From the States
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Results of California elections won't be known for over a month
Mail-in ballots are still being counted, and the count will go on for another 36 days, according to the state Secretary of State's Office.
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Texas Operation Lone Star arresting gang members and smugglers, finding stash houses
In one traffic stop, they found nearly two dozen illegal foreign nationals concealed inside a truck tractor. In another, they recovered 20 people hiding inside a cloned truck tractor.
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Ohio Senate passes Constitutional amendment on voter photo ID; moves to House
Before the photo identification legislation was passed, “any person could show a random bank statement or utility bill in order to cast a ballot,” Sen. Theresa Gavarone, R-Bowling Green, said Wednesday.
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Texas Sen. Cruz, along with US Coast Guard say Russia, China beating US in Arctic
American officials, including U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, argue Russia and China are beating the U.S. in the Arctic, and a new shipbuilding effort in Texas is underway to counter that.
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Democrats still not satisfied with DOJ's pause on 'anti-weaponization fund'; want a ban
“If [President Donald] Trump and Republicans are truly abandoning this corrupt scheme, they should have zero problem banning it in law,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., posted Monday afternoon on social media.
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Hegseth wants US allies to step up, calls allied defense 'bad deal for taxpayers' in budget push
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pressed the case Saturday at the Shangri-La Dialogue, urging U.S. allies to boost defense spending to at least 3.5% of their gross domestic product and assume a larger share of regional security costs.
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Californians head to the polls to vote in governor, LA mayoral primaries with no clear frontrunners
The primaries will narrow the large fields for November's general elections; the governor's race is already the most expensive in U.S. history, with over $315 million already spent.
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Illinois to require bell-to-bell student phone ban in public schools
After months of disagreements and negotiations between lawmakers and stakeholders, leading to multiple amendments, the House voted to pass the measure in mid-April, when it was sent back to the Senate.
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Quintuple fatal in Virginia renews focus on English language in CDL licensures
Jing Dong, a U.S. citizen after immigrating from China, will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the quintuple fatal crash early Friday morning, State Police in Virginia say.
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Charter bus driver originally from China charged after fatal crash in Virginia
Virginia State Police said Jing S. Dong, a Staten Island, New York-based driver who became a naturalized U.S. citizen after immigrating from China and obtained his commercial driver's license in 2024, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges pending.
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Colorado law requires universities to supply abortion pills
Gov. Jared Polis signed off on a law this week to require universities keep abortion pills on supply at student health centers amid the raging national battle over abortion access
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Speakers at protest object to transgender athletes in girls sports
Those who spoke at the press conference in central California criticized the California Interscholastic Federation’s 13-year-old policy to allow transgender athletes born as boys to compete as girls in the statewide organization’s track and field championship events
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Taxpayers group, economist praise Pratt's plan for homelessness in LA
“Los Angeles doesn't have a homeless problem. We have a drug problem,” Pratt said in his video on X. “The DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration] will tell you that over 90% of the homeless population in LA are hardcore illicit drug users.”