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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — As Illinois lawmakers continue to work on a spending plan in the final days of the spring legislative session, Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday offered no insight on negotiations but said he’d veto any...Read more

NEW YORK — The bulk of President Donald Trump’s global tariffs were deemed illegal and blocked by the U.S. trade court, dealing a major blow to a pillar of his economic agenda.

A panel of three judges at the U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his time as formal adviser to President Donald Trump is coming to a close, raising questions about the future of the Department of Government Efficiency effort he ...Read more

Maryland Rep. Glenn Ivey knew he might not be allowed to visit Kilmar Abrego Garcia when he boarded the plane to El Salvador. He went anyway — only to be stopped by government red tape. Standing outside a prison in Santa...Read more

A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday said the federal government’s detention of Mahmoud Khalil because of his pro-Palestinian advocacy at Columbia University is “likely” unconstitutional — delivering a major ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — State lawmakers in Sacramento have pumped the brakes on a bill pushed by comedian and famed car collector Jay Leno to make older cars exempt from smog checks in California.

Bill SB 712, dubbed “Leno...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As the Patriot Front marched through Kansas City’s Crossroads neighborhood Saturday afternoon, Charlie Arbuckle jogged after them, determined to show them they were unwelcome near his home.

The ...Read more

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex suffers money guilt.

The 43-year-old has just launched her lifestyle brand As Ever and is continuing with her podcasting while living in a mansion in California with her husband Prince Harry, 40,...Read more

Cassie Ventura has reportedly welcomed her third child.

The 38-year-old singer was heavily pregnant as she gave harrowing testimony in Sean 'Diddy' Combs' ongoing federal trial after she accused him of a series of abuses,...Read more

Sean 'Diddy' Combs is being warned not to take the stand in his federal sex trafficking trial.

The 55-year-old rapper's federal trial is continuing in New York, and has seen a series of big-name witnesses take to the ...Read more

ATLANTA — The Atlanta-area accountant convicted of helping reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley evade taxes says he plans to ask President Donald Trump to pardon him, too, a day after the couple found out ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — A crash reconstructionist reiterated his belief that John O’Keefe died by a vehicle strike during his second day of testimony in the Karen Read retrial.

“It is consistent with being struck by a Lexus...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Seven Colombian nationals, suspected in a string of so-called "burglary tourism" home break-ins in Burbank and other Southern California cities, were arrested last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, authorities ...Read more

U.S. health officials are terminating a $590 million contract with Moderna Inc. to develop vaccines for bird flu, a major setback for the company that’s also facing additional government scrutiny over immunizations.

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WASHINGTON — The United States plans to start “aggressively” revoking visas for Chinese students, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, escalating the Trump administration’s push for greater scrutiny of foreigners ...Read more

Continuing a growing trend, three new wolf packs have been confirmed in Northern California, increasing the population of the charismatic and controversial predator to 78 now — up from 44 animals in 2023 and only 7 in ...Read more

Nevada Senate Minority Leader Robin Titus introduced an emergency bill Wednesday that would give pay raises to public charter school teachers.

“Charter school teachers work tirelessly to educate our students, and they ...Read more

Colorado wolves’ territory now nears three of the state’s four borders as the apex predators continue to expand their territory across the Western Slope, a new map released by state wildlife officials shows.

At least ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will nominate Justice Department official Emil Bove, one of his former defense attorneys, to be a federal appeals court judge, setting up a high-profile Senate ...Read more

NEW YORK — A celebrity stylist who dressed Sean “Diddy” Combs for a decade on Wednesday said he saw the hip-hop mogul ferociously beat Casandra Ventura and threaten to spam her parents’ employers with videos of her...Read more