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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is calling President Donald Trump's military intervention at protests over federal immigration policy in Los Angeles an assault on democracy and has sued to try to stop it. Meanwhile, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is putting the National Guard... Read More

WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, once a rising progressive light in the Democratic Party, has agreed to pay $329,794 to settle an ethics board finding that he misspent public funds for security during his failed... Read More

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was joined at the White House Monday by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris, and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser to announce the NFL draft will be held on the National Mall... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration’s lawyers appear to have booby-trapped their own chances this week of defeating New York City’s congestion pricing program that charges motorists for driving downtown. They inadvertently filed a memo with the court overseeing a lawsuit... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the Environmental Protection Agency exceeded its authority by adding vague and superfluous requirements to San Francisco’s wastewater system permit. The ruling could have sweeping implications as many major cities across the United... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration revoked federal approval of New York City’s controversial congestion pricing program, killing a plan imposed to reduce traffic in midtown Manhattan and pay for upgrades to the city’s aged mass transit system. The program, which... Read More

Demonstrators gathered in cities across the U.S. on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's early actions, decrying everything from the president's immigration crackdown to his rollback of transgender rights and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Protesters in Philadelphia and at state... Read More

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that $10 million in funding is now available to advance clean heating and cooling technology for use in large buildings across the state. The state’s new Clean Heat for All:... Read More

OCEAN CITY, Md. — The mayor and city council of this popular tourist destination are the lead plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit intended to roll back the approval of an 80,000-acre wind energy project to be located about 10.7 miles... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to rein in the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce broad water quality standards that coastal cities claim expose them to liability without any advance notice. At issue is a challenge from... Read More

CHICAGO — Chipped and worn, like frescoes discovered under a blanket of ash in the ancient city of Pompeii, the numbers above the door, “2120,” were the first real indication one was about to step into history. With the daytime... Read More

NEW YORK — The City of New York has won a $15 million federal grant that will enable it to build out what is believed to be the largest curbside electric vehicle charging program in the nation. The receipt of... Read More

NEW YORK — The New York City Council on Thursday directed the city’s Department of Education to take steps to ensure that there is a student newspaper in every public high school. “The passage of this resolution is a critical... Read More

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C.'s mayor is reportedly pulling together a team to figure out how to respond to a possible second Trump presidential administration. Former President Donald Trump has dropped hints he would overturn local laws that show tolerance toward... Read More

WASHINGTON — The D.C. City Council is ramping up its efforts to shut down unlicensed cannabis stores operating in the nation’s capital and seize their illegal products. Ahead of the July Fourth holiday weekend, the city’s Alcohol Beverage and Cannabis... Read More

WASHINGTON — A declaration of a heat emergency for the District of Columbia will remain in effect at least until 10 p.m. Thursday, and could be extended further should conditions outside warrant it, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday morning. With... Read More

WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has declared an extended heat emergency for the city, urging residents to stay cool and to check on elderly or vulnerable neighbors as temperatures are expected to reach 98 degrees by the end of... Read More

BOSTON — A Boston school district is reaping the benefits of clean energy after deciding that its most recently built elementary school will run entirely on a geothermal system, with no fossil fuel use on-site. In the year since it... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear San Francisco, California’s, challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to tell cities not to pollute water bodies without setting specific limits to guide them. The central issue in the... Read More

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, city officials and members of the municipal energy authority are set to gather at City Hall on Tuesday to celebrate the long-awaited completion of the Adams Solar Project. The 70 MW facility not... Read More

NEW YORK — The city of New York announced Tuesday that it is investing $8 million in a new health and substance use disorder clinic specifically to provide care to pregnant and postpartum women and their families. Mayor Eric Adams... Read More

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia Council approved legislation Tuesday that gives police broader powers to try to reduce crime that has risen to a level some members of Congress believe warrants federal intervention. The law increases penalties for illegal... Read More

NEW YORK — The city of New York and its health and education departments sued five social media platforms on Wednesday, saying they need to be held accountable for fueling a mental health crisis among youths across the nation. The... Read More

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council has approved the largest on-site municipal solar project in Texas, a $30 million initiative that will see the installation of rooftop, parking and park canopy solar systems on 42 city facilities. During... Read More

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia area residents who have received Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Tests from the city health department are being asked to check the lot numbers on those tests, and to discard any marked with lot numbers COV2110012. Officials with... Read More

BALTIMORE — Amtrak is trying to invoke eminent domain rights to build a multibillion-dollar replacement for the 150-year-old rail tunnel that runs under West Baltimore. The National Passenger Railroad Corp. says a new tunnel would be critical to its ability... Read More

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is calling on actors, writers and Hollywood studio brass to “work around the clock” and resolve the impasse that inspired screen actors and the writers guild to go on strike at the... Read More

WASHINGTON — Washington, D.C.'s transit agency is trying to win dismissal of a lawsuit by the family of a lawyer who died after falling off a subway platform while intoxicated in a case testing the limits of common carrier liability.... Read More

WASHINGTON — A change of opinion by the Justice Department this week saved one of its attorneys from a subpoena by a congressional committee investigating crime in Washington, D.C. The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating why crime... Read More

WASHINGTON — A federal judge last week upheld a District of Columbia ban on large-capacity magazines in what appears to be a shift away from gun ownership rights. Washington, D.C., has been aggressive in trying to restrict gun rights but... Read More