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Federal agents who typically investigate drug lords, weapons traffickers or cyber criminals have fanned out across the nation’s capital

3:06 PM on Thursday, August 14

A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another is now facing new and upgraded state charges

2:40 PM on Thursday, August 14

The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti, where gang violence is escalating

2:09 PM on Thursday, August 14

A federal judge has struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities

1:59 PM on Thursday, August 14

Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin says Virginia’s economy is thriving after ending its fiscal year with high revenues

1:56 PM on Thursday, August 14

Orthodox Christians across Alaska are taking part in three days of prayer for peace, ahead of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

1:13 PM on Thursday, August 14

An Oregon university says Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife Penny Knight have pledged a record $2 billion to its cancer center

12:57 PM on Thursday, August 14

Texas Democrats have moved closer to ending a nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP's redrawing of U.S. House maps before the 2026 election

12:51 PM on Thursday, August 14

Texas Democrats announce plan to end nearly 2-week walkout over GOP’s redraw of US House maps

12:27 PM on Thursday, August 14

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop sharing personal data of Medicaid enrollees with deportation officials

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11:47 AM on Thursday, August 14

California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a special election for Nov. 4 to approve redrawn districts

9:27 AM on Thursday, August 14

A man charged with a felony for hurling a sandwich at a federal law-enforcement official in the nation’s capital has been fired from his job at the Justice Department

7:03 AM on Thursday, August 14

Florida Republican Gov_ Ron DeSantis’ administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility at a state prison in north Florida, as a federal judge decides the fate of the state’s holding center for immigrants at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

5:28 AM on Thursday, August 14

9:23 PM on Wednesday, August 13

A network of clinics that provides health care in Maine asked a judge on Thursday to restore its Medicaid funding while it fights a Trump administration effort to block federal money for abortion providers

8:46 PM on Wednesday, August 13

Los Angeles area students are returning to class under a cloud of apprehension after a summer of immigration raids and amid worries that schools could become targets in the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown

10:25 AM on Wednesday, August 13

Some of the District of Columbia’s homeless residents are packing their belongings before an expected sweep to clear out remaining encampments around the nation’s capital