Two Republican senators launched a formal inquiry Thursday into improper unemployment insurance payments across New York, California, and Massachusetts, targeting the three Democratic-run states for a combined $1.3 billion in potential fraud and mismanagement.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development suspended all federal funding to Los Angeles's primary homelessness agency Thursday, citing "obvious fraud," "wanton mismanagement," and the repeated failure to safeguard taxpayer money.
President Donald Trump ordered a second wave of U.S. airstrikes against Iran on Wednesday and threatened more, saying the Islamic Republic was stalling peace talks while American forces continued to suffer casualties in the region.
Louisiana's Republican-led Legislature passed a bill Wednesday that would criminalize sleeping or camping on public property, giving homeless individuals a stark choice: enter a court-supervised treatment program or face up to six months in jail and a $500 fine.
A conservative legal watchdog filed a judicial misconduct complaint Wednesday against U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who in May permanently blocked President Donald Trump's effort to rename the Kennedy Center, alleging Cooper failed to recuse himself despite financial conflicts stemming from his wife's anti-Trump legal work.
A Long Island politician is seeking to codify the terms "mother" and "father" into his town in an effort to push back against a New York bill replacing "mother" with "gestational parent."
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is heading into a November runoff election with an uncomfortable family matter hanging over her campaign: her own brother is suing the city she leads over the deadly Palisades wildfires that killed at least 30 people and destroyed his home.
