Washington’s Democratic governor and a Republican congressman are asking President Donald Trump to meet with them to discuss the wildfires that have devastated parts of the state this summer.

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 […]

President Donald Trump has nominated a circuit judge to become a federal judge for the U.S. Eastern District of Kentucky.  Chief Circuit Judge Daniel Ballou currently serves on the bench in the 34th Judicial Circuit in McCreary and Whitley counties. Trump announced the nomination on Truth Social Tuesday evening, along with other federal judge appointments.  […]

Indy resident Karis Dix, 18, is more likely to get her news from social media than a newspaper. But every year since she was 16, she has looked to the Indianapolis Recorder for coverage about the Debutante Cotillion and Scholarship Ball. When she was a child, her mother, an avid Recorder reader, would take her […]

(The Center Square) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney both said late Tuesday the 50% U.S. tariff on Canadian goods will be delayed, but Trump said a deal is done while Carney said talks continue.

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford has joined a multistate lawsuit against the federal government over commercial driver license data—a move that is receiving pushback from the Nevada Trucking Association, which supports new federal rules that restrict noncitizen commercial drivers. Ford, a Democrat, announced last week he joined a coalition of 22 states suing the Trump […]

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 […]

• “Virginia ranks among worst states for women’s equality.” — WAVY • “Virginia childhood vaccines schedule unchanged after new Trump EO.” — VPM News • “Trump’s shipbuilding plan can’t come at expense of Hampton Roads, Virginia lawmakers say.” — The Virginian-Pilot • “Court documents reveal Instagram messages from alleged VSU shooter: ‘It was us.'” — […]

(The Center Square) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is making a last ditch effort to convince the Trump administration not to move ahead with its plans to end temporary immigration protections for Haitians, Syrians and other groups, warning of "human and economic" consequences.