Governor Healey's budget would cut co‑responder funding by roughly $15 million, drawing sharp criticism from police chiefs and mental‑health advocates. Supporters warn the move could mean more arrests and ER visits.

Michigan lawmakers pressed Postmaster General David Steiner to tour the Allen Park USPS plant after a maintenance mechanic was found dead inside a sorting machine.

Lawmakers heard testimony that voucher freezes, reimbursement cuts and program closures have left nearly 32,000 Hoosier children waiting for care.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent the week visiting mosques, joining suhoor with workers and hosting iftars — but a Gracie Mansion dinner with activist Mahmoud Khalil ignited national backlash.

Mayor Katie Wilson paused the city's plan to roll out Microsoft Copilot to staff while her administration reassesses privacy, security and policy implications.

A newly revealed litigation-funding tie has put the nationwide class action over elite colleges' financial aid at risk, imperiling hundreds of millions in settlements and payouts to more than 200,000 students.

The State Department declared a wartime emergency to fast‑track more than $23 billion in arms sales to the UAE, Kuwait and Jordan, sidestepping congressional review.

A Colorado bill would narrow when "extreme indifference" becomes first‑degree murder and add new aggravated and negligent vehicular homicide categories.

The Senate approved a bill to bar lawmakers from expedited TSA screening as airport lines grow amid a DHS funding lapse. The measure now moves toward the House.

A new Assembly bill would require companies to disclose contracts with ICE and could bar vendors from state or city procurement if they hide those ties.

The IDF announced that Ali Mohammad Naini, the IRGC's chief spokesman, was "eliminated" in an overnight strike, and Iran's Guards called the attack "criminal."

Rep. Don Davis secured nearly $54M in FY2026 community project funding for eastern North Carolina, from a $41M Seymour Johnson upgrade to town-level water, safety and hospital projects.

Texas officials denied state subsidies for a proposed Dr. Phil‑fronted ICE reality series, citing a law that bars police reality‑TV partnerships; bankruptcy and litigation leave the project stalled.