BALTIMORE — A federal judge denied the Trump administration’s bid to pause Ocean City’s lawsuit over offshore wind power due to the federal government shutdown.

Before the government shutdown, Judge Stephanie Gallagher was expected to issue a ruling that would either allow U.S. Wind to move forward or give the U.S. Department of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Senators on both sides of the aisle are racing to put forward proposals for federal regulation of artificial intelligence, but most of the attention is on Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, whose broad plan is popular with Big Tech but has yet to win over privacy and consumer advocates.

The Texas Republican put forward a legislative...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court so far has largely accommodated Donald Trump’s assertions of sweeping presidential power. The term that starts Monday will determine just how far the court is willing to go.

For eight months, the conservative supermajority has helped Trump amass power, temporarily lifting about 20 rulings that were ...Read more

As President Donald Trump overturns traditional U.S. alliances and transforms America’s role in the world, Marco Rubio has become the point man for carrying out the president’s “America first” policies.

It’s been a long journey for Rubio, one that saw him evolve from Trump critic to the president’s right-hand man, carrying the joint...Read more

DAVENPORT, Calif. — On a spit of sand 12 miles north of Santa Cruz, a small, emaciated sea lion lay on its side. The only sign of life was the deep press of its flippers against its belly, relaxing for a few seconds, then squeezing again.

“That’s a classic sign of lepto,” said Giancarlo Rulli, a volunteer and spokesperson with the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A vehicle crashed near the steps of Los Angeles City Hall shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday, prompting an evacuation of the building and road closures in the area, according to authorities.

The driver remained in his car during a nearly two-hour standoff with police, until he voluntarily emerged shortly before 6 p.m. and was taken ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The city of El Segundo could not be more tied to the oil refinery that is a hulking presence in the seaside city.

In 1911, the Standard Oil Co. designated the site as home to its second refinery, and El Segundo (Spanish for “the second”) was born.

Over the decades, the refinery and the city have coexisted, mostly without ...Read more

NEW YORK — Rather than rush cops from all corners to burgeoning political protests, the New York Police Department will now have to follow a detailed escalation plan dependent on the numbers and actions of demonstrators, according to a 2024 settlement agreement coming into effect.

Under the complex, four-tier model, which takes six pages to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Andrew Denton was on his way to get lunch on Friday afternoon when he noticed people yelling at masked men in a white SUV near Funston Elementary in Logan Square.

Realizing the men were likely federal immigration enforcement agents, Denton pulled out his phone and started recording the commotion near the school and Rico Fresh Market...Read more

Apple will no longer offer an Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracking app after coming under fire from the Trump administration.

The free ICEBlock app that allowed users to anonymously report and monitor the movements of immigration agents was removed from the App Store Thursday night.

Earlier this year, the app’s developers urged U.S. ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to launch a program that would offer money to unaccompanied migrant teenagers in federal custody in exchange for voluntarily returning to their home countries, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

The initiative will begin with 17-year-olds and provide $2,500 to minors ...Read more

The Trump administration detained a Florida man for three weeks and then deported him to Venezuela, even though he had court-ordered deportation protections under temporary protected status.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Darian Maldonado Medina, 28, during a routine check-in at an immigration office in Tampa on Sept. 5. When he ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has ruled for a second time that the Trump administration may cancel the “temporary protected status” given to about 600,000 Venezuelans under the Biden administration.

The move, advocates for the Venezuelans said, means thousands of lawfully present individuals could lose their jobs, be detained in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge sentenced the attempted assassin of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh to more than eight years in prison Friday.

Judge Deborah L. Boardman of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, sentenced Sophie Roske, who is transgender and referred to as Nicholas Roske in some court documents, to 97 months in prison, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — On Sept. 16, Barbara Gomes Marques May and her husband arrived at the downtown Los Angeles federal immigration building for what they believed would be the final step in Marques May's process to obtain her green card.

The interview process had gone smoothly, Tucker May recalled. But toward the end, a federal immigration official...Read more

Hamas agreed to release the last of the hostages from its 2023 attack on Israel but said the rest of a U.S. peace plan would be subject to negotiation, a stance that offered uncertain hopes for an end to the conflict in Gaza.

President Donald Trump responded favorably to the Hamas statement even though the group failed to address other key ...Read more