SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Scores of cars snaked around the block near Sunnyvale Community Services Wednesday, stretching toward the main road as a steady flow of people sought food throughout the morning.

Amid continuing confusion over SNAP benefits, the nonprofit is seeing demand for its food bank peak to the highest levels since the end of ...Read more

MIAMI — There will soon be more Border Patrol agents roaming South Florida to enforce border security and immigration law, thanks to the Trump administration’s billion-dollar injection of federal funds.

In an interview with the Miami Herald, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael W. Banks said the agency will permanently station more agents ...Read more

CHICAGO — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government’s mandatory detention of Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, the day care teacher arrested at a Chicago preschool, is illegal and she must be given a bond hearing.

According to the ruling by U.S. District Judge Jeremy Daniel, Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — After a week of unknowns and conflicting court opinions, Kentucky officials said Wednesday nearly 600,000 residents who rely on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to buy groceries should see partial benefits restored this week.

“Partial benefits are now flowing to eligible Kentuckians who ...Read more

WASHINGTON — After a delay of nearly two months as Speaker Mike Johnson kept the House out of Washington, a revolt over the Epstein files reached critical mass on Wednesday.

Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., wasted no time after being sworn into office, immediately backing an effort to shake loose documents related to deceased sex offender ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Eighteen years ago, amid a George W. Bush-era controversy over the firing and appointment of U.S. attorneys, then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein and a group of other senators advocated on the chamber floor for a solution: restore a 120-day cap on the executive branch’s interim appointment power.

“If after that time the president has ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein said Wednesday that he has not heard from the White House about federal agents coming to Charlotte.

CBS News and CNN have reported that U.S. Border Patrol agents in Chicago will soon depart for Charlotte and New Orleans. Speaking to journalists briefly, Stein responded to the reports after he ...Read more

NEW YORK — Linda Sun, who was an aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, wasn’t betraying the people of New York at the behest of China, she was just doing her job, her defense lawyer said — and that job included keeping the governor away from thorny international topics like relations with Taiwan.

“Linda Sun ...Read more

Documents filed this week in a wrongful termination lawsuit allege that plans to build hotels and golf courses in nine Florida state parks, later dropped after a public backlash, “came directly from the governor’s office.”

The filings, submitted in Leon County Court by a lawyer for former Florida Department of Environmental Protection ...Read more

DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis’ pitch to sharply rein in Medicaid spending and privatize the state workers’ compensation insurer ran into skepticism from the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee on Wednesday, setting up a showdown as they attempt to bridge another $1 billion spending gap.

Polis, in his balanced budget proposal that was due ...Read more

CHICAGO — As President Donald Trump’s “Operation Midway Blitz” drags into its third month, federal immigration enforcement activity has swept Chicago’s youngest residents up in the chaos.

At schools and day cares, the fear among families is palpable: Many parents worry they will be targeted during drop-off or pickup. Others, scared to...Read more

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a nearly $50.1 billion state spending plan on Wednesday, part of a breakthrough deal approved by the General Assembly that officially ended the state’s bitter, four-month-long budget stalemate.

The budget deal approved by the legislature Wednesday marks the first time Pennsylvania’s state budget ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. government started making pennies in Philadelphia in 1792 when the city was the nation’s capital.

It stopped Wednesday, as U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach stepped up to a machine in the penny room of the world’s largest coin factory and ceremonially pushed a button to strike the last handful of copper-clad, mostly ...Read more

Emails from sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee Wednesday say that President Donald Trump “spent hours” with a victim at his house and “knew about the girls.”

The three emails – one of them between Epstein and his now-convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell – are the first ...Read more

Systematic torture, enforced disappearances and inhumane conditions were reported by 252 Venezuelan migrants deported by the United States to El Salvador’s mega-prison, according to a new investigation by Human Rights Watch and Cristosal, a Central American human rights organization.

Former detainees described daily beatings, sexual abuse, ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — More names of victims of the fatal UPS cargo plane crash in Louisville were released Wednesday by the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.

At least 14 people have been confirmed dead after a UPS cargo plane crashed Nov. 4 during takeoff from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport.

Three of the victims were members...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Federal officials charged Dana Williamson, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Wednesday with public corruption, according to a federal indictment obtained by The Sacramento Bee.

Williamson, who left the Governor’s Office in December 2024, is named along with her employees Greg Campbell, Sean McCluskie and two...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump this week ignored several consecutive years of decreases in Chicago’s violent crime and instead credited “Operation Midway Blitz” for the continuing downward trend.

In a Tuesday social media post, Trump, with no citation, said shootings, robberies and carjackings are all down at least 35% since the start...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump this week ignored several consecutive years of decreases in Chicago’s violent crime and instead credited “Operation Midway Blitz” for the continuing downward trend.

In a Tuesday social media post, Trump, with no citation, said shootings, robberies and carjackings are all down at least 35% since the start...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Federal officials charged Dana Williamson, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff, Wednesday with public corruption, according to a federal indictment obtained by The Sacramento Bee.

Williamson, who left the Governor’s Office in December 2024, is named along with her employees Greg Campbell, Sean McCluskie and two...Read more