Hawaii creates a $3 million program helping dementia patients, families, and caregivers navigate care as cases are expected to double in 25 years.

Vance announces the birth of his fourth child, Alec Neel, the first baby born to a sitting vice president's family since 1870.

Missouri Senator Hawley says former majority leader McConnell owes voters an explanation for a month-long absence as Republicans hold a slim Senate majority.

FBI tells agents it will stop investigating ICE confrontations, leaving ICE to police itself, despite official denials, the New York Times reports.

Trump says his Qatari-gifted Air Force One needs a month of upgrades after flying it without full anti-missile defenses during the Iran war.

FDA admits the lettuce sample it flagged for cyclospora was a false positive, but the Taylor Farms recall stands as cases near 7,000.

U.S. bombs Iran for a ninth straight night as a soldier's death in Iraq raises the American toll to 17 since the war began.

Milwaukee's city attorney defies a DOJ ultimatum, vowing to prosecute masked federal agents under the city's law enforcement identification ordinance.

Greensboro, North Carolina commits $1.6 million in rental assistance to keep up to 80 low-income households stably housed for as long as two years.

More than 1,000 Mainers march to Sen. Collins' office after ICE agents killed a Biddeford father DHS admits was not their target.

Justice Department activates a secret 1996 terrorist deportation court for the first time, filing a sealed, classified case its own judge called insufficiently thought through.

Space Force swears in 18 Air Force Reservists as the military's first part-time troops able to shift between duty statuses under one command.

Taylor Farms' 27-state recall notice hides which brands carry cyclospora-linked lettuce behind internal abbreviations as the outbreak nears 7,000 cases.

U.S. targets Revolutionary Guard units in an eighth straight night of strikes after an Iranian attack on a Jordan base kills two American soldiers.

Venice protesters clash with riot police over U.S. Ambassador Fertitta touring 13 Italian regions on his 117-meter superyacht as 250th anniversary diplomacy.

New York Mayor Mamdani reviews whether the city can arrest Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on his ICC war crimes warrant during a September UN visit.

Citizens Bank ends lending to ICE detention contractors GEO Group and CoreCivic after months of protests and $300 million in withdrawals.

Charlotte creates a registry letting residents certify pollinator gardens as natural habitats, exempting them from code violation citations.

Good Trouble Lives On rallies open three days of voter registration and civil rights events at hundreds of locations honoring John Lewis.

Trump endorses Darline Graham for a full Senate term three days after she was sworn in to her late brother Lindsey Graham's seat.

Full federal appeals court strikes down New Jersey's 36-year-old assault weapons ban and magazine limits, splitting with every other circuit.

Federal judge rules the administration illegally used an OMB budget clause to cancel billions in grants Congress already approved for states.

Trump-endorsed Minnesota governor candidate Mike Lindell holds an active Texas voter registration and none in the state he wants to lead.

DHS Secretary Mullin threatens state election officials with prison unless they screen voter rolls through a database a federal judge has blocked.

Taylor Farms pulls all iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico a day after FDA linked its Taco Bell supply to the cyclosporiasis outbreak.

Seven American Ebola aid workers become the first people quarantined at a Kenya facility a court ordered halted, barred from reentering the U.S. for three weeks.

U.S. completes a seventh straight night of strikes on Iran as Iranian attacks on Jordanian bases injure American service members.

Trump threatens new tariffs on Canada over wildfire smoke five months after the Supreme Court ruled he lacks unilateral tariff authority.

Treasury forces out its top tax official after he warned a White House request would break the law barring presidents from directing IRS audits.

New Jersey job-protected leave expands today to part-time workers, new employees, and small business staff previously excluded from coverage.

Trump's teleprompter operator faces a federal probe for allegedly winning nearly $100,000 betting on which words the president would say in speeches.

Trump's media company will sell Wall Street firms high-speed access to his Truth Social posts, letting traders profit from presidential announcements before markets react.

Plainclothes ICE agents abandon a 57-year-old Vietnamese man half-handcuffed on the Las Vegas airport floor after a bystander starts filming.

ICE arrests an Alaska state government attorney and ships him to Washington state detention, declining to say how he violated his admission terms.

Family and court records show the ICE officer who killed a Colombian man in Maine has a history of violent threats and abuse allegations.

DHS lets immigration officers weigh food, housing, and health benefit use against green card applicants, reversing a 2022 rule limiting reviews to cash welfare.

Louisville jury orders ghost gun sellers to pay $104 million to the mother of a teen who killed himself with a kit shipped without a background check.

Federal judge scolds Justice Department lawyers for citing an apparently AI-fabricated case while opposing an ICE detainee's release petition.

Trump demands ABC and NBC lose their broadcast licenses for declining to air his election address live, while merger-seeking CBS carried it.

Appeals court lets the Pentagon keep requiring government escorts for journalists, overturning a judge who found the restrictions defied his prior order.

Trump orders voter roll purges and criminal probes of intelligence officials in a primetime address airing debunked election claims four months before midterms.

Epstein survivor Annie Farmer calls Blanche abrasive and condescending after the meeting a GOP senator required before voting on his confirmation as attorney general.

FDA investigates iceberg lettuce Taylor Farms supplied to Taco Bell as the cyclospora outbreak grows to nearly 7,000 suspected cases in 34 states.

FDA approves Merck's Lipfendra, the first cholesterol-lowering pill in a drug class dominated by injections, cutting LDL nearly 60% in trials.

U.S. strikes hit Iranian bridges, an airport, and a rail station on a sixth straight night after Trump said infrastructure attacks would come next week.

Canadian wildfire smoke drives hazardous air through Saturday for 120 million Americans from Minneapolis to the mid-Atlantic as nearly 900 fires burn.

Federal judge dismisses DOJ's demand for New Mexico voter rolls with Social Security numbers, one of 14 such lawsuits yet to yield any data.

Bloomington, Indiana offers neighborhood groups up to $1,000 for resident-led climate projects like community gardens, composting, and solar on shared buildings.

Trump suggests images of the Iranian girls' school strike that killed 120 children may be AI-generated, months after Pentagon investigators identified a U.S. Tomahawk.

Senate hearings for Trump's attorney general and spy chief nominees turn contentious in one day, spanning the weaponization fund, Epstein redactions, and 2020 election denial.