Man Held in Hawaii for 2 Years Over Mistaken Identity Gets $975,000 Settlement
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:47:42 +0000 After spending over two years in a psychiatric hospital, Joshua Spriestersbach, 54, should no longer face the risk of being rearrested or jailed for the crimes of the person he was mistaken for.: House Ethics Panel Holds Rare Public Hearing on Democrat’s Conduct
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:19:50 +0000 Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida is charged with stealing $5 million in FEMA money for her campaign.: Kennedy’s Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:30:37 +0000 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine skepticism is posing challenges for the Trump administration. Top health jobs are unfilled, and a court has blocked his vaccine schedule changes.: Trump Says He Will Sign Order to Pay T.S.A. Agents as Travel Frustrations Grow
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:37:09 +0000 President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents, with an intensifying crisis at airports ahead of a busy travel weekend.: D.H.S. Funding Lapse Leads to Longest Partial Shutdown in History
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 23:04:45 +0000 If the shutdown continues after this weekend, it will be longer than any previous shutdown, partial or full.: California Renames Cesar Chavez Holiday After Sex Abuse Revelations
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:26:34 +0000 Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to rename Cesar Chavez Day as “Farmworkers Day,” moving quickly before the March 31 holiday.: Sheriff in California Seizes More Ballots, Ignoring State Attorney General
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:27:55 +0000 Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff and a Republican running for governor, is examining votes from 2025 after unsubstantiated claims of fraud.: Trump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid as Funding Deal Stalls
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:41:04 +0000 President Trump’s announcement came as talks on Capitol Hill over funding the Department of Homeland Security faltered, and airport lines continued to grow.: Trump’s Signature Is Set to Be Added to America’s Currency
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:14:03 +0000 President Trump is poised to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on the U.S. dollar.: G.O.P. Senator Weighs Forcing Congress to Vote to Authorize the Iran War
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:42:07 +0000 Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is drafting a formal authorization for the use of military force in Iran, seeking to put some parameters around the operation as the Trump administration has boxed out Congress.: Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump’s Freestyle Diplomacy
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:44:42 +0000 A jumble of emissaries — a friend, a family member, a dove and a hawk — on the Iran crisis reflects President Trump’s improvisational approach.: Stench of 20 Tons of Spilled Tofu Hits Missouri Town ‘Like a Brick Wall’
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 21:08:40 +0000 A truck careened into a ravine in Jerome, Mo., leaving the tofu to stew for weeks. “It was worse than a landfill on a hot July day,” said the general manager of a towing company.: What’s on Trump’s Mind During a Cabinet Meeting? Sharpies, Iran and Inflation.
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:11:46 +0000 President Trump waxed on about the virtues of the pen, calling it more economical and a better instrument than the fancier writing tools preferred by his predecessors.: Trump Defends His Use of Mail-In Voting: ‘Because I’m President’
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:28:15 +0000 President Trump wants to restrict voting by mail, which he says amounts to “cheating.” But he defended his own use of the practice in a special election this week.: Trump Officials Investigate Stanford, Ohio State and U.C. San Diego Medical Schools
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:23:59 +0000 The Justice Department’s demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, reveal an expansion of its higher-education pressure campaign.: Trump Eyes White House Treaty Room for Latest Renovation Project
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:20:13 +0000 President Trump is making new plans in one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House.: Lawmakers Press to Limit Prediction Bets by Policymakers
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:48:57 +0000 New bills aim to crack down on prediction-market bets by the president and members of Congress.: Roman Catholic Churches See a Surge of New Converts
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:24:33 +0000 Bishops are trying to understand what’s behind the wave. People joining the church described their reasons as highly personal.: Four Problems for Trump in Birthright Citizenship Case
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:01:46 +0000 The president must confront a 1952 federal law, the possibility that millions will lose their citizenships, stateless foundlings and a fluid future.: After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:48:27 +0000 Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, used the Board of Peace to announce an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in negotiating peace talks with Iran.: South Dakota Governor Signs Bill Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:34:54 +0000 The law, which mirrors national Republican priorities, requires newly registered voters to show that they are U.S. citizens in order to cast a ballot in state or local races.: U.S. Military Kills 4 People in Boat Strike in Caribbean
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:10:15 +0000 At least 163 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s campaign against suspected drug smuggling.: Savannah Guthrie Says 2 Ransom Notes About Her Mother Were Likely Genuine
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:36:51 +0000 Her interview on the “Today” show came more than 50 days after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was taken from her home near Tucson, Ariz.: Colleges Pressed to Remove Names of Epstein’s Friends From Buildings
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:57:55 +0000 Students and others are asking universities, including Harvard and Ohio State, to take down the names of high-profile donors with connections to Jeffrey Epstein. They have not done so yet.: Some Judges See Risks in Fiery Opinions Warning of Threats to Democracy
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:23:34 +0000 Federal judges are weighing strategies for how to respond to the high stakes, anonymous threats and politicized atmosphere of the Trump era.: In California’s Central Valley, Latino Voters Are Up for Grabs in 2026’s Elections
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:25:43 +0000 As in other Hispanic areas of the country, voters shifted toward Republicans in 2024. But now the question is whether this was a blip more than a durable trend.: Immigration Slowdown Hits Every Metro Area in the U.S., Census Shows
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 04:01:06 +0000 Large urban counties and the border were the most affected. And in three-quarters of U.S. counties, population growth either slowed or turned negative.: Trump Calls for Law Cracking Down on Crime and ‘Rogue Judges’
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:49:53 +0000 Ahead of the midterms, President Trump told a Republican gathering that he wants to go after repeat offenders and “rogue judges that are criminals.”