TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Leaders at the University of Florida’s law school sidestepped internal rules to rush Attorney General James Uthmeier into a part-time teaching role, granting unusual leeway to a politically powerful adjunct earning a $100,000 salary.

Internal emails reviewed by the Miami Herald/Tampa Bay Times show that Uthmeier began ...Read more

DENVER — For the third consecutive year, Colorado lawmakers have failed in their bid to weaken transparency laws and to give government officials more time to respond to public records requests.

The Senate’s State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee rejected Senate Bill 107 in a bipartisan 3-2 vote on Thursday. Government officials who...Read more

Another resolution sponsored by a Kentucky Republican failed to advance in Congress Thursday evening.

An effort from Rep. Thomas Massie to stop U.S. military action in Iran and force the Trump administration to get congressional approval for continued involvement failed in a close 212-219 vote.

The resolution was similar to another ill-fated ...Read more

UNION CITY,, Calif. — An Alameda County judge has revoked a woman’s medical license, barring her from continuing to practice physical therapy as she remains out of custody facing charges of drowning her newborn baby in a bathtub in 2009.

Angela Onduto, 47, was released from jail last October after a judge set her bail at $125,000 and ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury was urged Thursday to reject efforts by the multimillionaire Alexander brothers to denigrate women they’re accused of drugging and trafficking for sex and hold them accountable once and for all for “decades of rapes and lies.”

In the government’s rebuttal before the Manhattan Federal Court jury got the case...Read more

The United States and Venezuela have agreed to restore diplomatic and consular relations, reopening a formal channel between Washington and Caracas for the first time since ties were severed in 2019.

The decision marks a significant step in the cooperation framework that has emerged between the two governments following the dramatic U.S. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis describes the disruption to hiring and spending across a variety of industries during the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

The anonymous anecdotes were part of the national Federal Reserve’s February Beige Book, an account of economic conditions across the ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signaled support for Operation Epic Fury on Thursday, saying Iran’s late leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “deserved to face justice.”

DeSantis made the comments, his first since the U.S. launched strikes over the weekend, in response to a question during a news conference in Yulee, in Nassau County,...Read more

NEW YORK — First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan said Thursday he’s optimistic the state will fork over more money to the city, as the city wrangles with a possible $5.4 billion budget gap.

The mayor has been pushing Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass tax hikes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations, as well as arguing more generally that the ...Read more

Legislation that would allow Florida leaders to designate domestic “terrorist” groups passed the state Senate on Thursday, even as critics warned it could invite costly legal challenges because they believe it tramples on Floridians’ First Amendment rights.

The proposal would allow the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s chief of ...Read more

BOSTON — Congressman Seth Moulton’s illegal immigrant guest during the State of the Union address is referenced in police reports involving sexual assault and juveniles, police say.

The Boston Herald submitted a public records request to the Secretary of State’s Office and the Milford Police Department regarding two reports, one from June...Read more

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Senate has passed a bill that would allow physician assistants with sufficient training to practice under an independent license, removing the state's current requirement that they work under a formal collaborative agreement with physicians.

Supporters say the change would reduce administrative burdens that can ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho leaders are vocal about the importance of preserving residents’ “medical freedom”: the ability to make their own decisions about their health, free from government mandates or interference.

In the final days of the 2025 legislative session, lawmakers pushed past an initial veto by Gov. Brad Little to get his sign-...Read more

WASHINGTON — In a major shakeup of the agency at the center of the Trump administration’s immigration policies, President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he was replacing embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who will step down at the end of the month.

Trump said on Truth Social that he will nominate Sen. Markwayne Millin...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared he would be “personally involved” in selecting Iran’s next leader as U.S. and Israeli forces continued their bombardment of its government Thursday, even as officials in Tehran insisted they could withstand the ongoing war.

In a series of media interviews, Trump rejected the potential rise ...Read more

The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Feb. 28, 2026, set off the process of selecting a new supreme leader. It is only the second such transition in the Islamic Republic’s 47-year history and the first since the ailing Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini transferred power to Khamenei in June 1989.

As stipulated in Article 111 of the ...Read more

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries in the Persian Gulf region use the fossil fuels under their desert lands not only to make money, but also to make drinking water. The petroleum they produce powers more than 400 desalination plants, which turn seawater into drinkable water.

In the war that began on Feb. ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore will close multiple parks at night this month as federal sharpshooters move in to thin deer herds that officials say are overwhelming forests and choking off new tree growth.

The city’s Recreation and Parks Department held a community meeting Wednesday to go over the details, approved last month by the Baltimore Board ...Read more