PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania officials on Wednesday complied with a directive from President Donald Trump’s administration to certify that its schools conform with antidiscrimination laws — but told districts they don’t need to change any diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

While the U.S. Department of Education instructed states...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A jury began deliberating Wednesday afternoon in the jailhouse battery trial of the man accused of orchestrating the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur after prosecutors and a defense lawyer painted opposing pictures of the fight in question.

Prosecutors allege Duane “Keffe D” Davis, 61, and another inmate, Rochlon Hamilton, 53, ...Read more

Most Americans believe that the government has made mistakes when deporting illegal immigrants — and that it should work to correct them, according to new polling.

The poll comes after President Donald Trump’s administration admitted to accidentally sending a legal resident to a foreign prison.

In the latest YouGov poll, 52% of respondents...Read more

BOSTON — Disgraced Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson brushed off most media, instead selecting two of her preferred outlets for remarks, on her first day back at City Hall after accepting a plea deal in a federal public corruption case.

The favoritism started on Tuesday when Fernandes Anderson released a statement exclusively to ...Read more

Fearing large budget cuts from the federal government, Democratic lawmakers called Wednesday for pausing the state’s fiscal guardrails to potentially allow $1.4 billion in future spending to cover shortfalls from Washington, D.C.

But Gov. Ned Lamont immediately rejected the idea, saying that it was premature to make any quick changes to the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is pausing and lowering reciprocal tariffs on more than 75 countries that have called for trade negotiations and will raise tariffs on goods imports from China to 125%, effective immediately.

Trump announced the change in policy on Truth Social, altering a course he set only last week. The...Read more

In a shift from recent years, the majority of Americans now have a negative view toward Israel, according to new polling, which comes as the war in Gaza marks a year and a half long.

In the latest Pew Research Center survey, 53% of respondents said they have a somewhat or very unfavorable opinion of Israel, marking an 11-point increase from 42%...Read more

The Democrat-led Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday said Republicans waited too long to contest the 2021 redrawing of legislative districts that has maintained Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate.

Republicans had argued the Democratic mapping effort was unconstitutional political gerrymandering that limited voters’ choices. ...Read more

DEDHAM, Mass. — The Karen Read murder retrial has nearly enough jurors seated to begin, which it will since the U.S. Supreme Court declined the defense’s request to stay the court case.

Attorneys in the case against the Mansfield former financial analyst and Bentley College lecturer picked up three more jurors among the 58 potential jurors ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Granite Bay High School history teacher’s lesson featuring Elon Musk and President Donald Trump alongside images of notable fascists has received national attention — earning a response from Musk himself.

Pictures of the slides feature Musk’s apparent use of a Nazi salute during a speech in January under a photo ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Hill watchers, oversight wonks and good-governance types descended on a Rayburn House Office Building hearing room Wednesday with a wish list of spending items for the legislative branch.

It was the first public witness day for the House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee in years, and they came bearing a variety of ...Read more

NEW YORK — Attorneys for the federal government said in court Wednesday that Trump Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is “still evaluating his options” for what comes next if the MTA doesn’t shut down congestion pricing by his Easter Sunday deadline.

“The Department of Transportation maintains the position that New York City should ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's bid to get Republican President Donald Trump to exempt imported vehicles from tariffs fell short Wednesday, but he had some unusual praise for the second-term Democratic governor from behind the resolute desk.

Whitmer proposed exempting the auto and energy industries from tariffs as part of a ...Read more

New York colleges are reporting student visas have been abruptly revoked by the Trump administration — with at least some 50 international students affected statewide as part of a nationwide crackdown on who gets to study on American campuses, the Daily News has learned.

In recent days, public university systems and private colleges reported ...Read more

Numerous international students at the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University have been stripped of their student visas, heightening the regional impact of the Trump administration's visa revocation effort.

At Pitt, one graduate student and two recent graduates have had their visas revoked and Student and Exchange Visitor ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Wednesday from using of a centuries-old wartime law to deport migrants from one Texas detention center, the latest legal hurdle for the government’s push to use a proclamation to quickly remove alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the U.S.

Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. of the...Read more

CHICAGO — President Donald J. Trump’s administration froze $790 million in federal funding to Northwestern University, White House officials confirmed to the Tribune on Wednesday morning.

A White House spokesman pointed to a social media post by Pat Ward, senior White House editorial producer at Fox News Channel, explaining the cuts.

“...Read more

A group of prominent U.S. senators is demanding answers about the Trump administration's sweeping cuts to a mine health and safety agency whose largest office is just outside Pittsburgh.

The Democratic senators — including John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Mark Warner of Virginia — warned in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary ...Read more