A person drops off their vote-by-mail ballot at a dropbox in Portland, Ore., on May 21, 2024. Jenny Kane / AP Photo, File Oregon has updated its online voter registration system to allow residents to register without an Oregon driver’s license or state identification card, a change state officials say will expand access while preserving
Washington — The United States imposed sanctions on four companies and associated oil tankers that it says have ties to Venezuela, in the latest escalation against the South American nation. The Treasury Department said in a statement Wednesday that the latest wave of sanctions targets oil traders and vessels it says are helping prop
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on Dec. 11, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration cannot end deportation protections for thousands of nationals from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. The Department
A Minneapolis day care says that vandals damaged the facility early this week and took information about employees and children from their records, after a YouTube video purporting to expose fraud among day cares in the Twin Cities metro area went viral. Officials with the Nokomis Daycare Center in Minneapolis claim that vandals broke in
Seattle and San Francisco scale back harm reduction policies distributing drug supplies, signaling a shift in how West Coast cities combat the drug crisis.
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith (C) leaves for a break while testifying during a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington on Dec. 17, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released its transcript with former special counsel Jack Smith regarding his two cases against President Donald Trump as well
Federal immigration agents arrest a man in the parking lot of an H-Mart grocery store, in Niles, Ill., on Oct. 31, 2025. Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images The head of Border Patrol’s operations in Chicago has said that agents will remain there “for years” as federal officials continue to target illegal immigrants in the city. “If