NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of State revoked the visa of a Columbia University student, while federal immigration officials arrested a Palestinian protester for overstaying an expired student visa, the Trump administration confirmed Friday.

On March 5, Ranjani Srinivasan, a doctoral student in Urban Planning at Columbia, had their student ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Department of Homeland Security raided the dorm rooms of two Columbia University students on Thursday night, just days after authorities detained a prominent pro-Palestinian activist in university housing.

In an email, Interim President Katrina Armstrong wrote that she was “heartbroken” to inform students and faculty of the...Read more

DETROIT — Oakland County confirmed Michigan's first measles case of 2025 on Friday, county executive spokesman Bill Mullan said.

The case is associated with recent international travel and there are possible exposures, Mullan said. No additional information was available Friday afternoon.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services ...Read more

BANGOR TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Vice President JD Vance told a crowd in Michigan on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration wouldn't achieve all of its goals for the nation's economy "overnight," but the progress made in their first two months in office was good.

Vance made the remarks during his first visit to Michigan since he and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — For more than two months, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has faced lacerating criticism over her handling of the Palisades fire — her absence from the country when it erupted, her wobbly public appearances once she returned, even her failure to preserve her text messages.

In recent days, pro-Bass forces have been pushing back ...Read more

The late Gene Hackman made no mention in his will of his three children, opting instead to leave his entire $80 million fortune to his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, who died days before her Oscar-winning husband.

According to documents obtained by TMZ, Hackman designated Arakawa his sole beneficiary back in 1995 and had not updated his will ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The brightly colored flier from Los Angeles County officials includes a chipper call for help in the Eaton fire zone.

"Volunteer with us to celebrate Earth Day in Altadena!" it reads.

The digital poster invites the public to Loma Alta Park every Saturday in April. There, it says, volunteers can paint murals, plant trees and do ...Read more

A loud chorus of boos greeted Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, when they arrived to attend a National Symphony Orchestra performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Curse words and other unpleasantries can be heard on video as the Republican politician enters the Washington, D.C. cultural institution Thursday night. ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Democratic-led Legislature's efforts to shield immigrants from the Trump administration's aggressive deportation efforts, and attacks on so-called sanctuary states, promise to be among the most contentious issues during a session expected to focus heavily on public safety.

Along with immigration, efforts to implement ...Read more

NEW YORK — The White House sought real-time updates on the status of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil after his arrest by Homeland Security agents who stonewalled his lawyers until he was on the way to rural Louisiana, the Columbia University graduate student’s legal team said in new court filings.

In an amended complaint in ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it was optimistic about the possibility of a ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict even as President Vladimir Putin appeared to reject U.S. calls for immediate halt to the violence.

Instead the Russian leader demanded Ukraine to order troops who had occupied land in the Kursk region to surrender. That ...Read more

JERUSALEM — Hamas said it’s willing to release all U.S.-Israeli hostages, including one still alive, in a surprise move dismissed by both Israel and the U.S. as unhelpful to negotiation efforts to end the war.

The Palestinian militant group said it had agreed to free Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, a U.S. citizen, as well as the bodies of ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and top aides have signaled a major overhaul of the U.S. economy — one that would be backed by industry executives, and partly fueled by nostalgia and trade retaliation, as Democratic lawmakers warn economic hardship looms.

As the United States and Canada this week engaged in a tit for tat triggered by ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Department of Homeland Security raided the dorm rooms of two Columbia University students on Thursday night, just days after authorities detained a prominent pro-Palestinian activist in university housing.

In an email, Interim President Katrina Armstrong wrote that she was “heartbroken” to inform students and faculty of ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Nathan Gingles, the man accused of fatally shooting his wife, her father and an unsuspecting neighbor as he hunted her down through her Tamarac neighborhood last month, according to a notice filed Thursday.

A grand jury indicted Gingles on three counts of first-degree ...Read more

Dr. Mehmet Oz faced tough questions from Democrats Friday at a Senate confirmation hearing for a top government post overseeing the Medicaid and Medicare health programs.

The TV doctor and failed Senate candidate insisted he “cherishes” the sprawling programs that serve 150 million people but refused to say if he would go along with the ...Read more

BOSTON — Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the latest local school that’s being targeted by the Trump administration for alleged discrimination.

The Cambridge university is among 45 schools that are facing a Department of Education investigation for allegedly engaging in “race-exclusionary practices” in their graduate programs.

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California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to cover ballooning health expenses for 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities.

The state Department of Finance disclosed the loan to lawmakers in a letter late Wednesday, noting funds were needed to ...Read more