WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has banned its personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships…
BOSTON — When Ash Lazarus Orr went to renew his passport in early January, the transgender organizer figured it would be relatively routine.But more than two months…
In an address to the International Olympic Committee in Pylos, Greece, Casey Wasserman addressed concerns over visas and entry requirements to the U.S. for athletes…
WASHINGTON — President Trump overstepped his constitutional authority in freezing almost all spending on U.S. humanitarian and development work abroad, a federal judge ruled, saying the administration…
SEATTLE — Refugee aid groups said in a federal court filing on Thursday that President Trump’s administration appears to be trying to circumvent a ruling this week…
NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking…
The day after President Trump returned to office, Lisa Suhay took her 21-year-old daughter, Mellow, to a passport office in Norfolk, Va., where they live.Getting…
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — President Trump said Tuesday that he was exploring whether he can move forward with El Salvador’s offer to accept and jail violent…
The 2026 World Cup kicks off in less than 500 days and there is mounting concern that the U.S. is not ready to welcome the…
WASHINGTON — Refugees who had been approved to travel to the United States before a deadline next week suspending America’s refugee resettlement program have had their…
WASHINGTON — The State Department has carved out loopholes for Israel that give the close American ally a pass on U.S. law restricting aid to foreign…
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is heading back to Europe on Monday for what will likely be the last high-level NATO meeting before…
WASHINGTON — Marco Rubio, the combative and hawkish Republican senator from Florida, is expected to be President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of State, multiple media…
In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed historic legislation establishing a framework for California to begin managing groundwater in an effort to curb widespread overpumping, which…
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is sending Egypt its full $1.3-billion allocation of military aid, setting aside conditions placed by Congress on some of the money…
A state board recently voted unanimously to create long-awaited indoor heat standards for California workers. After a final legal review, that will mean protections for…
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to completely ban involuntary servitude, a change that would remove an exception…
The van screeched to a halt in a parking lot along a busy Whittier thoroughfare. A half-dozen men in army-green body armor and tactical helmets…
GRASS VALLEY, Calif. — Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with needles, and dealers aren’t hustling drugs on the…