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Zohran Mamdani, New York City's new mayor, begins his term with a symbolic commute. On Friday, he traveled from his Queens apartment to City Hall, engaging with commuters and emphasizing his connection to everyday New Yorkers.

President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the unraveling of a $2.9 million computer chips deal that he concluded threatened U.S. security interests if the current owner, HieFo Corp., remained in control of the technology.

Minnesota officials are rushing to provide information to the Trump administration about child care providers and parents receiving federal funds.

The NFL's regular season has reached its final weekend with plenty undecided in terms of the playoff picture, including the No. 1 seed in both the AFC and NFC.

Starting this year, Californians will pay a new fee every time they buy a product with a non-removable battery - whether it's a power tool, a PlayStation, or even a singing greeting card.

Leaders from four groups recognized as Abenaki by Vermont's state government have created a new school curriculum about their communities' history -- but the material includes few references, they said, to two Abenaki nations centered in Quebec.

Nonpartisans became the largest voting bloc in Nevada in 2023, and the gap has only widened since. And across the past year, a new factor appears to be accelerating the surge: changes in the party registration process.

Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the issue by 2027.

About 15,000 adult immigrants in Minnesota lost access to their state-funded health care on Jan. 1. In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature -- which then had a Democratic-Farmer-Labor trifecta -- passed a bill that granted immigrants who entered the ...

Texas Southern University has "significant" financial weaknesses, the result of whole departments bypassing established purchase guardrails and the university failing to enforce established contract and accounting procedures, a state audit released . ...