Louisiana is the latest Republican-led state expanding its role in immigration enforcement
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As protests erupt across the country over aggressive immigration enforcement tactics, Louisiana lawmakers approved a package of legislation this week that’ll aid the ongoing federal crackdown on deportation. Amid growing national tensions,
Trump administration moves to lift Biden-era mining restrictions near Boundary Waters in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to lift restrictions on copper-nickel mining that the Biden administration imposed near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota. The decision, announced Wednesday by Agriculture Secretary
Illinois officials investigate license-plate data shared with police seeking woman who had abortion
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois secretary of state on Thursday asked for an investigation into a suburban Chicago police department after learning that it violated state law by sharing data from automatic license-plate readers with a
Amid deportation campaign, Trump to examine all options for farm workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Thursday said President Donald Trump would look at every available tool to address farm workers amid his ongoing immigration crackdown, but that Congress would need to make most of
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers ask judge to fine Trump administration for contempt
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have asked a federal judge in Maryland to impose fines against the Trump administration for contempt, arguing that it flagrantly ignored court ordersfor several weeks to return him to the U.S. from
Utah Republican proposes sale of more than 2 million acres of US lands
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — More than 2 million acres of federal lands would be sold or transferred to states or other entities under a budget proposal from Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee, reviving a longtime ambition of
Ex-congressman Billy Long confirmed as commissioner of the IRS, an agency he once sought to abolish
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri was confirmed on Thursday to lead the Internal Revenue Service, giving the beleaguered agency he once sought to abolish a permanent commissioner after months of acting leaders
Hegseth says the Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland if necessary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions during a hotly combative congressional
The reverence for Old Glory that inspired Flag Day arose decades after Betsy Ross sewed her first
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The woman often credited with sewing the first national U.S. flag — at the request of George Washington himself, her descendants claimed — might have been puzzled by Saturday’s modern Flag Day. In
Trump to sign a measure blocking California’s ban on new sales of gas-powered cars
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will sign a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s first-in-the-nation rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. The resolution was approved by Congress last month and aims to
