Lawyers for former Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are asking a U.S. federal court to dismiss the criminal case against them, arguing that Washington has violated their constitutional rights by blocking access to funds needed to mount their defense.

In a filing submitted in the U.S. District Court for the ...Read more

The U.S. Treasury Department has included Cuba among the few countries that cannot benefit from a temporal lifting of sanctions on Russian oil, just as a Russian tanker carrying crude is heading to the island in defiance of the Trump administration.

As the price of gas has soared in the midst of the U.S. military conflict with Iran, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reportedly sending three California-based warships and roughly 2,500 Marines to the Middle East, the second significant deployment in a week.

The three warships are part of the San Diego-based USS Boxer amphibious ready group. The Marines are from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, based at Camp Pendleton. The ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis rebuked some of Florida’s top law enforcement officials Thursday, criticizing their calls to Congress and President Donald Trump to work on a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants.

“This idea that unless you’re an axe murderer you should be able to stay, that is not consistent with ...Read more

MIAMI — Building along the water’s edge comes with consequences as the sea rises, and for decades the first line of defense against flooding has been concrete seawalls.

Now, the state is leaning into another approach: “living shorelines” such as mangrove forests, oyster reef restoration and hybrid options like 3D-printed walls.

Gov. ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA’s newest class of astronaut candidates just found out what people will call them.

The tradition of the previous astronaut class — the Flies — bestowing the name the following class has continued, according to a Thursday press release from NASA.

The 10 candidates of NASA’s 24th astronaut class, chosen in 2025 and ...Read more

The Trump administration’s profusion of travel bans and visa-processing freezes has had the largest impact on Cubans, Haitians, and Venezuelans seeking to legally emigrate to the United States, according to a new analysis from a Washington think tank.

A Cato Institute report published Wednesday estimates there are over 1.2 million frozen ...Read more

Iran pressed ahead with attacks on Gulf Arab states even after Israel signaled it would stop targeting the Islamic Republic’s energy infrastructure, further unsettling oil and financial markets.

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia said they intercepted missiles and drones overnight and into Friday, while Bahrain reported a fire at a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Ekaterina’s husband was taken by immigration officers on a Sunday morning as he warmed up the family car. Three months later, he still hasn’t come home.

The Eagan, Minnesota, couple, who left Russia and sought asylum in the U.S., have valid work permits and spent the past year providing support for people with disabilities ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — A legislative proposal that charted the clearest course in years for reviving Florida’s storied Ocklawaha River, dubbed by supporters as the state’s “next great restoration project,” appeared destined for success last month.

Over several weeks, the bill that required a state plan to restore the winding north-central ...Read more

At the time, Francisco thought the worst had happened on that day in August, when he was stopped and arrested by ICE on his way to work in South Jersey.

But he never imagined the odyssey that would follow — a series of transfers among detention centers that propelled him through several states and different court jurisdictions, moving him 1,...Read more

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s environmental agency plans to test the soil at an elementary school near Darlington for toxic forever chemicals after learning the property may have been a disposal site for a textile plant’s contaminated sewer sludge.

The S.C. Department of Environmental Services says it has records showing that 91 tons ...Read more

Israel said it will no longer target energy infrastructure after an attack on an Iranian gas field sparked retaliatory strikes against energy assets across the Middle East, causing oil and gas prices to surge and prompting a rebuke from President Donald Trump.

“Israel acted alone,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a news conference...Read more

The Trump administration announced a US$10 million reward on March 15, 2026, for information leading to the capture of several senior Iranian figures.

While two of these leaders have since been killed by Israeli strikes, they are included here to provide a more complete picture of Iran’s powerful elite – people deeply embedded in ...Read more

Denver Auditor Tim O’Brien released a critical report on Mayor Mike Johnston’s homelessness program Thursday, calling his key initiative “poorly planned” and claiming it had cost millions of dollars more than the office reported.

“They needed to have, really, a better plan in place before they started executing,” O’Brien said in ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced a nuclear power project in the southern U.S., the latest initiative stemming from an investment fund the countries established as part of a trade pact.

At the White House on Thursday, the two leaders said that GE Vernova Inc. and Hitachi Ltd. will build BWRX-300 small ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — During testimony in a Minneapolis courtroom, attorneys and previously detained immigrants revealed more insight into their difficulties accessing counsel at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, including instances that came after a judge ordered the U.S. government to overhaul how it offered legal services.

In February, U....Read more