FBI agents searched the home of John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, in a sign that the White House is stepping up a campaign of retribution against some of its fiercest critics.

The search is linked to an inquiry into whether Bolton retained or disseminated classified documents, according to a person ...Read more

DETROIT — A northern Michigan accused of stabbing 11 people at a Traverse City-area Walmart last month was declared mentally incompetent to stand trial during a court hearing Friday.

Bradford Gille has pleaded not guilty to one count of terrorism and 11 counts of assault with intent to murder. At the end of July, Judge Michael Stepka with ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man incarcerated since his mistaken deportation in March, was released Friday from jail in Tennessee and is “presently en route to his family in Maryland,” his lawyer said.

“Today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is free,” Sean Hecker, an attorney in Abrego Garcia’s criminal case in Tennessee, ...Read more

The measles outbreak in southwest Kansas is officially over, but the threat of new cases remains, state health officials announced Thursday.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said that two full incubation periods — 42 days — have passed since the last confirmed case.

With no active outbreak in the region, the health ...Read more

When California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled his plan to retaliate if Republican-led Texas redrew its congressional districts to favor the GOP, he affirmed his support for less partisan maps — and then promised to “meet fire with fire.”

“We’re doing it mindful that we want to model better behavior,” Newsom told reporters in...Read more

DENVER — Five wildfires burning on Colorado’s Western Slope — the Lee, Elk, Derby, Stoner Mesa and Crosho fires — have together burned more than 167,000 acres, or about 260 square miles.

The Derby fire is expected to push toward the popular Sweetwater Lake on Friday, while the Lee fire remains five acres away from becoming the fourth-...Read more

California’s long-embattled bullet train faces another dilemma.

A new report released Friday by the California High-Speed Rail Authority warns that the scaled-down Central Valley segment — the only portion of the line currently under construction — is unlikely to be profitable when trains begin running, as early as 2032. The report ...Read more

Abortion rights groups are backing California Democrats in the escalating battle to redraw congressional maps, warning that Republicans are rigging seats on the heels of deeply unpopular cuts to safety net health programs and restrictions on reproductive care.

And they worry there’s more to come, including a national abortion ban.

“You ...Read more

This week, the Trump administration’s Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced an effort to check the immigration status of people who get their health insurance through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Medicaid is the public health insurance program for people with low incomes that’s jointly funded by...Read more

Election officials turned over at the highest rate in at least a quarter century during the last presidential election, according to new research from the Bipartisan Policy Center.

An analysis of shifts in election officials published Tuesday found nearly 41% of election officials administering the 2024 election were different than those in ...Read more

FBI agents searched the home of John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, in a sign that the White House is stepping up a campaign of retribution against some of its fiercest critics.

The search is linked to an inquiry into whether Bolton retained or disseminated classified documents, according to a person ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — An Israeli flag on the west-facing wall of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History was vandalized with red paint early Monday morning, officials said.

The museum on the corner of South Independence Mall East and Market Street was defaced about 4:45 a.m. Monday, according to a Philadelphia Police spokesperson. ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would ask Congress for billions in taxpayer dollars for his effort to clean up the District of Columbia and make it safer, arguing the capital city was a “hellhole” before he took over its policing.

“Look, D.C. is a miracle,” he told reporters Friday during a stop at a new White House Historical ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro were arrested Friday on suspicion of murder, more than a week after his mother claimed the 7-month old boy was abducted, San Bernardino County Sheriff's officials said.

They were arrested at their Cabazon home, and officials said they were still searching for the baby.

By 10 a.m., a ...Read more

For much of this month, Wall Street traders piled into stocks and bonds, betting that the Federal Reserve was finally ready to start cutting interest rates again. All they were waiting on was the green light from Jerome Powell to keep the rally going.

They got exactly what they were looking for on Friday, when the Fed chair unleashed the ...Read more

DETROIT — Police are embarking on a manhunt to find a suspect in a shooting Friday morning at Henry Ford Hospital that left one person dead.

Police Chief Todd Bettison said Mario Green, 65, targeted his ex-wife, an employee at the hospital.

"He is presumed to be armed and dangerous," Bettison told reporters.

Bettison said police reviewed ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The state has ordered Fort Lauderdale to remove the section of a street near the beach painted in the colors of the LGBTQ+ progress pride flag, as it moves beyond its efforts to eradicate rainbow crosswalks throughout Florida.

A letter dated Thursday and received by the city late in the day orders removal of the ...Read more