The Trump administration took a major step in its efforts to unravel America’s climate policies on Feb. 12, 2026. It moved to rescind the 2009 endangerment finding, a formal determination that greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide and methane from burning fossil fuels, endanger public health and welfare. But the administration’...Read more

Alaska lawmakers on Wednesday approved spending $85,000 to continue a legal battle with Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued to establish an agriculture department.

The Alaska Legislative Council voted unanimously to increase a previously approved contract for legal services with Stoel Rives, from $100,000 to $185,000, after ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a year after the devastating Eaton fire — and following months of mounting pressure from survivors — California Attorney General Rob Bonta has opened a civil rights investigation into fire preparations and response, looking particularly at potential disparities in historically Black west Altadena.

"My office will ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to visit Germany this weekend to attend the Munich Security Conference as a panelist focused on city leadership.

Wu is the first American mayor invited to participate in the conference, which is described as a global gathering of leaders focused on international security.

“Boston is a leading global ...Read more

Senate Commerce Committee members reached agreement Thursday on a bill that would speed satellite licensing by the Federal Communications Commission, advancing by voice vote legislation with additional checks to address Democratic concerns about potential automatic approvals.

The committee approved the bill with a substitute amendment jointly ...Read more

NEW YORK — More than 2,000 protesters descended on the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village on Thursday afternoon to hoist the pride flag back up again, after the Trump administration removed it earlier this week.

In a fired-up scene reminiscent of the resistance of the Stonewall Riots of 1969 that sparked the gay civil rights ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — The Trump administration will phase out most of its flood of federal agents in Minnesota, White House border czar Tom Homan said Thursday, bringing within sight an end to what’s been called the largest immigration enforcement deployment in U.S. history.

Homan said a significant drawdown of federal agents in Minnesota has ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a cord and unveiled a plaque hanging above a door at the end of a cramped hallway on the Capitol’s third floor. For the first time, a press gallery on Capitol Hill was named after a journalist: Frederick Douglass.

Douglass’ legacy in journalism is crucial, Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said Thursday,...Read more

PHILADELPHIA - Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is racking up contributions from out-of-state billionaires as well as thousands of individual donors across the country.

His likely Republican challenger, State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, meanwhile, is capturing small-donor donations from Pennsylvanians.

That’s according to an analysis of the latest ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Cold air and frigid waters have caused more than 600 young green sea turtles to wash ashore on Florida’s beaches this month — and more are turning up every day.

Rescuers have saved them from the sand on Treasure Island, Tarpon Springs, Crystal River and Clearwater. The turtles are juveniles, from 2 to 88 pounds, and the hope...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Josh Shapiro unveiled a broad plan Thursday meant to grow and preserve Pennsylvania’s housing supply as the state faces a shortage of homes residents can afford.

The plan aims to expand residents’ access to homes, connect Pennsylvanians to resources to keep them housed, make home building faster and less costly and ...Read more

After more than 11 years of injuries and a death, the manufacturer of blood glucose monitors has issued a correction to the instructions directing actions when the glucose might be dangerously high.

These True Metrix monitors are sold under the store brands of the nation’s largest pharmacies and grocers, including Walmart, Kroger, CVS, ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Battle-hardened ICE protesters celebrated border czar Tom Homan’s announcement on Feb. 12 that Operation Metro Surge will soon come to a close. Lasting nearly three months, the operation involved thousands of federal agents descending on Minnesota in the nation’s largest-ever immigration enforcement action, during which ...Read more

The number of children recruited and used by armed groups in Haiti skyrocketed by nearly 200% last year, the United Nations’ leading child welfare agency said.

The surge reflects the growing reliance by criminal gangs on the exploitation of children amid the ongoing violence, UNICEF said Thursday.

The trend is particularly concerning as ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key U.S. senators are seeking answers from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the Pentagon over what led to the sudden closure of airspace around El Paso, Texas, earlier this week.

Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the FAA, expressed frustration over the lack of clarity around the closure as ...Read more

The Syrian army took control of the Al-Tanf military base from U.S. troops, ending an American military presence that lasted for a decade at a key site in the country’s southeast.

The base was established as a foothold against Islamic State and a training ground for Syrian rebels during the civil war that erupted in 2011 against dictator ...Read more

Much of U.S. Attorney Leah Foley’s work in her first 12 months in office has centered on immigration, she told reporters at a roundtable Thursday, but looking to the upcoming year, she hopes to target public benefits fraud and other crimes.

In 2025, the U.S. Attorney’s Office saw a six-fold increase in criminal immigration charges, Foley ...Read more

CHICAGO — Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and ten of the 17 commissioners on the board called Thursday for State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke to “pursue all available charges” against federal agents involved in the killing of Silverio Villegas González and the shooting of Marimar Martinez.

“We support thorough law ...Read more

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Minnesota had been left “safer” following a six-week surge of federal immigration enforcement in the state. But as he announced an end to the crackdown on Thursday, state officials testified to a U.S. Senate committee on the toll of federal actions.

At an oversight hearing of the Senate ...Read more

The Space Coast’s first human spaceflight of the year is on tap for early Friday morning as NASA and SpaceX aim to send up a mission to the International Space Station, and also bring back the rocket’s booster that could bring with it a sonic boom across Central Florida.

The launch of Crew-12 atop a Falcon 9 rocket is targeting liftoff at 5...Read more