FTA Threatens to Cut Funds to Chicago Transit Authority After Woman Set on Fire

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A man who federal authorities identified as Lawrence Reed holds a flaming bottle and approaches a passenger on a Chicago Blue Line train on Nov. 17, 2025, in a still from video. Chicago Transit Authority/U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois via AP The Federal Transit Authority has threatened to withdraw funding for Chicago’s public

Democrats’ path to power may come through hundreds of races far from Washington

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Much of national Democrats’ attention in next year’s midterms is centered on working to flip control of the U.S. House and win consequential races for governor. But some in the party have zeroed in on less talked-about elections, in presidential battlegrounds and ruby-red states around the country, that could prove less costly and have a

What to Know About Trump’s Plan to Prevent States From Regulating AI

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President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week that aims to preempt states from establishing their own regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) companies in favor of a single federal “rulebook” on the rapidly growing technology, even as major figures in his own party have called for leaving that power to all 50 states.