House Republicans advanced bills to repeal Michigan’s 2023 clean‑energy mandates, promising a focus on affordability and grid reliability while setting up a Senate showdown.

NYLAG sued the DOJ in Manhattan federal court, alleging the agency refused a FOIA request for materials that explain why immigration judges are denying bond. Advocates say secret rules have left people jailed who once would have been released.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court blocked a sweeping discovery order against Chick‑fil‑A, saying plaintiffs must show how wide‑ranging requests specifically connect to their claims and be proportional. The decision rebukes a lower court order and sends discovery back for a narrower showing.

A settlement removes the Belmont school's principal after an SCI probe found she hired and supervised her sister.

A CIA operations officer, James Erdman III, told a Senate committee that intelligence officials suppressed evidence pointing to a lab origin for COVID‑19, prompting a sharp CIA rebuke.

Wake Forest will hold a public hearing next Tuesday on the proposed FY2026‑27 budget that keeps taxes steady but adds staff and trims a downtown levy.

President Trump publicly named Robert Karem and demanded he be fired after footage showed the aide steadying Sen. Mitch McConnell during a Pentagon hearing. The exchange quickly circulated online and escalated GOP friction.

Speaker Cameron Sexton removed multiple Tennessee Democrats from all House committees on Tuesday, a move Democrats call retaliation and that raises legal questions.

State lawmakers and Raleigh venues are backing S.B. 849, a bill that would ban bots and speculative listings and force clearer links and price disclosures for resold tickets.

Landlords in Manhattan are invoking 'demolition' to refuse lease renewals under the state's Good Cause law, triggering housing‑court fights over whether gut rehabs count as demolition.

AB 2700 would ask the CPUC to recommend a 30% cut in per‑kWh rates by 2028 and to identify unpaid restitution for wildfire victims of pre‑2019 fires. Survivors joined lawmakers in Sacramento as the bill moved to Appropriations.

A state-funded effort to deliver free solar and batteries to low‑income Californians has stalled, leaving installations unpaid and families waiting for promised backup power.

Haltom City expanded sex‑offender residency buffers to 2,000 feet, modernized food‑truck rules and updated youth recreation standards at Monday's council meeting.