North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and a coalition of fellow Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday accused the Trump administration of ignoring a court order requiring it to restore a federal disaster preparedness program.

They called on the court to enforce an order from December requiring the Federal Emergency Management Agency to...Read more

After the federal and state observance of Presidents Day delayed the start of the Colorado legislature’s week, a pair of Democrat-backed gun control bills are set to pass through key steps in the process this week.

The first scheduled to be heard is Senate Bill 43, a measure that would restrict the sale of gun barrels to in-person ...Read more

Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday named Larimer County Chief Judge Susan Blanco as the newest Colorado Supreme Court justice.

The appointment fills an empty spot on the seven-member court left by the departure of Justice Melissa Hart, who retired Jan. 5 after taking a months-long personal leave that began in late October.

Blanco, chief judge of ...Read more

Government officials are warning customers to check their meat after they found contaminated beef from an Idaho meat processing facility.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Feb. 11 that CS Beef Packers, located on South Cole Road in Kuna, was recalling nearly 23,000 pounds of raw ground beef ...Read more

The U.S. Air Force said it intends to complete by the end of the year a restructuring plan for the new Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system from Northrop Grumman Corp., after the projected $141 billion program was plagued by skyrocketing costs and fielding delays.

“Leveraging considerable progress over the last 12-18 months, ...Read more

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is coming to Kentucky.

According to a press release from the Kentucky House Republican Caucus, DeSantis will join House Appropriations & Revenue Chair Jason Petrie, R-Elkton, Wednesday morning at a meeting of the House Standing Committee on State Government and House Standing Committee on Elections, Constitutional ...Read more

Police identified the two victims killed at an ice rink in Pawtucket, R.I., Monday as the ex-wife and adult son of the shooter, as divorce records shed light on the father’s past.

Rhonda Dorgan was pronounced dead at the scene and her son Aidan succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital, Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves said at a ...Read more

An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Columbia University graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi, a pro-Palestinian activist detained last year at his U.S. citizenship test, his attorneys wrote in court documents filed Tuesday.

Mahdawi, a lawful permanent resident, was arrested last April after his naturalization ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday gave Gov. Kathy Hochul an ultimatum, saying that if the governor doesn’t raise taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and corporations, despite her continued resistance to the idea, he’d be forced to implement a steep property tax hike.

That proposed 9.5% hike, which Mamdani framed as the city’s ...Read more

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has been on-board with federal immigration tactics. In June, he signed an agreement to allow Idaho State Police to transport undocumented people convicted of certain crimes into federal custody. After an October immigration raid at a horse-racing track in Wilder, he expressed support.

“Illegal gambling operations ...Read more

Shortly after signing legislation into law that prohibits agreements between local police and correctional officers and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Gov. Wes Moore issued three directives clarifying that state and local agencies may still cooperate with federal authorities on criminal matters and immigration detainers.

In...Read more

MIAMI — A bill to rename Palm Beach International airport President Donald J. Trump International Airport passed the Florida House and advanced in a Florida Senate committee on Tuesday — just four days after a private company linked to the Trump family trademarked the proposed name.

A company managed by the Trump organization called DTTM ...Read more

MARACAIBO, Venezuela — Venezuela’s recent overhaul of its decades-old hydrocarbons laws could help revive oil production and improve transparency, though key legal and structural risks remain, economists and industry advisers say.

The modification of the 2001 Hydrocarbons Law — enacted under late President Hugo Chávez — represents “a...Read more

The Trump administration plans to appeal a federal judge’s order requiring that the National Park Service restore all the slavery-related exhibits it abruptly removed last month from the President’s House Site in Center City.

The Department of the Interior and the National Park Service said in a statement Tuesday that the agencies “...Read more

DETROIT — As southeast Michigan's Muslim community prepares to fast and pray during the holy month of Ramadan, they're also being warned.

Reports of increased enforcement and detainments by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that have led to bloodshed in Minnesota have some Muslims in Michigan concerned about gathering with...Read more

On April 9, 1940, Nazi tanks stormed into Denmark. A month later, they blitzed into Belgium, Holland and France. As Americans grew increasingly rattled by the spreading threat, a surprising place became crucial to U.S. national security: the vast, ice-capped island of Greenland.

The island, a colony of Denmark’s at the time, was ...Read more

For anyone who relies on coffee to start their day, coffee wilt disease may be the most important disease you’ve never heard of. This fungal disease has repeatedly reshaped the global coffee supply over the past century, with consequences that reach from African farms to cafe counters worldwide.

Infection with the fungus Fusarium ...Read more

The Florida House unanimously passed a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would shed more light on state conservation decisions after a series of recent public lands controversies gave little room for public input.

The measure, House Bill 441, would require a month’s notice when the state considers selling or trading conservation land. The bill ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday proposed a new set of cargo taxes on goods entering the United States as part of a sweeping plan to revitalize domestic commercial shipbuilding capacity and port infrastructure.

To help fund shipyard improvements, the administration wants to impose a new fee on all foreign-built commercial ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran made progress in nuclear talks in Geneva on Tuesday, with Tehran’s negotiators scheduled to return with a new proposal in two weeks, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, a cautiously upbeat assessment that suggests the chances of an imminent military clash are low.

The official, who asked not to be named, said Iran would return...Read more