WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proclamation creating a $100,000 fee for the hiring of foreign workers through the H-1B visa program came after years of congressional inaction on the immigration system, a move some experts say exceeds his authority to act without Congress and will likely be challenged in court.

The president’s ...Read more

Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to gun down then-presidential candidate Donald Trump on a Florida golf course last year, was found guilty on all charges Tuesday.

Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after the verdict was read but was swarmed by court officers and dragged out of the courthouse.

Jurors deliberated...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday delivered a combative address in his return to the United Nations General Assembly, highlighting growing rifts between the United States and some of its closest allies and again putting the Western world order to the test.

The American diplomat in chief’s pointed remarks came at a time when his administration...Read more

Blood, it turns out, is not always thicker than water.

A new YouGov survey revealed most Americans would report a family member to the police if that person committed a serious crime.

At the same time, most say that if they themselves carried out a major crime, they could not successfully evade the police.

Would you turn in a family member or...Read more

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month threatening to withhold federal funding from states and localities that have adopted “cashless bail” policies, he escalated a national fight over how courts decide who should remain behind bars before trial.

The move has already rippled into state capitols. In North Carolina, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — He's never held public office or donned a judge's robes, but an arch-conservative Los Angeles County attorney is racing toward confirmation on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, accelerating the once-liberal court's sharp rightward turn under President Donald Trump.

A competitive target shooter with a background in a ...Read more

After multiple delays, the first crewed Artemis flight around the moon could be less than 20 weeks away, NASA officials said Tuesday, putting the space program one step closer to returning to the moon itself in its “second space race” with China.

The Artemis II mission, which would be the first crewed spaceflight to exit low-Earth orbit ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado’s health department and the Marijuana Enforcement Division will collect samples from dispensaries around the state in a one-time spot-check for contaminants or mislabeled potency.

An industry bulletin posted Friday said the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s lab would analyze the samples through ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who championed the creation of an independent commission to draw California's congressional districts, returns to state voters' TV sets on Tuesday in a new ad opposing a November ballot measure by state Democrats to boost their party's ranks in Congress.

A committee opposing Proposition 50, ...Read more

Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he’s facing “torture” because he’s imprisoned in a tiny windowless cell in a New Jersey federal prison.

The convicted fraudster, a New York Republican who concocted his life story and scammed donors, is complaining that he’s been held in solitary confinement virtually 24 hours a day for ...Read more

NEW YORK — Two Brooklyn high schools received threats about someone coming to shoot students — and cops are trying to determine if the same caller made both unfounded threats, police said Tuesday.

The menacing phone calls were made within minutes of each other, beginning at 8:15 a.m. Monday at Cristo Ray Brooklyn High School, a Catholic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his meeting with top Democratic leaders that had been planned for Thursday to search for a deal that might avert a partial government shutdown next week.

Less than 24 hours after agreeing to sit down with Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem ...Read more

When a woman ordered the viral Charlie Kirk drink at a Starbucks in Ohio, she found a hateful message written on her cup.

“Racist’s fav drink,” the message on Autumn Perkins’ cup read, she shared in a post Sunday on Facebook.

Perkins said she does not go to Starbucks often, but decided to go to the coffee shop inside Kroger on Towne ...Read more

NEW YORK — Convicted rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked a federal judge to impose a term of no more than 14 months behind bars when he’s sentenced next month, arguing he’s “made the most” of his year in lockup at Brooklyn’s federal jail and is ready to go home.

His sentencing submission effectively asks that he be released ...Read more

MIAMI — Florida’s top official is throwing his weight behind a candidate for Miami mayor.

On Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his endorsement of candidate Emilio González, a former city manager and retired U.S. Army colonel.

“With 26 years of military service and experience at both federal and local levels, Emilio has shown his ...Read more

UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump assailed the United Nations and other countries in a grievance-laden speech that accused the world body of offering nothing but “empty words,” labeled climate change a “con job” and warned open borders risked destroying nations.

Setting aside calls for unity, Trump began his speech to the U.N. ...Read more

NEW YORK — More than 40 protesters were arrested near the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning as President Donald Trump prepared to address dignitaries from across the globe.

The protesters, many wearing yellow reflective vests, were taken into custody after they conducted sit-ins near Third Ave. and E. 46th St. and E. 42nd St....Read more

DENVER — The office responsible for independent oversight of Denver’s law enforcement agencies is doing too much of its work in secret, a city audit found.

The Office of Independent Monitor, which provides civilian oversight for the Denver Police Department and Denver Sheriff Department, has not publicly reported its recommendations about ...Read more