The FBI announced a $200,000 reward for Monica Witt, a former Air Force counterintelligence specialist indicted in 2019 for allegedly spying for Iran. Authorities say she remains at large.

Sholdon Daniels and Everett Jackson will meet in a May 26 Republican runoff for Texas’ 30th Congressional District. The winner will face Democrat Rev. Frederick Haynes III this fall.

Governors from California to Georgia are rolling out immediate affordability fixes — $11 CalRx insulin, gas‑tax pauses and child‑care plans — while Washington stalls.

Santa Clara County officials say they will sue after crews began work at a 25‑acre property near Gilroy that federal records link to a planned ICE detention facility. Community leaders and county counsel pledged a legal fight at a Thursday news conference.

UNLV graduate Kelli Kelly helped push A.B. 352 — a 2025 law that raises cottage‑food caps and creates a statewide framework for home producers. Her Fallon Food Hub work paired on‑the‑ground relief with policy change.

A Kitsap County man says counselors at a state‑placed treatment program pushed Christian teachings and hurled anti‑gay slurs while his treatment was court‑ordered. He’s asking a federal judge to stop the practice and seek damages.

Indiana officials outlined a plan to use new Workforce Pell rules so low‑income residents can use Pell Grants for short, in‑demand credentials; Ivy Tech and Vincennes will pilot.

The City Controller released a searchable Top 100 dashboard that ranks L.A. addresses by housing violations and gives renters a new way to check habitability records.

Three neighbors in Roswell's gated Ellard community filed ethics complaints alleging Fulton County Manager Dick Anderson improperly involved law enforcement in private HOA disputes.

Council Vice President Olivia Clark plans to shift $10M from Portland's new police oversight fund to restore cuts to police and fire programs as the city finalizes next year’s budget.

Incumbent Lucy Adame-Clark and Cynthia Castro head to a May 26 runoff in a race focused on records access and an ethics complaint over a paid magazine profile. Turnout will be decisive in the low-profile contest.

An Atlanta federal judge denied interim relief to hundreds of applicants caught in the administration’s pause on immigration cases. The court will revisit the hold in 60 days.

Portland’s Public Works budget proposal pairs rate increases for utilities, trash and parking with targeted service reductions as city leaders try to close a budget gap. The changes would add roughly $10 to a typical monthly combined water, sewer and stormwater bill and nudge downtown meter prices higher.