Frustrated legislators tucked an unusual provision into the recently passed $839 billion defense appropriations bill, demanding answers from the Pentagon on its proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense project. Defense officials were given until early April to detail planned expenditures over the next two years and must report annually ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — As of 7:50 p.m. Saturday, police, some on horseback, and a small group of demonstrators remained locked in a standoff outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center.

Earlier officers had arrested dozens of protesters after authorities fired tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd, leaving at least one person with an eye ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department issued a citywide tactical alert “due to incidents occurring on Alameda between Aliso and Temple” in the downtown area.

The Metropolitan Detention Center, a federal prison, is located at that intersection.

Authorities declared the tactical alert at 5 p.m., said LAPD Officer Jeff Lee.

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered at the Minnesota state Capitol in St. Paul on Saturday for a rally serving as the “national flagship” for a third round of nationwide protests against what participants call the authoritarian aims of President Donald Trump.

The “No Kings” rally headlined by singer Bruce ...Read more

NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of protesters railing against ICE, the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s “ongoing consolidation of executive power” took to Manhattan’s streets Saturday with one unified cry: “No Kings.”

Toting banners reading “We Will Not Be Silenced,” “Dump Trump” and “No War, No Kings,” and ...Read more

MIAMI —Yes, they chanted and sang. But for the protesters who packed Tropical Park on Saturday for a “No Kings” rally, their signs carried the main message.

“No Kings. No Felons,” read one. “Dump Don,” read another.

Others signs were just as blunt when it came to President Donald Trump or ICE, and spiced with an F-word or two.

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DENVER — Carol Swan went to her first-ever protest in Denver’s Civic Center on Saturday dressed like Lady Liberty — a tiara of crystals and wire, a teal bedsheet-turned-dress that belonged to her late grandmother and a torch fashioned from aluminum foil.

The 74-year-old Lochbuie resident doesn’t like crowds. She normally protests alone ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A rolling wave of “No Kings” protests swelled through America’s small towns and big cities Saturday, with crowds gathering to blast President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, the war in Iran and high gas and food prices.

Saturday’s demonstrations were expected to draw millions of people ...Read more

NEW YORK — New York City voters are facing an unusually busy and contentious array of Democratic congressional primary fights as retirements and at least one potent challenge to an incumbent shake up what would normally be snoozy party coronations.

At least three congressional districts in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens are looking at highly ...Read more

NEW YORK — Thousands of protesters railing against ICE, the war in Iran and President Donald Trump’s “ongoing consolidation of executive power” took to Manhattan’s streets Saturday with one unified cry: “No Kings.”

Toting banners reading “We Will Not Be Silenced,” and carrying signs demanding “ICE out of NYC,” protesters ...Read more

CHICAGO — Hours before the “No Kings” rally officially began, people from across the Chicagoland area streamed into Grant Park Saturday morning, carrying handmade signs, wearing anti-Trump regalia and blasting protest music that echoed through the park and surrounding areas.

Arriving at Butler Field with her family and a close friend ...Read more

BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty of plotting to assassinate U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. He planned to do with Molotov cocktails made out of vodka.

“This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters. … (Expletive) them for pushing us so far. you dont deserve this. Im so sorry for lying and ...Read more

A petition to force a House vote on extending temporary legal protections to thousands of Haitians at risk of deportation to their violence-torn homeland secured the required support late Friday, including from four Republicans.

The rare procedural maneuver, led by Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts needed 218 signatures — a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A rolling wave of “No Kings” protests swelled through America’s small towns and big cities Saturday, with crowds gathering to blast President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdowns, the war in Iran and high gas and food prices.

Saturday’s demonstrations were expected to draw millions of people ...Read more

Now that the 2026 midterm elections are less than a year away, public interest in where things stand is on the rise. Of course, in a democracy no one knows the outcome of an election before it takes place, despite what the pollsters may predict.

Nevertheless, it is common for commentators and citizens to revisit old elections to learn...Read more

WASHINGTON — Angered by a bipartisan Senate plan to end a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, House Republicans countered with an eight-week funding extension that virtually ensures a continuation of the standoff.

The House on Friday passed a stopgap funding bill for the department that Senate Democrats warned has no ...Read more

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll will be attending two of several No Kings rallies scheduled across Massachusetts on Saturday as the governor continues to increase her criticism of and actions against President Donald Trump and his policies ever since launching her reelection campaign in January.

“On Saturday, March 28th...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a memo directing Transportation Security Administration personnel to be paid, a bid to alleviate disruptions at U.S. airports as Congress battles over how to end the ongoing partial government shutdown.

The memo, which could lead to paychecks for TSA workers as soon as Monday, eased the sharpest ...Read more