WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul is attempting to quietly rally support for a strategy to oppose President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign imports, recently convening a meeting with a group of Senate Republicans, according to people familiar with the gathering.

The libertarian Kentucky senator, a longtime proponent of free trade, used economic...Read more

BOSTON — Karen Read case worlds collided this morning in Norfolk Superior Court when Aidan “Turtleboy” Kearney joined Read at the defense table as the prosecution sought data from Kearney’s phone.

Read, 45, of Mansfield is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle under the influence, and leaving ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis called for increasing Florida’s collaboration with immigration authorities while the White House “Border Czar” boasted of flouting a court order during an immigration roundtable that drew hundreds of protesters to Sarasota on Thursday.

DeSantis teased an agreement with President Donald Trump’s head ...Read more

MIAMI — A women-led gender-justice organization has launched an advertising campaign against Andrew and Tristan Tate, accusing President Donald Trump of facilitating their return to the United States after being held for charges in Romania.

UltraViolet’s campaign is online and through physical posters in English and Spanish that will be ...Read more

The North Carolina Senate passed legislation Thursday that would allow people to carry a concealed handgun in the state without getting a permit.

Senators voted Thursday afternoon along party lines, 26-18, to approve the bill and send it to the House.

Under current law, carrying a concealed handgun is only allowed with a permit obtained from a...Read more

China considers it a part of the Chinese nation. The United States considers it a roadblock to further Chinese influence in Asia.

No wonder, then, that Taiwan has long been a point of contention between the superpowers.

Although the U.S. doesn't officially recognize Taiwan as an independent country, it has played a major role in Taiwan's ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Republican Justin Eichorn, within hours of abandoning his seat in the Minnesota Senate, is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday afternoon on allegations that he solicited prostitution from a Bloomington police detective posing as a 17-year-old girl.

The 40-year-old husband and father of four from Grand Rapids was ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Kansas — Catholic Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, is suing the Satanist organizers behind next week’s planned Black Mass ritual at the state Capitol, alleging that they unlawfully obtained a consecrated host and wine.

The lawsuit, filed in Leavenworth District Court last Friday, names Michael Stewart, Travis ...Read more

ATLANTA — The path that Gov. Brian Kemp is leading state legislators down to limit lawsuits has been trodden before in several states, including Florida.

It’s been two years since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law his state’s version of what proponents call “tort reform,” arguing it would bring down insurance rates and help ...Read more

NEW YORK — A woman held on Rikers Island died by possible suicide early Thursday, according to correction officials and sources.

The death, an apparent suicide according to sources, took place in West Facility and is the fourth fatality connected to New York City jails since Feb. 19. It comes amid growing concern as the city’s jail ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — University of California leaders say they are eliminating a years-old practice of requiring faculty job applicants to submit "diversity statements," a move that comes after the Trump administration threatened to revoke federal funding from schools and universities that maintain diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

As part ...Read more

President Donald Trump was poised Thursday to order dismantling the Department of Education, potentially fulfilling a longstanding goal of conservatives.

White House officials said Trump would sign an executive order to “facilitate the closure (of) the Department of Education,” although most analysts say the permanently eliminating the DOE ...Read more

Criticizing court rulings is nothing new for the White House or lawmakers in Congress.

But this week, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk took it a step further — demanding impeachment and removal of judges who have been issuing rulings against the administration.

“IMPEACH. IMPEACH. IMPEACH,” read a Trump fundraising email sent out ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Elections officials around California threw out 122,480 vote-by-mail ballots cast during the November general election, or 0.9% of all mail-in ballots, according to data from the Secretary of State’s office.

The vast majority of those were tossed because they arrived late, had mismatched voter signatures or no signature...Read more

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to call a national election within days, seeking his own mandate from voters at a time when the country’s businesses have been shaken by a trade war with the U.S.

Carney, the former governor of two central banks, was sworn in as prime minister on March 14 after winning the leadership of the Liberal ...Read more

The Delta Air Lines Inc. plane that flipped over as it landed in Toronto last month was warned about its rate of descent, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

The CRJ-900 regional jet arriving from Minneapolis received a “sink rate” alert 2.6 seconds before touching down at ...Read more