WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — American Jews who fled their Syrian homeland decades ago went to the White House this week to appeal to the Trump administration to lift sanctions […]

Maine babies will get Social Security numbers in hospital after Trump admin directive condemned
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — The acting head of the Social Security Administration on Friday rescinded and apologized for an order that would have required Maine parents to register their newborns for […]

States sue President Trump’s administration over mass firings of probationary federal workers
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies, contending President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers. Maryland Attorney General Anthony […]

Boston has traded captain Brad Marchand to the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers
Boston has traded captain Brad Marchand to the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers Source link

Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Djovani Jean-Pierre spent his 17th birthday in a small county jail in rural northern Alabama, where he has languished for more than half the school year awaiting […]

Tribes, Native American students file lawsuit over Bureau of Indian Education firings
NORMAN, Okla. — Three tribal nations and five Native American students filed a lawsuit Friday against the Trump administration, accusing it of failing its legal obligations to tribes when it […]

Meet Amy Gleason, the DOGE administrator who may — or may not — be wielding extraordinary power
When her daughter was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease in 2010, Amy Gleason attacked the challenge. She carried binders of medical records to doctors’ appointments across six health systems […]

Hawks, butterflies and a song for her murdered son help Georgia mom reclaim joy after killings
ROSWELL, Ga. — A hawk swooped in and landed on a tree, then watched as Michele and Jeremy Davis mourned their murdered son at a vigil outside his high school. […]

Violent and sudden. What a firing squad execution looked like through my eyes
COLUMBIA, S.C. — I’ve now watched through glass and bars as 11 men were put to death at a South Carolina prison. None of the previous 10 prepared me for […]

As universities face cuts to research funding, it’s time for ‘damage control’ at Duke
DURHAM, N.C. — Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst. Like research universities around the United States, […]