DETROIT — A Ford Motor Co. worker who heckled Donald Trump, prompting an obscene gesture from the president, during a Detroit-area factory visit on Tuesday, is at the center of a political firestorm over his exchange.

Video first published by TMZ and confirmed as authentic by the White House captures a person at Dearborn Truck yelling "...Read more

A pair of fundraisers for the Michigan autoworker who drew expletives from President Donald Trump by accusing of him of covering for child sex abuse collected more than $450,000 overnight.

Trump appeared to raise his middle finger and repeatedly say “f--- you!’ to worker TJ Sabula at a Ford-150 plant in Dearborn on Tuesday when the union ...Read more

Iran tensions rose after President Donald Trump threatened to take action over a violent crackdown against protesters, with the United States moving military staff and Tehran warning neighboring countries against assisting an attack.

Officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday there had been some redeployment of U.S. personnel in Qatar, and around ...Read more

The Trump administration is publishing contrasting information about on-the-ground conditions in Venezuela, raising questions about how different agencies are making policy decisions toward Venezuela and its nationals in the U.S., as well as American travelers.

The Department of Homeland Security, when ending temporary protected status for ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – A Democratic state legislator plans to introduce a bill requiring law enforcement — including the thousands of federal agents working in Minnesota — to show their faces on the job.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, said she does not expect federal agents would comply with any such state law, but ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — First, it was a series of strong atmospheric rivers in January 2023 that set off a troublesome landslide, again splitting up the world-famous drive along Big Sur's iconic coastline.

Then, a second winter of drenching storms triggered two more slides, including one that completely buried another section of California's Highway 1 ...Read more

DETROIT — After Ramiro Sanders said he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside the 35th District Court in Plymouth in April, he and his spouse want to ensure courthouses and surrounding areas are safe for immigrants there on court business.

Sanders, who was released by ICE agents when...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating Michigan Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin following her part in a social media video reminding members of the military and intelligence communities that they may refuse illegal military orders.

Slotkin confirmed Wednesday that the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California announced an investigation into Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI on Wednesday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom saying that the social media site owned by the billionaire is a “breeding ground for predators to spread nonconsenual sexually explicit AI deepfakes.”

Grok, the xAI chatbot, includes image...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The outcome of a trial over Missouri’s abortion regulations could ripple far beyond the state, potentially creating new availability for women in the Midwest and South who can’t access abortion close to home.

As a judge weighs the constitutionality of a litany of state restrictions on abortion, the stakes are clear for...Read more

DENVER — Colorado officials have identified three more bodies that were kept in a hidden room of a Pueblo mortuary run by former county coroner Brian Cotter and are now turning to public DNA databases to try to identify the remaining 15 people whose remains were found at Davis Mortuary.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials released an ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that the Catholic Church will start delivering U.S. aid directly to people affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba.

“Today, we are announcing the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba as part of the $3 million of disaster assistance committed by the Trump Administration ...Read more

DENVER — Attorneys for discredited Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters will challenge her criminal convictions before the Colorado Court of Appeals on Wednesday, her latest attempt to escape a nine-year sentence after state officials dismissed a would-be pardon from President Donald Trump.

Mesa County jurors convicted Peters, 70, of four ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Mayor Brandon Scott declined to comment Tuesday on reports published in The Baltimore Sun that six former employees of Concentric Educational Solutions intentionally falsified records of the company’s tutoring and home visits for Baltimore City Public Schools between 2021 and 2024.

The Sun reported that Baltimore City Public ...Read more

An overwhelming majority of Venezuelans say they are deeply grateful to President Donald Trump for ordering U.S. troops into the country to capture strongman Nicolás Maduro — but even after that dramatic action, most do not believe the U.S. now governs Venezuela, despite Trump’s repeated assertions that Washington holds the real power in ...Read more

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appointed Adam Tanenbaum, a judge for the First District Court of Appeals, to the Florida Supreme Court.

DeSantis announced the appointment at Tanenbaum’s alma mater: Seminole High School in Pinellas County, where he graduated first in his class in 1989 — the same year as the kids in “Stranger ...Read more

Nick Reiner’s former attorney Alan Jackson still wants “the most robust defense” for the 32-year-old, accused of killing parents Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, though he “simply can’t divulge” certain details about why he withdrew counsel last week.

Nick has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the Dec. 14 ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year.

A Falcon 9 on the Starlink 6-98 mission with 29 Starlink satellites is targeting liftoff at 1:08 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 during a launch window from 1:01-5:01 p.m.

This ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A private investment partnership has purchased St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles and plans to turn the long-shuttered hospital into a one-stop shop where homeless people can seek help.

The new St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus, expected to open in phases over the next two years, will eventually provide job training, ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his demand for the U.S. to take control of Greenland for national security reasons before a meeting of top diplomats in Washington and called on NATO to support his efforts.

“NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the UNITED STATES,” the president said in a social ...Read more