WASHINGTON — Republicans and the Trump administration are set to urge the Supreme Court during oral arguments Tuesday to continue its long-term trend of overturning campaign finance limits.

The challenge, from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, as well as Vice President JD Vance from when he was a senator, and former Rep. Steve ...Read more

NEW YORK — Police debated whether they needed a warrant to continue searching Luigi Mangione’s backpack after they arrested him and found a gun magazine wrapped in his underwear in the bag, an officer testified Monday.

The testimony came at a court hearing to determine whether police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, improperly questioned Mangione ...Read more

Judi Dench feels that convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has already “served his time” for rape and sexual assault.

Dench discussed the disgraced producer in a recent interview, suggesting that Weinstein may now be at a point where "forgiveness" could be considered, after his conviction for sex crimes.

“I saw a bit of film of Harvey ...Read more

DENVER — The latest attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to secure release from a state prison fizzled out in federal court Monday.

Chief Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak of the U.S. District Court of Colorado said he lacked the authority to release the former elected official while she attempts to appeal her 2024 state conviction ...Read more

ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. — Rebecca “Becky” Hill, whose career as Colleton County clerk of court began in obscurity, rose to stardom and finished in disgrace, capped a bizarre subplot in the Alex Murdaugh murder saga Monday by pleading guilty to state charges of misconduct, perjury and obstruction of justice.

In a brief 35-minute hearing, Hill �...Read more

DENVER — The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the conditions inside Colorado’s prisons and juvenile detention facilities, the federal agency announced Monday.

The probe will examine “policies and practices” within the Colorado Department of Corrections and Division of Youth Services “to ensure that DOC ...Read more

Augsburg University’s president condemned the detention of a student by federal immigration agents on campus Saturday afternoon, calling the encounter a violation of the university’s private property and its values.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in an unmarked vehicle followed a student into a parking lot on Augsburg’s ...Read more

The growing Republican field of candidates running for governor will appear on a stage for the first time together Monday evening, offering a preview of early attack lines and who might be rising to the top of the pack.

The debate, hosted by Southwest Minnesota State University College Republicans, will feature nine candidates, including House ...Read more

The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections, according to people familiar with the matter.

Makary and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have told lawmakers and ...Read more

BOSTON — A member of President Donald Trump’s Catholic Advisory Council during his 2016 presidential campaign is joining the choir of those speaking out against a controversial sign placed at the Nativity scene of a Dedham church that reads “ICE was here.”

Patrick Walsh, of Quincy, was one of 34 people selected by Trump to join the ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s executive order directing government agencies to halt approving new wind energy projects was ruled illegal by a federal judge.

The ruling Monday sided with more than a dozen states and a New York clean energy group that had challenged the executive order that essentially froze U.S. approvals of wind energy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The compromise House-Senate fiscal 2026 national defense authorization bill includes requirements and restrictions for military training flights operating in Washington airspace, but stops short of mandating National Transportation Safety Board recommendations included in a bipartisan Senate measure.

The legislation is a response...Read more

NORFOLK, Va. — The Masjid Ash-Shura mosque on Colley Avenue in Norfolk was vandalized between Sunday night and Monday morning with a series of black crosses spray-painted along the side of the building, but a group of volunteers quickly came together to help clean it off.

Police are in possession of a video that shows one man, at some point ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Young men are set to be automatically registered for the draft under the compromise version of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act unveiled Sunday night.

The automatic draft registration provision was one of several measures included in the bill that broadly aim to make it easier for the military to find young ...Read more

“60 Minutes” is back in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs.

Trump went after the prestigious CBS News program following an interview Sunday with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., his once ardent ally who is leaving Congress in January.

Correspondent Lesley Stahl had a brutally candid sit-down with Greene, who went into detail on her ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservatives sounded ready on Monday to overrule Congress and give President Donald Trump more power to fire officials at independent agencies and commissions.

The justices heard arguments on whether Trump could fire Rebecca Slaughter, one of two Democratic appointees on the five-member Federal Trade ...Read more

About 400,000 Californians could find it difficult to afford health coverage from their Obamacare plans next month as subsidies expire and premiums skyrocket.

And chances are shaky Congress will provide much help before Jan. 1, even as an unpredictable election year looms.

Lawmakers are scheduled to be in session this week and next before ...Read more

DENVER — Metro Denver residents with disabilities gathered outside the federal courthouse Monday after asking a judge to block the Regional Transportation District’s restructuring of its Access-on-Demand service, which has provided free rides using commercial services such as Uber and Lyft.

Their lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, seeks...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump pressured farm-equipment manufacturers to drop prices for tractors as he announced $12 billion in farmer relief, his latest efforts to address Americans’ concerns about shaky economic conditions under his leadership.

Trump said Monday that his administration would give companies such as Deere & Co. ...Read more