Mayor Daniel Lurie has appointed Sarah Madland as the permanent general manager of San Francisco Recreation and Parks; she starts immediately and will oversee a packed 2026 project calendar.

Cuba published new migration, citizenship and foreigners laws last week that could require Cuban‑Americans to use Cuban passports when returning to the island. The package also activates an investor migration category immediately.

The LVCVA board signed off on a package of ad, social and production deals that together carry an allocated threshold of about $464 million. R&R Partners landed the largest share.

A viral Conine campaign ad has prompted dozens of hostile messages and renewed concerns about threats to public officials as the June primary looms.

Putin hailed a test of Russia’s RS‑28 Sarmat missile, calling it the world’s most powerful and setting a year‑end deployment goal as arms‑control limits lapse.

A Maricopa County judge voided a 2025 Elections Procedures Manual provision that would have required accessible machines to carry every ballot style, keeping Pinal's precinct system intact.

A Politico report says Abdul El-Sayed called himself a 'physician' despite limited clinical experience and no record of a Michigan or New York medical license.

The Louisiana House approved SB217 to shrink several Orleans Parish judgeships, setting off a fierce debate over workload, cost estimates and political timing.

With the May 19 primary days away, Chris Dudley says Gov. Tina Kotek called to dissuade him; Kotek’s campaign calls the exchange cordial. Fundraising and polling shape the closing argument.

Tacoma’s City Council voted unanimously to bar ICE and CBP from using city-owned property for civil immigration enforcement without permission. The ordinance also allows the city to sue for injunctions or declaratory relief.

Karla Eslinger, Missouri’s commissioner of education, will resign after roughly two years amid major oversight decisions and a statewide teacher‑recruitment push.

Patients, survivors and doctors rallied at the NC General Assembly on May 12 to urge senators to act on HB567, a bill supporters say would expand access to biomarker testing.

A Fifth Circuit panel ruled that harsh prison conditions in El Salvador do not, by themselves, bar deportation — upholding a removal order that affects Texas immigration dockets. The decision leans on a narrow CAT standard requiring specific intent to inflict torture.