WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court curtailed the power of district courts to issue “universal injunctions” in a decision Friday in the legal clash over the Trump administration’s push end birthright citizenship.

The 6-3 decision found that most of those those broad orders that stop government actions — and there have been dozens issued ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — A small Texas town just across the border from Mexico is the testing ground for Starship, the hulking spacecraft that Elon Musk hopes will one day ferry people to Mars.

In recent months, multiple test launches have ended in explosions, causing debris to rain down on both countries and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mexican scientists ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he was ending all trade discussions with Canada in retaliation for the country’s digital services tax, and threatened to impose a fresh tariff rate within the next week.

“Based on this egregious Tax, we are hereby terminating ALL discussions on Trade with Canada, effective immediately. We will let ...Read more

ATLANTA — Part of a new Georgia law requiring social media platforms to verify the age of account holders and restrict use by minors has been temporarily blocked by a federal judge in Atlanta while its constitutionality is challenged.

The ruling puts on hold Georgia’s attempt to prohibit children under the age of 16 from having social media...Read more

University of Virginia President James Ryan said he quit instead of fighting the U.S. government amid a Trump administration probe of the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Battling President Donald Trump would have endangered “hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s use of the word “obliterated” has ignited a clash with congressional Democrats and the press corps over the military strikes he ordered on Iran and overshadowed a major foreign policy win.

“Completely and totally obliterated.”

“Destroyed.”

“Inoperable.”

“Enormous damage.”

“...Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials met with with Walmart Inc. and other retailers this week as part of an effort to help Americans get their medicines more directly from companies that make them, according to people familiar with the talks.

The conversations between the Trump administration and experts from the nascent straight-to-consumer ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for defamation, alleging that the news outlet intentionally manipulated its coverage to give the appearance that the governor lied about a phone call with President Donald Trump.

The governor's demand for $787 million in punitive damages escalates his aggressive effort to ...Read more

Want to congratulate Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez on their nuptials? You’re a little late.

In the midst of all the fanfare going on in Venice, Italy, we hear that the high wattage couple is already married and have been for a hot minute.

Page Six reports that the Amazon founder, 61, and former “Extra” correspondent, 55, were legally wed...Read more

CHICAGO — Nearly seven years after the feds raided his home, a Chicago IT specialist was convicted Friday of helping the Islamic State terrorist group through a media campaign that encouraged attacks, celebrated beheadings and other gruesome violence and taunted Western culture with memes like a headless Santa delivering a bomb.

U.S. District...Read more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that a U.S. Navy ship previously named after LGBTQ rights hero Harvey Milk will be renamed the USNS Oscar V. Peterson — a move he said was aimed at “taking the politics out of ship-naming,” despite unveiling the decision just ahead of Pride Weekend.

“We’re not renaming the ship to ...Read more

President Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court decision Friday that will allow his administration to end automatic birthright citizenship in some cases, calling the ruling a “huge one.”

The president said birthright citizenship, enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment shortly after the end of the Civil War, was meant for the �...Read more

A new lawsuit accuses Sean “Diddy” Combs and his 31-year-old son Justin of engineering the “brutal gang-rape” of an unidentified woman in 2017.

The father and son, as well as Diddy’s businesses, are being sued for sexual assault and battery, gender violence and negligent supervision, according to court documents filed this week in Los...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday issued a major decision scaling back the power of federal judges to block presidential policies nationwide, in what is considered a major win for the Trump administration’s efforts to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors.

The high court, ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Clutching books and holding signs, 100 people from around the country converged on the Philadelphia School District headquarters’ Center City steps Friday to draw attention to the school system’s woeful record on school libraries.

In the 2024-25 school year, the district has just three full-time certified school librarians,...Read more

NEW YORK — Trent Pool, a conservative political consultant accused of assaulting his girlfriend in a Manhattan hotel, donated the legal max amount to Mayor Eric Adams’ reelection effort as part of a fundraiser last year — and was months later hired by the campaign to do petitioning work, the Daily News has learned.

The fundraiser itself ...Read more

NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has agreed to significantly increase funding for immigrant legal services after pressure from City Council Democrats, with a deal on this year’s city government budget now likely imminent, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The issue over how much money to earmark for immigrant legal...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Congress did not give up too much of its power to the Federal Communications Commission when it created a framework aimed at achieving universal service.

In a 6-3 decision on a pair of cases, the nation’s highest court overturned a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. ...Read more

By a 6-3 ruling Friday, the Supreme Court sided with parents who sued Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland to opt their children out of mandatory LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, overturning a 2023 federal court ruling and handing a legal victory to conservatives who opposed the district’s policies on religious grounds.

The case, Mahmoud v...Read more