A federal appeals court has denied a challenge to Minnesota’s protections for transgender student athletes, keeping the state’s current inclusive sports policy in place as a legal challenge continues.RE...

WASHINGTON -- In a rare bipartisan moment, the House passed legislation Thursday that would extend temporary protections for Haitian immigrants, a long-shot effort fighting back against President Donald Trump's attempts to end the program.The bill, pushed forward by House Democrats with a group o...

FILE – Former CIA Director John Brennan testifies at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on possible Russian interference in the 2016 election, in Washington, May 23, 2017. U.S. installs a Donald Trump loyalist to lead “grand conspiracy” case into Trump foes; a former lawyer for Trump’...

Fishing boats line the harbor in Metlakatla, a Tsimshian village south of Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska. (Jack Darrell/KRBD)This story was produced as part of the Pulitzer Center’s StoryReach U.S. Fellowship.

More than 7 million student loan borrowers who have been enrolled in a Biden-era repayment plan will receive notices beginning Friday with instructions to seek a new plan to repay their debt, the Education Department said.Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan, which was struck down by a federal cou...

On March 24, 2026, a jury awarded the State of New Mexico $375 million in its case against Meta over allegations that the company misled users and failed to adequately protect children from harm. The next day, a Los Angeles jury found Meta (Instagram) and Google (YouTube) liable for harm to a you...

By TIM SULLIVANThe Afghan man had fled the Taliban for refuge in upstate New York when U.S. immigration authorities ordered him deported to Uganda. The Cuban woman was working at a Texas Chick-fil-A when she was arrested after a minor traffic accident and told she was being sent to Ecuador.There?...

The killing of one of the hemisphere’s most feared drug traffickers has delivered Donald Trump the kind of cross-border victory he has demanded for months. Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes — the 59-year-old leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel — was fatally wounded Sunday d...

The upcoming Supreme Court term will test presidential powers, voting rights, and transgender participation in sports, with major cases involving tariffs, birthright citizenship, redistricting, campaign finance, and LGBTQ rights. The court's conservative majority is poised to make significant rulings, potentially leading to highly polarized outcomes, while Justice Alito's potential retirement could pave the way for a younger conservative justice.