WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that candidates for federal offices have the right to file lawsuits that challenge election rules that govern the counting of votes, regardless of their chances of winning or campaign costs.

The 7-2 decision specifically revived a lawsuit from Rep. Mike Bost, R-Ill., over an Illinois law that ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Renee Nicole Macklin Good was building a new life with her wife and son in Minneapolis.

They had just moved to the Powderhorn neighborhood on the city’s diverse, working-class South Side, where murals and yard signs for progressive causes are plentiful. That was welcoming for the Goods, a queer couple that relocated here from ...Read more

After Melissa Gilbert’s husband Timothy Busfield learned Friday night that there was a warrant out for his arrest in New Mexico, on allegations that he groomed and molested two young boys on a TV set, the veteran actor said he jumped in a car the next morning and began driving to Albuquerque, 2,000 miles away.

It’s not clear whether ...Read more

Actor Timothy Busfield is accused of also sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl in Northern California several years ago, authorities said in court documents seeking to keep the “West Wing” actor behind bars in his child sex abuse case in New Mexico.

Busfield, 68, has been charged with criminal sexual contact and abuse of a child for his ...Read more

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said a “fundamental disagreement” remained after a meeting of top diplomats in Washington, while announcing an agreement to form a high-level working group on Greenland amid threats of a U.S. takeover.

“I’m not saying anything is solved. It’s not solved,” Rasmussen told reporters after ...Read more

DETROIT — A Ford Motor Co. worker who heckled Donald Trump, prompting an obscene gesture from the president, during a Detroit-area factory visit on Tuesday, is at the center of a political firestorm over his exchange.

Video first published by TMZ and confirmed as authentic by the White House captures a person at Dearborn Truck yelling "...Read more

A pair of fundraisers for the Michigan autoworker who drew expletives from President Donald Trump by accusing of him of covering for child sex abuse collected more than $450,000 overnight.

Trump appeared to raise his middle finger and repeatedly say “f--- you!’ to worker TJ Sabula at a Ford-150 plant in Dearborn on Tuesday when the union ...Read more

Iran tensions rose after President Donald Trump threatened to take action over a violent crackdown against protesters, with the United States moving military staff and Tehran warning neighboring countries against assisting an attack.

Officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday there had been some redeployment of U.S. personnel in Qatar, and around ...Read more

The Trump administration is publishing contrasting information about on-the-ground conditions in Venezuela, raising questions about how different agencies are making policy decisions toward Venezuela and its nationals in the U.S., as well as American travelers.

The Department of Homeland Security, when ending temporary protected status for ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS – A Democratic state legislator plans to introduce a bill requiring law enforcement — including the thousands of federal agents working in Minnesota — to show their faces on the job.

The bill’s sponsor, state Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, said she does not expect federal agents would comply with any such state law, but ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — First, it was a series of strong atmospheric rivers in January 2023 that set off a troublesome landslide, again splitting up the world-famous drive along Big Sur's iconic coastline.

Then, a second winter of drenching storms triggered two more slides, including one that completely buried another section of California's Highway 1 ...Read more

DETROIT — After Ramiro Sanders said he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents outside the 35th District Court in Plymouth in April, he and his spouse want to ensure courthouses and surrounding areas are safe for immigrants there on court business.

Sanders, who was released by ICE agents when...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating Michigan Democratic U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin following her part in a social media video reminding members of the military and intelligence communities that they may refuse illegal military orders.

Slotkin confirmed Wednesday that the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California announced an investigation into Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI on Wednesday, with Gov. Gavin Newsom saying that the social media site owned by the billionaire is a “breeding ground for predators to spread nonconsenual sexually explicit AI deepfakes.”

Grok, the xAI chatbot, includes image...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The outcome of a trial over Missouri’s abortion regulations could ripple far beyond the state, potentially creating new availability for women in the Midwest and South who can’t access abortion close to home.

As a judge weighs the constitutionality of a litany of state restrictions on abortion, the stakes are clear for...Read more

DENVER — Colorado officials have identified three more bodies that were kept in a hidden room of a Pueblo mortuary run by former county coroner Brian Cotter and are now turning to public DNA databases to try to identify the remaining 15 people whose remains were found at Davis Mortuary.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation officials released an ...Read more

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that the Catholic Church will start delivering U.S. aid directly to people affected by Hurricane Melissa in Cuba.

“Today, we are announcing the first in a series of direct humanitarian shipments to Cuba as part of the $3 million of disaster assistance committed by the Trump Administration ...Read more

DENVER — Attorneys for discredited Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters will challenge her criminal convictions before the Colorado Court of Appeals on Wednesday, her latest attempt to escape a nine-year sentence after state officials dismissed a would-be pardon from President Donald Trump.

Mesa County jurors convicted Peters, 70, of four ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Mayor Brandon Scott declined to comment Tuesday on reports published in The Baltimore Sun that six former employees of Concentric Educational Solutions intentionally falsified records of the company’s tutoring and home visits for Baltimore City Public Schools between 2021 and 2024.

The Sun reported that Baltimore City Public ...Read more

An overwhelming majority of Venezuelans say they are deeply grateful to President Donald Trump for ordering U.S. troops into the country to capture strongman Nicolás Maduro — but even after that dramatic action, most do not believe the U.S. now governs Venezuela, despite Trump’s repeated assertions that Washington holds the real power in ...Read more