped up pressure on Republicans to conduct public hearings on the conduct of the Iran war, but senior GOP senators were noncommittal on whether they would do so.

The partisan tension comes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday that approximately 140 troops have been injured since the U.S. and Israeli strikes began on Feb. 28, in...Read more

A state Senate committee voted Wednesday morning to move Michigan's regular primary election from August to May, a shift that could alter the political landscape in a battleground state.

Under current law, Michigan's primary, through which nominees for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and seats in the Legislature are chosen by their parties' ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two key Trump administration officials huddled with Senate Republicans behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss a powerful but controversial surveillance authority that expires next month, an issue that for years has bitterly divided privacy hawks and intelligence-focused lawmakers.

FBI Director Kash Patel and CIA Director John ...Read more

A bill that would allow unaffiliated voters to change their party affiliation at the polls to vote in primary elections passed the Maryland House on Wednesday.

Currently, registered voters must change their party affiliation by the voter registration deadline, 21 days before the election. According to the Maryland State Board of Elections, ...Read more

HAITI — The widow of Haiti’s slain president testified on Wednesday that her husband’s assailants were speaking Spanish when they fatally shot Jovenel Moïse — bolstering the government’s case that a Colombian hit team was recruited by four South Florida men charged with plotting the attack at the couple’s hilltop home outside Port-...Read more