Europe commits to expanding Trump vows to select Iran's new leader, but Tehran is digging in
WASHINGTON — President Trump declared he would be “personally involved” in selecting Iran’s next leader as U.S. and Israeli forces continued their bombardment of its government Thursday, even as officials in ...Read more
Mass State Police trooper in $1,000 Target golf ball heist resigns
BOSTON — A trooper, who had taken a plea deal after being accused of stealing more than a $1,000 worth of merchandise — including golf balls — from Target, no longer works for Mass State Police.
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After backlash, Trump fires Noem from DHS, makes her envoy to new Americas initiative
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will step down from her position to become special envoy for a new regional security initiative called the “Shield of the Americas,�...Read more
Trump removes Noem as DHS chief, installs GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s move Thursday to oust Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and replace her with Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin drew at least one Democrat’s support.
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Gov. Tim Walz orders flags at half-staff in honor of Minnesota soldier who died
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday ordered all U.S. and Minnesota flags to fly at half-staff at all state buildings until sunset on the day of interment, in honor of Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake. Amor died ...Read more
Minnesota Democrats rejoice over Kristi Noem's firing
Not long after President Donald Trump announced he had fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday, Minnesota Democrats rushed to celebrate the news while calling for additional reforms and accountability.
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Gavin Newsom, legislative leaders support efforts to shore up election integrity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, and Senate President pro Tem Monique Limon publicly entered the fight to preserve election integrity after President Donald Trump called on the ...Read more
First defendant sentenced in plot to bribe Feeding Our Future juror with $125,000 cash
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minneapolis man will spend nearly five years in prison for trying to bribe a juror with $120,000 cash during a Feeding Our Future trial in 2024.
Abdulkarim Shafii Farah, 25, was sentenced Wednesday ...Read more
Alligator Alcatraz environmental assessment leaves 'more questions than answers'
MIAMI — For months, environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe have been suing the state and federal government over the opening of Alligator Alcatraz, arguing they ignored the need to conduct an environmental study ...Read more
Here's what Ken Paxton says it would take for him to exit Texas GOP Senate runoff
FORT WORTH, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’d consider dropping out of his Republican runoff if a bill requiring proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections is passed out of the...Read more
Trump says Cuba 'is going to fall' and wants to cut a deal with the U.S.
President Donald Trump sounded confident Thursday that regime change might soon come to Cuba and said the country’s leadership is trying to cut a deal with the United States.
“Cuba’s going to fall, too,” he told ...Read more
US calls on allies in hemisphere to intensify fight against drug cartels
DORAL, Fla. — Senior Trump administration officials on Thursday called on allied nations across the hemisphere to intensify their fight against drug cartels and narco-traffickers, with White House deputy chief of staff ...Read more
Measles exposure locations in Colorado: 2 schools, 3 restaurants and a grocery store
Colorado has its first measles outbreak of 2026, with three cases linked to students at Broomfield schools.
Measles symptoms can take up to three weeks to appear and initially are nonspecific: a fever, cough, runny nose ...Read more
An NC candidate for US Senate faces charges that he injured Capitol police
WASHINGTON — A video went viral Wednesday of a U.S. Senate candidate from North Carolina wrestling with Capitol police in Washington when his arm caught between two doors and seemingly snapped.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, a ...Read more
Immigrant living in Philadelphia illegally voted in 2024 federal election, authorities say
PHILADELPHIA — An undocumented West African immigrant who federal authorities say has been living in Philadelphia for more than two decades cast a ballot in the 2024 federal election — and may have voted in at least ...Read more
GOP leadership urges Gonzales to give up reelection bid
WASHINGTON — House Republican leadership Thursday called on Rep. Tony Gonzales to withdraw his reelection bid after the Ethics Committee opened an investigation into his alleged affair with a staffer who later died by ...Read more
Archaeologists will work to confirm graves under Tropicana Field lot
TAMPA, Fla. — Archaeologists will soon begin work to confirm whether 10 potential graves found in a November 2024 survey remain under a Tropicana Field parking lot.
The St. Petersburg City Council approved $378,896 ...Read more
Sen. Fetterman quickly backs Trump's new DHS pick after firing Noem
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman immediately threw his support behind President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday after he fired Secretary Kristi Noem amid growing ...Read more
Democratic attorneys general challenge Trump's newest tariffs
WASHINGTON — A group of Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the tariffs President Donald Trump adopted in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that invalidated much of his worldwide tariff ...Read more
As discontent mounts over SC school voucher program, state senators request investigation
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Frustrated with the implementation of the state’s school voucher program, South Carolina state senators are requesting an investigation and may seek to pause the program’s growth until a review can ...Read more
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