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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide that ​would direct his administration to create a list of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote in ⁠each state.

A federal judge issued an order to halt President Donald Trump's plan to build a $400 million White House ​ballroom at the site of the since-demolished East Wing, saying no work can proceed "absent ⁠express authorization from Congress."

The U.S. Army has suspended the aircrew of two Apache attack helicopters that flew near the house of singer Kid Rock, seemingly in support of the vocal backer of U.S. President ​Donald Trump, a U.S. official said on Tuesday. 

A federal judge in Washington struck down part of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting funding for NPR and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on Tuesday, ruling that it was unconstitutional retaliation that violated their press freedom rights under the First Amendment.

DETROIT — An Albanian drug kingpin who designed a cocaine-smuggling submarine with a Grosse Pointe Park CEO was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Tuesday following a sprawling federal case stretching from South America to Metro Detroit and Europe. Ylli Didani, 48, was sentenced 10 months after a federal jury in Detroit convicted him of three charges, including money laundering and two ...

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state laws forbidding “conversion therapy” for minors violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors.

After a brief break, severe weather is returning to the forecast as April begins – mainly across the central United States, with severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, and flooding downpours all possible.

BOSTON – A federal judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to reverse the termination of the legal status of thousands of migrants who had been allowed to temporarily live in the United States after using an appointment ​app utilized by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration.

DETROIT — The attack on the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township earlier this month was a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism in which the assailant "was motivated and inspired by Hezbollah's militant ideology," FBI Special Agent in Charge Jennifer Runyan said in a Monday briefing. In the days leading up to the March 12 attack, Ayman Ghazali of Dearborn Heights searched terms ...

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California immigration detention center faces renewed scrutiny after federal officials confirmed the death of a detainee last week, marking the fourth fatality since September and contributing to what is becoming one of the deadliest years on record in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano, who was being held at the Adelanto ICE ...

The Army is investigating why an Apache attack helicopter conducting a training flight hovered outside the Tennessee home of musician Kid Rock and near protesters at No Kings rallies in the state, officials said Monday.

A 15-year-old student shot a teacher on a high school campus near San Antonio before fatally shooting himself, authorities say.

The chief judge on Delaware's corporate court said she will reassign three cases involving Elon Musk to avoid unnecessary media attention after the billionaire entrepreneur complained that her activity on social media had shown bias against him.

Restrooms are notoriously difficult to find on the National Mall, but a newly installed toilet has appeared in one the promenade in front of the Lincoln Memorial is inoperable. This toilet, spray-painted gold and set on a faux-marble pedestal, is the latest in a series of protest artworks and installations taking aim at President Donald Trump and his administration. A plaque on each side of the structure reads: A Throne Fit for a King.

Nine months ago, Lisa Erbes lingered outside the Minnesota Capitol, and she wasn’t sure the Twin Cities would hold its first No Kings march. Earlier that morning, a man had killed a ranking Minnesota House Democrat and her husband in what authorities called a politically motivated attack. The gunman was on the loose, and he’d left behind a hit list targeting 70 other Democrats. Law enforcement officials urged Erbes and other organizers to cancel the protest.

Major U.S. airports that suffered massive disruptions for weeks after 50,000 Transportation Security Administration security officers went unpaid since mid-February say operations are returning to normal.

All things considered, La Vina’s fire recovery is going fairly well. The luxury community on the northwest tip of Altadena lost 52 of its 272 homes in the Eaton fire last year, but more than 70% are currently being rebuilt, and repairs to communal spaces are well underway. But behind closed gates, a battle has been brewing over a hefty HOA bill residents were forced to pay last summer to repair damage caused by the fire.