BOSTON — A judge in Boston is holding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in contempt after he detained a suspect while the man was on trial. ICE agent […]
New York to release some prison inmates early over shortage of guard staff
New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on […]
With a TikTok ban looming, Trump signals a deal will come before April 5 deadline
LOS ANGELES — As the deadline to strike a deal over TikTok approaches this week, President Donald Trump has signaled that he is confident his administration can broker an agreement […]
No batteries? Thinner packaging? US businesses look for ways to offset tariffs
NEW YORK — Gadgets sold without batteries. Toys sold in slimmed-down boxes or no packaging at all. More household goods that shoppers need to assemble themselves. These are some of […]
Trump administration halts dozens of research grants at Princeton University
WASHIGNTON — The Trump administration has halted several dozen federal research grants at Princeton University, the Ivy League school said Tuesday. The university received notifications this week that grants were […]
Miami’s Haitian community gathers in prayer as crises escalate in homeland and US
MIAMI — Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d’Haiti, the Catholic church at the heart of the largest Haitian diaspora in […]
Supreme Court weighs whether states can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON — There are just two Planned Parenthood clinics in South Carolina, but every year they take hundreds of low-income patients who need things like contraception, cancer screenings and pregnancy […]
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches talking filibuster to protest Trump’s agenda
WASHINGTON — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker carried an all-night speaking filibuster in protest of President Donald Trump’s agenda into Tuesday morning. Booker took to the Senate floor on […]
US sanctions 6 officials over erosion of Hong Kong autonomy. China threatens to counter
HONG KONG — The United States sanctioned six Chinese and Hong Kong officials who it alleged were involved in “transnational repression” and acts that threaten to further erode the city’s […]
‘JFK’ director Oliver Stone to testify to Congress about assassination files
Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday […]