President Donald Trump kick-started his second tenure at the White House on Monday with a slew of policies aimed at fundamentally reshaping the United States immigration system. He declared a national emergency in the U.S.-Mexico border, issued limits on birthright citizenship, ended Biden-era parole programs and indefinitely paused refugee ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers are set to duel this legislative session over the relationship between local law enforcement officers and federal immigration authorities amid a renewed effort by President Donald Trump to crack down on unlawful immigration into the United States.

Trump’s pledge to conduct mass deportations, including ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats are continuing to push back on the nomination of Pete Hegseth to lead the Defense Department amid fresh allegations of misconduct by the veteran and former Fox News host.

In a partially redacted affidavit sent to the Senate Armed Services Committee and obtained by CQ Roll Call on Tuesday, Hegseth’s former ...Read more

WASHINGTON — More than a dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship Tuesday, asking a federal judge to block a campaign pledge of the incoming administration.

The order from Trump, one of dozens that Trump signed on his first day in office, argued a provision in the 14th Amendment ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed dozens of executive orders shortly after his inauguration, including one that rolled back the recent approval of a controversial wind farm in south-central Idaho.

Trump signed a temporary order that prompted an immediate review of federal wind leasing and permitting regulations, and specifically halted any activity...Read more

President Donald Trump’s pick for deputy secretary of education, Penny Schwinn, was once a prominent figure in Sacramento’s education scene.

During her six years in Sacramento, Schwinn established a charter school and had several brief runs in local school leadership positions before taking roles in other states.

Trump announced his choice...Read more

President Donald Trump targeted California environmental policies with executive orders to revoke the the state’s electric vehicle sales mandate and weaken protections for fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, setting the stage for legal battles.

Gov. Gavin Newsom condemned Trump’s flurry of orders to dismantle former President ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Strong Santa Ana winds pushed a wildfire across 80 acres of dry terrain in Bonsall early Tuesday, rousing people from their beds to heed evacuation orders before firefighters gained control of the blaze.

The Lilac fire — which began north of West Lilac Road, just west of Interstate 15 — was burning in an area where the ...Read more

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a national civil rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody.

Activists with the Nonhuman Rights Project sued the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo last summer on behalf of the facility’s ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump ordered the attorney general to hunt for instances of campaigns during the Biden administration against perceived political opponents, as the White House on Monday outlined misleading or unproven arguments over government “weaponization.”

The language of the order dovetails with long-standing ...Read more

President Donald Trump was angered Tuesday when the bishop of the National Cathedral asked him to have compassion towards “scared” immigrants and LGBTQ people.

The new president sat grimly in the front row of the pews as Rev. Mariann Budde called on him to “have mercy” on undocumented immigrants and sexual minorities who were targeted ...Read more

A legendary fashion brand is feeling the heat.

Oscar de la Renta, which was founded by the late Dominican designer who died in 2014, is a hot topic on the Internet, and not for the right reasons.

The esteemed label, which has dressed the likes of former first lady Jill Biden, posted that it was responsible for a sparkly creation Ivanka Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to visit Western North Carolina on Friday in one of the first trips of his second term, The New York Post first reported.

The western part of the state is still grappling with the devastation of Helene, which left 104 people in North Carolina dead and was a point of criticism against Democrats for ...Read more

President Donald Trump was poised to enact hefty tariffs against Mexico and Canada as early as the end of next week as he continued a blitz of right-wing policy priorities on day two of his historic second term.

After signing a first-day blizzard of executive orders cracking down on immigration and transgender rights and granting pardons to ...Read more

NEW YORK — Amid sharp debate over President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration, gender identity and other issues, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he has made a deal to not publicly criticize President Trump and has been assured he’ll have a direct line to him.

Adams said they made that agreement while he met privately with Trump...Read more

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has left the building, and while President Donald Trump’s nominee awaits a confirmation hearing, the head of Kennedy Space Center will keep things afloat.

Nelson, who flew to space on board Space Shuttle Columbia while a member of the House of Representatives, later served in the U.S. Senate for Florida. He was ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For years, Floridians have used the ballot initiative process to pass popular measures that have been otherwise stymied by the state’s political leaders.

That process is how Florida got its $15 minimum wage, medical marijuana and felon voter rights restoration. It’s the reason why Florida’s governor and lawmakers ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Eleven months after Idaho failed to execute a prisoner for the first time in state history using lethal injection, Republican lawmakers have their targets set on adopting a firing squad as the primary execution method.

Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, introduced the bill Tuesday, which would make Idaho the only U.S. state to give ...Read more