Lawmakers approved language changes to replace "mother" and "father" with gender-neutral terms across family law, a move sponsors say modernizes statutes for surrogacy.

Rep. John Rose aired a radio spot paid with House funds backing the SAVE America Act as he runs for Tennessee governor, raising questions about franking and oversight. The spot’s transcript says it was funded with official House money.

Port Canaveral is studying a waterside basin to give rocket recovery ships their own space and ease mounting conflicts with cruise and cargo traffic.

David Lazar will arrive on Oʻahu on June 14 and begin volunteer onboarding June 15 while his background check clears ahead of a targeted early‑July swearing‑in.

A Jones Day appellate lawyer has been nominated to lead federal prosecutions in Western Pennsylvania pending Senate confirmation.

The state agency that owns Mercedes‑Benz Stadium paid over $600K on World Cup tickets and split an expensive suite with the city visitors bureau, raising questions about public spending.

Miami immigrants say long-planned master calendar hearings were pulled forward — sometimes by years — forcing last-minute legal scrambles and raising detention fears.

Opponents of the Stratos data center sued after Box Elder County rejected referendum petitions, arguing the county attorney’s review was biased and seeking court relief.

The DLCC added a dozen GOP-held Texas House districts to a 15-seat target map, pushing national resources into suburban North Texas and San Antonio battlegrounds.

A federal grant to reimburse state border spending was posted June 3 with nearly $10 billion available. Texas — which says it spent about $11 billion — is eligible to apply.

Two openly gay Seattle officers filed suit this week, alleging the department passed them over for promotions because of their sexual orientation. The complaint names top command staff and seeks relief in King County Superior Court.

Naperville’s City Council approved a new ordinance limiting ICE use of city property and requiring departments to document any federal civil‑immigration activity on municipal sites.

A legislative audit says BCCC disbursed about $264,000 to 145 students auditors now believe were fake and found payroll and control failures that prompted promised reforms.