Maryland Republican Rep. Andy Harris is not happy with how some media outlets have reported on the “administrative error” that caused a Beltsville, Maryland, man to be mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

“Well it turns out that that person was probably an MS-13 gang member. And look, MS-13 gang members, Tren de ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Retired Air Force Lieutenant General Dan Caine, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, acknowledged Tuesday that “I’m an unconventional nominee.”

But “these are unconventional times,” Caine told the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing to serve as...Read more

A man has been charged with assault and battery following a fight in the air traffic control tower at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.

The scuffle occurred at the troubled travel hub on March 27, airport police confirmed Tuesday to CBS News. The incident was described as a fight between employees, but no additional information about ...Read more

A group of 50 Republican and Democratic senators introduced a sanctions package to hit Russia and countries that buy its oil if President Vladimir Putin refuses to engage in good-faith ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine or breaches an eventual agreement.

The punishments would include a 500% tariff on imports from countries that buy Russian oil...Read more

In a much-needed break after multiple years of severe droughts over the past two decades, California’s statewide Sierra Nevada snowpack, which provides nearly one-third of the state’s water supply, was at 96% of its historical average on Tuesday, up from 83% a month before.

The April 1 reading, considered the most important of the year by ...Read more

A New Jersey community is rallying around a beloved resident of 20 years, an Egyptian immigrant well on the legal road to U.S. citizenship and married to an American, who was inexplicably detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month.

On March 12, Karim Daoud showed up for a routine appointment to renew his work-authorization ...Read more

A federal judge in New Jersey on Tuesday denied the government’s motion to dismiss Palestinian Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil’s habeas corpus case, rejecting an effort to get it moved to Louisiana.

In a 67-page decision, Judge Michael Farbiarz found that he had jurisdiction over the matter that the Trump administration has ...Read more

ATLANTA — More than 100 demonstrators gathered Tuesday in front of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Clifton Road, displaying a mix of outrage about mass firings at the CDC and sadness about their country’s leadership.

“The cuts that were announced today just outraged me,” said protester Lawrie Demorest, a retired lawyer...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday defended his approval of a law to expand Idaho’s death penalty by adding capital sentencing for those found guilty of aggravated sex crimes with children age 12 and under, a measure that is unconstitutional in the United States.

House Bill 380 overwhelmingly cleared the Legislature last month, and ...Read more

A lawsuit against firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson and two other gun dealers linked to the July Fourth 2022 mass shooting in Highland Park will be allowed to move forward, a Lake County judge ruled Tuesday.

Judge Jorge Ortiz denied Smith & Wesson’s motions to dismiss counts of unfair business practices and negligence but granted a motion ...Read more

Europeans aren’t inclined to take U.S.-imposed tariffs lying down, new polling suggests. Instead, they’re ready to go tit-for-tat.

In an April 1 YouGov survey, the majority of respondents in seven European countries — including Britain, France and Germany — said they would support slapping retaliatory tariffs on imported American goods....Read more

DETROIT — Investigators determined a gas leak caused an explosion early Monday at an apartment building on the city's east side that injured 13 people, three of whom remained in critical condition Tuesday.

Corey McIsaac, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Fire Department, said two adults remained in critical condition at Detroit Receiving Hospital...Read more

A 15-year-old girl was attacked during her swim test in Long Beach by a sea lion sickened by a recent toxic algae bloom, according to the girl's family.

On Sunday, Phoebe Beltran was completing her swim test for the cadet junior lifeguard program near 2100 Ocean Boulevard, she told The Times.

When she was swimming back during the 1,000-yard ...Read more

A federal appeals court panel Tuesday affirmed the convictions of the ringleaders of a plot to kidnap and harm Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, calling the crime a "textbook conspiracy."

The panel of three judges from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio, issued the opinion in the cases of Barry Croft and Adam Fox more than two years...Read more

A Nevada law that has gone unenforced since it was enacted 40 years ago will go into effect at the end of the month, requiring parents to be notified if their minor daughter seeks an abortion.

A federal judge ruled Monday that since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which protected a woman’s right to an abortion, there is no longer a legal ...Read more

An influential DFL (Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party) state legislator wants tougher laws on data centers to regulate their water use and require a 65% carbon-free energy supply as the first crop of projects moves into Minnesota to support cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

The bill introduced by Rep. Patty Acomb, DFL-Minnetonka, the top...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers moved forward four housing affordability bills Tuesday, one of their first concrete actions to lower costs for state residents so far this year.

During remarks to members Tuesday, Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas, D-Salinas, said the bills would “alter the trajectory of California’s housing ...Read more

WASHINGTON, D.C. — WASHINGTON — As he neared 24 hours of standing on the Senate floor speaking, Sen. Cory Booker held up his pocket Constitution Tuesday, his voice only slightly more strained than when he’d started.

“I keep going back to how this document is being undermined and attacked by this president,” Booker said, repeating a ...Read more

Legal questions and controversy are growing about immigration enforcement against international students after ICE’s arrest of a Turkish MBA student, Doğukan Günaydin, at the University of Minnesota last Friday.

The Department of Homeland Security told The Associated Press that the arrest followed the revocation of the student’s visa due ...Read more

BOSTON — First responders in Boston rushed four people to local hospitals after a driver of a Penske rental truck drove onto a Chinatown sidewalk during lunchtime on Tuesday, according to authorities.

Two of the victims taken to the hospital suffered serious injuries, Boston EMS posted on social media. Emergency responders treated two other ...Read more