LOS ANGELES — A Southern California city councilwoman who drew national headlines and public backlash after posting a TikTok video in which she appeared to call on street gangs to stand up against federal immigration sweeps has apologized for the post, which she said was meant to be "satirical."

Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez made the ...Read more

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith will be spending Wednesday night at a hospital in Washington after falling ill at work.

According to a social media post from her office, the Minnesota Democrat was working Wednesday at the Capitol when she “started to not feel well.” She was seen by the Capitol physician, who recommended that she go to George ...Read more

CHICAGO — Another 107 people filed complaints Tuesday against the state for allegedly allowing rampant sexual abuse in Illinois juvenile detention facilities, joining 800 other alleged victims who have filed a slew of lawsuits in the last 14 months.

Charles Graves, one of the alleged victims, said he was 13 when he was assaulted by three ...Read more

Back-to-school season in New York this year will mean “detoxing” from your cellphones, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday.

After a roundtable discussion with students, parents, union officials, and the head of the city’s school system, Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos, the governor assured reporters that schools are ready to transition to ...Read more

California will partner with the Trevor Project to provide suicide prevention support to LGBTQ+ youth, state officials announced Wednesday. The announcement comes weeks after the Trump administration said it will no longer provide national suicide and crisis hotline services to LGBTQ+ youth.

“While the Trump administration continues its ...Read more

Sen. Thom Tillis gave a warning to the Trump administration from the Senate floor, Wednesday afternoon, ahead of an expected marathon voting session over funding to NPR, PBS and foreign aid.

Senators plan to vote overnight, Wednesday, to withdraw $9 billion in earmarked federal funding. But Tillis said he knows what about $2 billion is for: NPR...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators will zero out all federal fuel economy fines dating back to model year 2022, according to a letter sent to automakers that was obtained Wednesday by The Detroit News.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the letter last week in response to President Donald Trump's signing of the One Big ...Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. — As part of a federal investigation into a “massive scheme to defraud” Minnesota’s Housing Stabilization Services program, law enforcement carried out search warrants in the Twin Cities on Wednesday.

Eight locations were listed in the search warrant affidavit, including in St. Paul, Roseville and Little Canada. No one ...Read more

MIAMI — Five Hispanic male police officers have notified Miami Gardens that they intend to file a class-action whistleblower lawsuit claiming they were the targets of racial discrimination.

The Miami Gardens officers — who said they were suspended or demoted after filing complaints of unfair treatment with the city — have also demanded ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Orders from the administrations of President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis have achieved what vandals have tried and failed: The elimination of a street intersection on Boynton Beach painted with the rainbow colors of the LGBTQ+ progress pride flag.

The rainbow colors were removed Wednesday morning. The ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Immigrant advocates are suing to stop what they allege is an unlawful effort by the Trump administration to ramp up arrests of migrants who appear at U.S. immigration courts.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in federal district court in Washington, claims U.S. officials are violating migrants’ due process rights with courthouse ...Read more

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel struck Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday and moved more troops to the border area in a bid, officials said, to prevent attacks against the Syrian Druze community.

Israeli forces have stepped up operations in Syria since Monday after deadly fighting between Druze, Bedouin groups and Syrian ...Read more

Greek authorities arrested the ex-wife of a University of California, Berkeley professor in connection with his murder in Athens earlier this month.

Marketing professor Przemyslaw Jeziorski was fatally shot July 4 in the Agia Paraskevi district of Athens, authorities told Greek media outlet To Vima.

Jeziorski, 43, was shot five times as he was...Read more

President Donald Trump's future presidential library has a growing list of corporate sponsors, and Democratic lawmakers are sounding alarms.

To settle Trump's lawsuit over edits to a CBS "60 Minutes" broadcast, Paramount Global agreed to pay $16 million to help finance the future library and cover the president's legal fees.

Walt Disney Co. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump denied he is seeking to remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, after raising the idea in a closed-door meeting with congressional Republicans that leaked to the media.

“No, we’re not planning on doing anything,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. He later added, “I don’t rule out anything, ...Read more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 centered off Alaska's Aleutian chain Wednesday triggered a brief tsunami warning for coastal areas of the state.

The quake struck about 54 miles south of the community of Sand Point shortly after 12:30 p.m. at a depth of about 12 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The ...Read more

MIAMI — Immigrant communities are on edge after a newly revealed immigration memo from the Trump administration confirmed that migrants could now be deported to countries other than their own with as little as six hours’ notice — even in cases where those countries offer no guarantees of safety.

The policy, laid out in a July 9 memo by ...Read more

DENVER — A consultant claiming to work for the White House called several Republican county clerks in Colorado last week, seeking “third-party” access to secure voting equipment, election officials told The Denver Post.

At least 10 Republican clerks were contacted by consultant Jeff Small, officials said Wednesday. Small, who has Colorado...Read more

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford and a coalition of 19 other attorneys general urged members of Congress to pass legislation prohibiting federal immigration agents from wearing masks to conceal their identity.

In a letter sent to members of Congress on Tuesday, the attorneys general called for legislation requiring Immigration and Custom ...Read more