Thailand has suspended a peace process with Cambodia that was a condition for tariff negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump, after Thai soldiers were injured in a land-mine blast near the border.

The suspension will remain in place until the Thai armed forces deem “hostilities” have ceased, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told ...Read more

It's no secret that Pennsylvania's two most powerful Democrats do not get along.

Sen. John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro are stylistic opposites who have butted heads over the years. Now Fetterman, in his newly released memoir, Unfettered, is recounting his version of why that is.

By Fetterman's telling, it stems from their time serving ...Read more

Days after Donald Trump’s party lost several key election contests that centered on cost-of-living concerns, the president floated the prospect of a 50-year mortgage to help voters tackle one of their top concerns: housing affordability.

“All it means is you pay less per month,” Trump said in an interview that aired on Monday.

Yet the ...Read more

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s top legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro have agreed to a $50.1 billion state budget deal behind closed doors, according to two sources close to negotiations, signaling a breakthrough in a prolonged budget impasse that has stretched more than four months and stalled state funding to schools and counties.

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As Gov. Gavin Newsom’s climate trip in Brazil continues, reports emerged that the Trump administration plans to allow oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time since the 1980s.

Newsom called the plan “dead on arrival” and denounced the administration’s consistent pursuit of fossil fuels, saying “the polluted ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Information, like water, is in short supply in the Colorado River Basin as seven states blew past the Trump administration’s deadline for an agreement.

Tuesday was Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s major deadline for the states to submit a framework for a consensus-based deal to update the river’s operating guidelines that ...Read more

Washington is moving ahead on distributing full food benefits for November, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced Monday night.

That means people in Washington who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can expect to get normal payments this month.

According to the governor, the state has delivered close to $115 million in benefits...Read more

The ongoing saga around federal nutrition aid is yet another moment that highlights how food insecurity can lead to long-term health consequences, according to Seattle-area dietitians.

The future of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which feeds roughly 42 million Americans, remained uncertain Monday, as the longest government ...Read more

State and local law enforcement agencies in Minnesota are moving forward with an independent review of their response to the targeted shootings of two DFL state lawmakers at their homes in June.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Tuesday that an “after-action review” by the International Association of Chiefs of Police will ...Read more

The August 2023 raid on a small-town Kansas newspaper and its owner’s home drew national headlines and was roundly criticized as an attack on press freedom.

Now, rural Marion County is paying for the role it played in signing off on the raids, which followed a local restaurateur’s complaints about journalists investigating her.

On Monday, ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments in a Mississippi case that could have a major effect on Illinois’ efforts to promote voting by mail, as the high court is expected to decide whether such ballots, cast and postmarked on or before Election Day in a general election, can be counted afterward.

The combined suit — brought by ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Aides to President Donald Trump have spent the days following Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City mayoral race reviewing federal funds that benefit the city to potentially suspend or cancel, a White House official said Tuesday, highlighting the threat of retribution over the democratic socialist’s win.

The ...Read more

BALTIMORE — As Veterans Day commemoration events occurred across Baltimore, over a dozen veterans gathered Tuesday morning to condemn President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy the National Guard to the city and how ICE has been enacting the president’s immigration agenda.

Local grassroots organizations, The Baltimore Rapid Response Network...Read more

Passengers traveling through Philadelphia International Airport over the weekend may have been exposed to a case of the measles, city health officials warned Tuesday.

Travelers and anyone else who was at the airport’s terminals A and B between 8:50 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sunday may have been exposed to the highly contagious disease, according to a ...Read more

Months of closed-door negotiations have produced at least a tentative agreement surrounding a long-overdue 2025-26 state budget, and there were indications Tuesday that votes on budget bills might take place this week.

The state House, which previously had not been scheduled to return until Monday, was scheduled to go into voting session on ...Read more

Michael Duarte, the influencer and chef known for his love of all things barbecue, died in a “horrible incident” while traveling with his family in Texas, his friends and agent confirmed Tuesday.

The self-taught grill master, who posted about his craft under the Instagram handle Food with Bear Hands, died on Saturday, “just three short ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration reportedly has plans to open the waters off California’s coast to new oil and gas drilling for the first time in four decades, drawing swift condemnation from Gov. Gavin Newsom, lawmakers and environmental groups who say it would be disastrous for the state’s environment, economy and clean energy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court extended a pause on $4 billion in food aid, likely ensuring that millions of low-income families won’t get assistance until Congress reopens the government and provides full benefits.

Siding with President Donald Trump’s administration, the justices said they will maintain a block on lower court rulings...Read more

The Trump administration vowed Tuesday to investigate security protocols at both UC Berkeley and the city of Berkeley after angry clashes among protesters and attendees at an event hosted by Turning Point USA, the organization founded by assassinated conservative youth activist Charlie Kirk.

Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said ...Read more