JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public testimony against the proposal.

Roughly an hour later, Republicans also advanced a plan that would weaken the state’s process for direct democracy.

Both measures are poised to head to the ...Read more

Los Angeles police Metropolitan Division officers, meant to be working crime-suppression assignments in hard-hit areas of the city, are instead providing security for former Vice President Kamala Harris, sources told The Times.

The department is "assisting the California Highway Patrol in providing protective services for former Vice President...Read more

Prosecution costs in the Karen Read trials cost taxpayers about $1.5 million and ended with only a conviction for drunken driving.

That figure comes from the second installment of Norfolk County District Attorney records obtained by the Herald by a records request.

The Herald previously reported that special prosecutor Hank Brennan, who led ...Read more

The Idaho State Police’s agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement gives troopers broad powers, but its director, Col. Bill Gardiner, said the agency doesn’t plan to use most of its authority.

The state police signed what’s known as a 287(g) agreement with ICE in June, under the expansive Task Force Model, which has drawn racial ...Read more

MIAMI — An appeals court on Thursday set aside a federal judge’s order that had forced Florida’s state government to slowly shut down Alligator Alcatraz and blocked the Trump administration from sending new detainees to the Everglades detention camp.

The split decision by a three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals paused...Read more

WASHINGTON — Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple Inc.’s Tim Cook joined tech industry leaders in touting their pledges to boost spending in the U.S. on artificial intelligence during a dinner hosted by President Donald Trump that highlighted his deepening relationship with Silicon Valley.

In his opening remarks, Trump ...Read more

Indiana bankruptcy lawyer Mark Steven Zuckerberg is suing Meta for repeatedly suspending his work-related Facebook account because the social media company apparently believes he’s impersonating company founder Mark Elliot Zuckerberg.

“It’s not funny,” he told Indianapolis station WTHR. “Not when they take my money. This really pissed...Read more

CHICAGO — Northwestern University President Michael Schill announced Thursday that he will resign, concluding a three-year tenure marked by five months of an unprecedented $790 million federal funding freeze.

The school never received formal notification of the abrupt pause, which came amid several federal investigations into allegations of ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors on Thursday sued Southern California Edison over its alleged role in the deadly Eaton fire, a blaze that killed 19 people and destroyed more than 9,000 homes and other structures in Altadena and the surrounding area.

In a civil complaint, prosecutors allege that the Eaton fire ignited “from faulty power ...Read more

WASHINGTON — It’s been almost a month since President Donald Trump federalized the police force in Washington, D.C., and deployed the National Guard and other agents to its streets. With tension building and more power struggles ahead, local leaders are heading to Capitol Hill to make their case.

But it won’t be easy. As House Republicans...Read more

Ron DeSantis’ potential Republican gubernatorial successors seem to be on board with his administration’s plan to end all Florida vaccination requirements.

In statements Thursday, Republican former speaker of the state House Paul Renner and U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, the leading Republicans in the 2026 governor’s race, backed the state’s ...Read more

Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers is calling on Detroit's mayor to ask President Donald Trump for federal help to "Make Detroit Safe Again,"though the city's violent crime rate has declined in recent years.

Rogers, a former FBI agent and former chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence panel, said in a Thursday statement that Detroit ...Read more

The Connecticut Legislature’s two top Republican leaders endorsed Sen. Ryan Fazio on Thursday as party members are choosing sides in the competitive battle for governor.

Fazio, 35, is running against New Britain mayor Erin Stewart, a six-term incumbent who has gained name recognition after running in 2018 for governor and then lieutenant ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s Health secretary and a longtime vaccine skeptic, struck a defiant tone Thursday as he faced bipartisan criticism over changes he has made to reorganize federal health agencies and vaccine policies, telling senators that he is determined to “eliminate politics from science.”

In the testy ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department opened a criminal investigation into whether Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud — ratcheting up pressure in President Donald Trump’s bid to oust her from the central bank.

Federal prosecutors have issued subpoenas seeking information related to allegations that Cook ...Read more

NEW YORK — The first day of classes for 900,000 New York City students on Thursday means a statewide ban on cellphones in schools is officially in effect.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the law last spring prohibiting the devices from the morning until the final bell, with limited exceptions. The new policy is part of a larger effort to promote ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA must reverse all cuts to services immediately, a Philadelphia judge ruled Thursday.

Judge Sierra Thomas Street ordered SEPTA to “immediately reverse all service cuts,” which began last month as the transit agency faces a significant financial shortfall and the state budget has not yet allocated funds amid a monthslong...Read more