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Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan speaks during a rally marking the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wis. (Lee Matz/Milwaukee Independent via AP)

FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities

The FBI has arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities. Friday’s arrest escalates a clash between the Trump administration and local authorities over the president’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
 
Students march at Arizona State University in protest of ASU's chapter of College Republicans United-led event encouraging students to report "their criminal classmates to ICE for deportations", Jan. 31, 2025, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

ICE is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the US

 
Virginia Giuffre speaks during a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York, Aug. 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew in Epstein sex trafficking scandal, has died

 
The smokestacks of the former coal-fired Homer City Generating Station crumble in a planned demolition to make way for a new natural gas-fired power plant in Homer City, Pa., March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, file)

Big Tech’s soaring energy demands are making coal-fired power plant sites attractive

 
A U.S. Border Patrol agent walks past four men being detained after crossing the border through a gap in the walls separating Mexico and the United States, Jan. 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

How the public’s shift on immigration paved the way for Trump’s crackdown

 

Bear takes head-first slide down child’s backyard playset

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Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft

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Immigration

A digital billboard flashes an a message reading "Traitors, to immigrants, to Miami-Dade, to the American dream," alongside pictures of Florida politicians with roots in Cuba, including from left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and U.S. Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Gimenez, and Mario Diaz-Balart, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Medley, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump’s immigration policies

 

  1. Harvard researcher held in Louisiana awaits judge’s decision on deportation to Russia

  2. Some see Trump weaponizing government in targeting of judge and Democratic fundraising site

  3. Who is Milwaukee Judge Hannah Dugan?

Weather

Dirt and dust originating 2,000 miles away in the desert Southwest, is seen on the windshield of a car in Portland, Maine, after being carried by wind and mixing with rain Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Mike Hartford/WGME-TV via AP)

April showers bring ‘dirty rain’ to New England after storm absorbs desert dust 2,000 miles away

 

  1. No snow in Green Bay but thunderstorms delayed NFL draft activities

  2. Vineyards in NY wine country push sustainability as they adapt to climate change

  3. Tornado-producing storm deals deadly weather to Oklahoma and Texas

Abortion

Julie Burkhart, founder and president of Wellspring Health Access, Wyoming's only abortion clinic, is seen in a procedure room in the clinic Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Casper, Wyo. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Abortions are resuming at a Wyoming clinic after judge suspends laws

 

  1. Judge blocks worker protections for abortion and fertility care for Catholic employers

  2. Wyoming Supreme Court hears arguments on abortion rights

  3. Missouri lawmakers advance proposed repeal of abortion-rights measure approved by voters

LGBTQ+

Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison holds up a letter from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi at a news conference at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, as he held a news conference to announce a preemptive lawsuit againstRepublican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it's taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women's sports. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

Minnesota attorney general files preemptive lawsuit against Trump on transgender sports ban

 

  1. Supreme Court signals support for Maryland parents who object to LGBTQ books in public schools

  2. A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

  3. Judge blocks Trump administration from passport changes affecting some transgender Americans

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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks from the stage of the Haw River Ball Room during a town hall in Saxapahaw, N.C., Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

Sen. Chris Murphy’s ‘emergency’ message about Trump is connecting with Democratic voters

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Chief of General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov with the report that all Ukrainian troops have been forced from Russia's Kursk region, during their meeting via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia says it has fully reclaimed the Kursk region. Ukraine says it is still fighting there.

 
People hike on April 11, 2025, in Three Affiliated Tribes National Park on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota. (Fawn Fettig via AP)

New tribal national park in North Dakota aims to preserve rugged and scenic landscape

 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is completely surrounded as he leads a civil rights march in Boston, April 23, 1965, en route to historic Boston Common where he will address a crowd. (AP Photo, file)

Trump’s attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK

 
This photo provided by Jonny Carmack shows his imaginative, colorful 'Fruit Room' in his Danbury, Conn. home, with influences that include Animal Crossing, a video game with numerous fruity references, and Dr. Seuss books. (Jonny Carmack via AP)

Farmstand chic? Décor is awash in fruit and vegetable motifs

 
College students from various nearby schools march down Commonwealth Avenue in Boston on Oct. 16, 1965 to attend rally on Boston Common protesting U.S. involvement in Vietnam. They're hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the United States to the sights and sounds currently echoing across the landscapes of the nation's colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)

The end of the Vietnam War was also a turning point for protest songs

 
Law enforcement officials talk outside the home of actor Gene Hackman on Feb. 27, 2025 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Roberto Rosales, file)

More police videos show early days of Hackman investigation

 

A bomb threat prompted a plane evacuation at a Florida airport. No explosives were found

 

Oregon agency won’t say if hackers stole data in cyberattack

 
This image taken from video released by Virginia lieutenant governor candidate John Reid on Friday, April 25, 2025, shows Reid speaking. (John Reid Campaign via AP)

Virginia GOP candidate for lieutenant governor says he won’t exit race despite governor’s push

 
Fans watch during the second round of the NFL football draft, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)

Shedeur Sanders falls to day 3 of NFL draft with 5 QBs picked ahead of Coach Prime’s son

 

Ex-New Mexico judge arrested in case involving man suspected of being a Venezuelan gang member

 

Federal lawsuit against Florida ban on ‘lab-grown’ meat still alive after judge’s ruling

 
A marquee outside the Massapequa High School is backdropped by a "Chiefs" mascot mural, in Massapequa, N.Y., Friday, April 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump administration to investigate New York’s funding threat over Long Island tribal school mascot

 
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Justice Department says it will resume practice of obtaining reporters’ records in leak inquiries

 

A bear is spotted in Connecticut playing on family’s backyard slide

 
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he and first lady Melania Trump depart on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Washington. The President and first lady will be traveling to Rome and the Vatican to attend the funeral for Pope Francis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge blocks Trump administration from nixing collective bargaining for most federal employees

 

Trump administration sues upstate New York city over “sanctuary” policies

 
Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Jurors can see video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating Cassie at hotel in 2016, judge rules

 
FIFA president Gianni Infantino, left, watches as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Aug. 28, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Wyden asks Trump administration officials to reconsider travel policies ahead of the World Cup

 
President Donald Trump holds a signed an executive order relating to school discipline policies as Education Secretary Linda McMahon listens in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

19 states sue Trump administration over push to end diversity programs in public schools

 
Vehicles move along the 710 highway near the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Monday, March 10, 2025, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Etienne Laurent, File)

California proposes allowing testing of self-driving heavy-duty trucks

 
Students walk through Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus on March 29, 2022, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Trump administration opens investigation on UC Berkeley over foreign funding

 
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Iowa governor sues the Des Moines Register to stop request of emails she claims are protected

 
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk walks to the stage to speak at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Elon Musk’s X sues to overturn Minnesota political deepfakes ban

 
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, left, leaves federal court after being sentenced to more than seven years in prison for fraud and identity theft, Friday, April 25, 2025, in Central Islip, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

A timeline of George Santos’ journey from Congress to criminal sentencing

 

New Hawaii ag park aims to let Kauaʻi farmers ‘just focus on farming’

 

State appeals court strikes down Austin’s marijuana decriminalization ordinance

 
Emma Wozniak, editor in chief of the Ohio State University's The Lantern newspaper, talks with Nora Igelnik, campus editor at the paper's office in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, April 24, 2025, as managing editor of content, Lucy Lawler listens. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

College journalists wrestle with transparency as students fear deportation for speaking out

 

Environmental agency denies petition to designate Big Hole River as impaired by nutrient pollution

 
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