A new deployment of federal agents arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Saturday as part of President Donald Trump’s expanding immigration enforcement campaign, marking the latest push to carry out large-scale arrests in Democratic-led cities.

“We are surging DHS law enforcement to Charlotte to ensure Americans are safe and public ...Read more

NEW YORK — Exiled by the elite after his conviction for sexually soliciting a teenage girl and failing to rehabilitate his image as a sexual predator, an embittered Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 believed his old friend Donald Trump had escaped scrutiny.

“I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump,” Epstein wrote to his ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is just about over, with no tropical systems likely to develop before its official close on Nov. 30.

It might seem like a fortunate flop — only five hurricanes, when most forecasts back in spring called for eight or nine.

It was actually “pretty hopping,” said University of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — An indictment unveiled this week charging Gov. Gavin Newsom’s former chief of staff with political corruption threw California’s top political circles into chaos — and stirred speculation in the state capital about what triggered the federal investigation.

Authorities have not revealed any targets beyond Dana Williamson ...Read more

ATLANTA — A Mega Millions ticket sold in metro Atlanta just made someone a multimillionaire.

The player, who bought their ticket in Newnan, matched all six numbers during a Friday evening drawing and won a jackpot worth an estimated $980 million.

It has an estimated cash value of $452.2 million.

“We are thrilled to congratulate the ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Sen. John Fetterman was discharged from a hospital in Pittsburgh on Saturday after experiencing a heart problem that caused him to fall on a walk near his home in Braddock.

Fetterman posted a photo of himself to social media platform X on Saturday afternoon, showing his bruised — but smiling — face.

“20 stitches later ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend as an annual meteor shower streaks across Minnesota skies.

NASA officials predict the Leonids meteor shower will peak overnight Sunday and early Monday morning. It is active until Dec. 2.

The display comes after ribbons of green, pink, and red aurora lights dazzled Minnesotans earlier ...Read more

Former Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler abruptly resigned after Chair Jerome Powell refused to grant her a waiver to address financial holdings that ran afoul of the central bank’s ethics rules, according to a Fed official.

Kugler also faced a probe by the Fed’s internal watchdog related to her recent financial disclosures before ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Friday night he has already decided on his next steps toward Venezuela, offering his clearest indication yet that Washington is preparing new military actions against Nicolás Maduro’s government as the United States dramatically expands its presence in the Caribbean.

“I sort of made up my mind,” Trump told ...Read more

MIAMI — From his luxurious homes in Palm Beach, Manhattan and across the globe, Jeffrey Epstein projected the image of a global powerbroker and kingmaker.

He closely advised former White House chief strategist and right-wing provocateur, Steve Bannon, on how to build a political movement in Europe; offered to provide the Kremlin insight into ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As masked federal agents detained people in Charlotte neighborhoods Saturday, top local elected officials told Charlotte’s immigrant community they have their backing.

Videos on social media showed what appeared to be federal agents making arrests. One man, a U.S. citizen, told The Charlotte Observer that agents smashed ...Read more

LA PAZ, Bolivia — After two decades of almost uninterrupted socialist governments that struggled to set the economy on a sustainable path, Bolivians are waking up to a new reality.

Long lines at gasoline stations are disappearing. The currency has surged in unofficial markets, and bond investors are taking a more optimistic view of the ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento’s yearslong struggle to open sites for homeless people living in vehicles will likely continue after the federal government dismissed the city’s latest idea as “reprehensible” and “dystopian.”

The sharp rebuke could halt the city’s plans to open a safe parking site at the Franklin Light Rail ...Read more

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — At the 2025 Future Green Leaders Summit, middle school students designed fire-resistant homes using AI, learned about jobs that support the climate and environment, and cheered on superheroes dressed as “Wind,” “Solar,” “Ethanol” and other energy sources as they squared off in a rap and dance battle.

The ...Read more

The U.S. on Friday appealed a judge’s order that permanently blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon, to counter protests against his immigration crackdown.

The Justice Department seeks to overturn a Nov. 7 finding by a federal judge in Portland who held the first trial over Trump’s effort...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from imposing a $1.2-billion fine on UCLA along with stipulations for deep campus changes in exchange for being eligible for federal grants.

The decision is a major win for universities that have struggled to resist President Donald Trump’s attempt to discipline“very...Read more