LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration on Tuesday sued the University of California, alleging that UCLA administrators have "routinely ignored" and "failed to report" employee complaints of antisemitism since the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's war in Gaza spurred a surge in pro-Palestinian campus activism.

The Department of Justice ...Read more

BOSTON — Students are set to return to class in Boston after an extended February school vacation, thanks to the Blizzard of ’26 that dumped 17 inches of snow in the city and canceled two days of class.

Mayor Michelle Wu has announced that Boston Public Schools and central offices will reopen on Wednesday, while scores of other districts ...Read more

NEW YORK — Only 63.3% of students showed up at school Tuesday, as Mayor Mamdani took heat for reopening the schools while New Yorkers were still digging themselves out of a historic blizzard.

That’s down from an average daily attendance rate of 89.8% last school year, according to the mayor’s annual management report.

“I know that ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Tuesday night marks the deadline for incumbents and aspiring politicians to decide whether or not they’re running in 2026, determining who will be on the ballot for state and federal offices in the upcoming June primary.

Already, Senate Minority Leader Steve Hershey, an Upper Eastern Shore Republican, has announced he will not ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Twin brothers sued Universal Orlando Resort on Friday alleging they suffered back and neck injuries when a Harry Potter ride at its new Epic Universe theme park malfunctioned.

Derrick Burrough of Tennessee and Erick Burrough of Georgia, who are being represented by the Morgan & Morgan law firm, are each seeking over $50,000 in...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — What should the Idaho Legislature do when someone’s testimony is offensive?

That’s what lawmakers grappled with Monday when a local conservative provocateur came to testify on an immigration bill wearing brownface and a sombrero and speaking Spanish.

As David Pettinger began speaking, Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise, cut him off...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Gov. Tim Walz renewed his push to tackle gun violence prevention on Feb. 24, asking lawmakers in Minnesota’s divided Legislature to meet the moment after last year’s killing of two schoolchildren at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis.

Walz, who will leave the governor’s office next year, has thrown his ...Read more

WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump prepares to deliver his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night, the event will unfold against the backdrop of a widening Democratic protest and mounting resistance from lawmakers who are standing by to balk at the president’s remarks.

More than 30 congressional Democrats have pledged to ...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — A key figure in the shootout that left more than a dozen people injured on Juneteenth in 2024 is expected to be released on parole this week, after his attorney argued that the man fired in self-defense during one of Oakland’s largest mass shootings.

JaJuan Kelly, 25, was sentenced Thursday after accepting a plea deal that...Read more

Three members of Nevada’s congressional delegation confirmed Monday that they will be attending President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday, while a congresswoman said she was boycotting it.

Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto and their Democratic colleague, Rep. Susie Lee, were slated to show up to the joint-...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Six vessels suspected of maritime smuggling and transporting a total of 82 migrants were intercepted in separate incidents over the weekend, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Tuesday.

Five vessels were intercepted within a 90-minute span south of San Clemente Island on Saturday, officials said. A sixth vessel was interdicted near ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — Fresno State’s student government body rejected a proposal last week that would have provided students with a free digital subscription to the New York Times after some student officials questioned the paper’s news coverage.

Associated Students Inc., or ASI, considered a proposal at its Feb. 18 meeting that would have ...Read more

California and 14 other states are suing the federal government to reverse a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that reduced the number of diseases children should be inoculated against from 17 to 11, calling it a departure from standard medical advice that ignored federal laws.

In January, the Department of Health...Read more

BOSTON — Boston Mayor Michelle Wu used nearly a third of the city’s $2.2 million participatory budget to beef up protections for illegal immigrants.

A city councilor meanwhile is calling on the mayor to explain whether federal immigration detainer requests ignored by the city included criminal cases.

The winning participatory budgeting ...Read more

A whistleblower told Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee that FBI agents had to drive through a winter storm overnight from Quantico, Virginia, to Providence, Rhode Island, to process evidence at a mass shooting scene because Director Kash Patel’s personal travel had left the bureau without an available plane.

That disclosure is among...Read more

WASHINGTON — While most presidential support votes are straightforward, determining a president’s views on legislation can occasionally be fraught, especially when the president is Donald Trump.

Each year, CQ Roll Call assigns a presidential position to votes based on whether the president expressed a clear stance before members of Congress...Read more

CHICAGO — After spending more than a decade in prison overseas, the former boyfriend of Heather Mack is set to appear in a Chicago courtroom on Thursday on conspiracy charges stemming from the infamous 2014 murder of Mack’s mother at a Bali resort.

Tommy Schaefer was released from prison in Indonesia last week and is scheduled to appear at ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice appears to have withheld from disclosure files on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein related to a claim that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, a top Democratic lawmaker said Tuesday.

“Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this...Read more

SEATTLE — A sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a 32-year-old man suspected of stabbing and killing four people Tuesday on the Key Peninsula, according to authorities.

A caller reported around 8:45 a.m. that a man was violating a no-contact order, according to a joint statement by the Pierce County sheriff’s office and Key Peninsula Fire. ...Read more