The city of Columbus has joined a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy conditioning anti-terrorism funding on changes to local election administration. The Trump administration wants to impose new proof of citizenship requirements, broader post-election audits, and a shift to hand-marked paper ballots. Those changes align with provisions in the Save America Act and the […]

Metro Nashville filed suit Monday against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in federal court, claiming the Trump administration withheld tens of millions of dollars for anti-terrorism efforts unless states and local governments adopted certain election-system policies to check citizenship. Metro joined Harris County and El Paso County, both in Texas, and the city of […]

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BUTTE, Mont. - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved a state request for a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant on Friday, authorizing the use of federal funds for firefighting costs of the Sand Creek Fire burning 31,652 acres with 1% containment southwest of Butte. The fire sparked on August 1. 

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson has joined 24 Democratic-led states in suing the Trump administration over the latest round of sweeping tariffs. The U.S. Supreme Court invalidated Trump’s first round of tariffs in February, ruling that the executive branch doesn’t have the power to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Trump […]