When facing allegations of bad behavior, are there red lines for politicians?

In states from Maine to California to Texas this year, candidates for political office have suspended campaigns – and in some cases resigned from office – over allegations of sexual assault or misconduct. Yet other officeholders facing similar accusations have remained on the ballot or have won elections. Democrat Graham Platner dropped his U.S. Senate … Read more

Facing funding losses, states call out big businesses with employees on Medicaid

As the Trump administration’s January deadline looms for states to enforce a new Medicaid work requirement, some state lawmakers are turning the tables by pushing to publicly name the largest companies that have employees enrolled in the government program covering low-income and disabled people. California lawmakers seek to revive an expired law that would require … Read more

ICE-involved shooting leaves one person dead in Maine

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Subpoenas issued to reporters seen as ‘unprecedented’ threat to press freedom

Dangerous. Brazen. Unprecedented. Uncharted territory. Reaction in the media world has been swift and severe to the issue of subpoenas to five New York Times journalists who reported on security questions involving the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One — a legal maneuver seen as a troubling escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to control and … Read more

Busy wildfire season tests US fire bosses as they juggle resources to stay ahead

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s already been a deadly year for firefighters, and authorities have been putting resources where they can more quickly pounce on wildfires before they get out of hand and increase the possibility of additional loss of life and property. Fire managers try to anticipate nature’s next move, placing thousands of firefighters, hundreds … Read more

Florida prisoner, 74, set to be oldest inmate executed in state’s modern history

MIAMI — Florida was again preparing Tuesday to execute one of its oldest death row prisoners in history, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who is one of three older inmates set to die in the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state. Dennis Sochor, who has been on death row since the … Read more

Supreme Court justices to testify before Congress on increasing security funding in rare appearance

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will make a rare appearance before Congress Tuesday, weeks after the end of a historic term. The justices are appearing before a House appropriations panel as the court seeks millions of dollars to beef up security amid a rise in threats to the judiciary. … Read more

ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was ‘fearing for public safety,’ agency says

BIDDEFORD, Maine — An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a motorist in Maine on Monday, the second time in a week that ICE has used deadly force and at least the ninth death since President Donald Trump began his immigration crackdown. Immigrant rights groups identified the man who was killed in Biddeford as … Read more

Deputy U.S. marshal shot dead while serving arrest warrant on fugitive in Louisiana, agency says

A deputy U.S. Marshal was shot and killed Monday while serving an arrest warrant on a fugitive in Alexandria, Louisiana, the Marshals service said, adding that the suspect is in custody. The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office said its detectives were with marshals when the shooting occurred at about 3 p.m. “After a lengthy standoff,” the … Read more