WASHINGTON — Less than a year after President Donald Trump banned new wind projects, a federal judge ruled the president’s executive order was illegal.

U.S. District Judge Patti Saris said Monday the order is “arbitrary and capricious and contrary to law,” siding with more than a dozen U.S. states and a clean energy group that had ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had investigated the incident and concluded there was no wrongdoing by the agents, who explained that ...Read more

European leaders are increasingly confident they will reach a deal to use frozen Russian assets before the end of the year following talks in London, even as a gulf remains between Europe and the U.S. on providing security guarantees for Kyiv.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his allies made “positive progress” to use immobilized Russian sovereign ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Monday a slate of transportation nominees, including Jared Isaacman, the on-off-on-again nominee to head NASA.

Isaacman, who was nominated to lead NASA earlier this year only to be withdrawn and renominated again in November, advanced on an 18-10 vote.

Isaacman said in a confirmation ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Sixteen U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers at Tampa International Airport were awarded $10,000 bonuses Monday from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for their service during the government shutdown.

Not every officer at the airport received the stipend. The funds were distributed only to ...Read more

WASHINGTON — White House officials told lawmakers in recent days that the president would veto the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act if Congress did not delete House- and Senate-passed language ensuring U.S. military bases do not bear names associated with Confederate officers, the sponsor of one of those provisions said Monday.

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WASHINGTON — Republicans and the Trump administration are set to urge the Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday to continue its long-term trend of overturning campaign finance limits.

The challenge, from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, as well as Vice President JD Vance from when he was a senator, and former Rep. Steve ...Read more

NEW YORK — Police debated whether they needed a warrant to continue searching Luigi Mangione’s backpack after they arrested him and found a gun magazine wrapped in his underwear in the bag, an officer testified Monday.

The testimony came at a court hearing to determine whether police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, improperly questioned Mangione ...Read more

Judi Dench feels that convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has already “served his time” for rape and sexual assault.

Dench discussed the disgraced producer in a recent interview, suggesting that Weinstein may now be at a point where "forgiveness" could be considered, after his conviction for sex crimes.

“I saw a bit of film of Harvey ...Read more

DENVER — The latest attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to secure release from a state prison fizzled out in federal court Monday.

Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak of the U.S. District Court of Colorado said he lacked the authority to release the former elected official while she attempts to appeal her 2024 state conviction ...Read more

ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. — Rebecca “Becky” Hill, whose career as Colleton County clerk of court began in obscurity, rose to stardom and finished in disgrace, capped a bizarre subplot in the Alex Murdaugh murder saga Monday by pleading guilty to state charges of misconduct, perjury and obstruction of justice.

In a brief 35-minute hearing, Hill �...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the conditions inside Colorado’s prisons and juvenile detention facilities, the federal agency announced Monday.

The probe will examine “policies and practices” within the Colorado Department of Corrections and Division of Youth Services “to ensure that DOC ...Read more

Augsburg University’s president condemned the detention of a student by federal immigration agents on campus Saturday afternoon, calling the encounter a violation of the university’s private property and its values.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an unmarked vehicle followed a student into a parking lot on Augsburg’s ...Read more

The growing Republican field of candidates running for governor will appear on a stage for the first time together Monday evening, offering a preview of early attack lines and who might be rising to the top of the pack.

The debate, hosted by Southwest Minnesota State University College Republicans, will feature nine candidates, including House ...Read more

The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections, according to people familiar with the matter.

Makary and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have told lawmakers and ...Read more

BOSTON — A member of President Donald Trump’s Catholic Advisory Council during his 2016 presidential campaign is joining the choir of those speaking out against a controversial sign placed at the Nativity scene of a Dedham church that reads “ICE was here.”

Patrick Walsh, of Quincy, was one of 34 people selected by Trump to join the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s executive order directing government agencies to halt approving new wind energy projects was ruled illegal by a federal judge.

The ruling Monday sided with more than a dozen states and a New York clean energy group that had challenged the executive order that essentially froze U.S. approvals of wind energy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The compromise House-Senate fiscal 2026 national defense authorization bill includes requirements and restrictions for military training flights operating in Washington airspace, but stops short of mandating National Transportation Safety Board recommendations included in a bipartisan Senate measure.

The legislation is a response...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The Masjid Ash-Shura mosque on Colley Avenue in Norfolk was vandalized between Sunday night and Monday morning with a series of black crosses spray-painted along the side of the building, but a group of volunteers quickly came together to help clean it off.

Police are in possession of a video that shows one man, at some point ...Read more