Bill Clinton is to become the first former U.S. president forced to testify to Congress as he faces questioning Friday on connections to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Clinton will be deposed behind closed doors by a House committee investigating Epstein. The questioning will take place in Chappaqua, New York, where he lives with his ...Read more

The U.S. has told non-emergency staff at its embassy in Jerusalem that they’re allowed to leave Israel, citing heightened safety risks.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran remain high, with the two engaged in talks to avert American strikes on the Islamic Republic. Israel may join in on any attack and be targeted by Iranian retaliation.

The ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho introduced “Ed” the AI chatbot amid fanfare in March 2024, touting a revolutionary tool that would put the district at the leading edge of school technology.

But the multimillion-dollar project failed within months and never fully launched.

Now, the deal to bring Ed to the ...Read more

The Trump administration’s move to ease fuel shipments to Cuba’s nascent private sector is part of a plan to make the island more reliant on the U.S. for supplies, increasing Washington’s leverage to bring about political and economic change, according to people familiar with the strategy.

A quarantine on sending crude to Cuba brought the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles firefighter said in sworn testimony that he sounded the alarm about the inadequate mop-up of the Lachman fire — and was blown off by a captain — days before the embers reignited into the deadly Palisades fire.

The firefighter, Scott Pike, testified last month in a lawsuit brought by Palisades fire victims ...Read more

Rep. Andy Barr, a candidate to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell in this year’s Republican primary, claims that someone broke into and vandalized his campaign headquarters in Lexington on Thursday afternoon.

No one was harmed, according to statements by both Barr’s team and the Lexington Police Department.

Barr’s campaign claims the person ...Read more

René Arzate-Garcia, a leader in the powerful Sinaloa cartel and the alleged cartel boss of the Tijuana plaza, is now facing charges of narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism, federal officials announced in San Diego on Thursday.

There is a new $5-million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the 42-year-old ...Read more

The Department of Homeland Security acknowledged it has deported dozens of undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children and have removal protections, prompting outrage from Democrats like California Sen. Alex Padilla.

In a letter earlier this month, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement had ...Read more

The Kentucky House’s version of the next state two-year executive branch budget bill — the most-watched piece of legislation this session — is heading to the Senate.

House Bill 500, spearheaded by House Republicans, passed out of the chamber Thursday afternoon after more than two hours of debate on an 81-18 vote. The 18 no votes were all ...Read more

OLYMPIA, Wash. — House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon has issued an apology after showing up intoxicated during Wednesday evening's House Appropriations Committee meeting.

The Seattle Democrat said in a statement Thursday that he “deeply” regrets consuming alcohol before the work of the committee was completed, saying he made a serious ...Read more

The UNC Board of Governors authorized a new definition of academic freedom on Thursday, a move that enshrines an explanation of the concept into UNC System policy — but also places key limits on what kind of faculty activity it protects.

Academic freedom appeared in system policy before, and it was described as “full freedom, within the law...Read more

Kentucky has joined the list of states being sued by President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice as part of a months-long effort to access Kentucky voters’ personal information.

The DOJ claims that the information is needed to ensure “election integrity,” while officials like Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams claim that the...Read more

Minnesota’s chief federal judge on Thursday sharply escalated the ongoing confrontation between the judiciary and the state’s top federal prosecutor’s office over violations in immigration cases, including raising the possibility of holding people in criminal contempt in the future.

In a rare rebuke, U.S. District Chief Judge Patrick ...Read more

CHICAGO — As many lined up to pay their respects for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Thursday — his casket lying in repose at Rainbow PUSH’s South Side headquarters through Friday — funeral arrangements in the Civil Rights icon’s native state of South Carolina were announced.

The Jackson family and members of the South Carolina ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shortly after enduring a series of winter storms that damaged roads and flooded businesses, Southern Californians may be pleased to learn that blue skies and toasty temperatures are on deck as possible record-setting heat sweeps into the region this week.

A high-pressure system will bring significant warming to the Southern ...Read more