The 13-day-old government shutdown is raising alarms in coastal and other flood-prone areas where homeowners depend on coverage from the national insurer that covers gaps in the private insurance ...

The ruling will be in effect for 14 days. In two courthouses in different parts of the country, President Donald Trump's attempt to send troops into Democratic-led cities faced a critical legal test ...

Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners. By Robert Jimison Reporting from the Capitol Republicans in ...

Herschel Walker is headed to the Bahamas after the Senate confirmed 107 nominees to posts in the Trump administration. Walker, the scandal-ridden ex-Senate candidate, is one of more than two dozen ...

Evanston’s four more conservative alders Monday night demanded that the City Council break from the statewide pattern and require a supermajority vote to select an acting mayor. Assuming Mayor Daniel ...

The federal funding freeze affects the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization program, according to DOT’s statement. Last week, DOT issued an interim final ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A train crashed into a logging truck near Canby Monday morning, officials said. At around 8:15 a.m., the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said they responded to reports of the ...

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is decrying the notion that the president sending troops into American cities is subject to judicial review. Over the weekend, U.S. District Judge ...

A federal judge blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops into Portland in a late-night decision on Sunday. US District Judge Karin Immergut ruled the action was ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (center) arrives at a press conference announcing her opposition to the deployment of federal troops to Portland. (Thomas Patterson/Thomas Patterson) A federal judge issued an ...

I’ve never been more alarmed about the state of our democracy. The U.S. is sliding toward authoritarianism faster than ever, while corporate media turns a blind eye. That’s why Common Dreams exists—to ...

A federal judge appointed by President Trump issued a temporary restraining order, siding for now with Oregon and Portland lawyers who called federalizing the guard a presidential overreach. By Anna ...