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Michoacán state Mayor Carlos Manzo, who called for a take-no-prisoners approach to Mexico's drug cartels, is slain while marking the Day of the Dead holiday.

As Democrats work to pass California's Proposition 50 on Tuesday, the national stakes are rising, with partisan battles over congressional redistricting erupting across the country.

Gov. Newsom and national Democrats rallied supporters for Tuesday's Proposition 50 vote to redraw California's congressional districts before the midterms.

U.S. gunboat diplomacy returns as President Trump threatens Venezuela invasion and sanctions Colombia. He also has worked to support right-wing admirers in Brazil and Argentina.

Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture it must begin using contingency funds to provide food assistance, but gave the agency until Monday to decide exactly how to do so.

Amid a swirl of high-stakes political standoffs from Sacramento to Washington, the future of U.S. politics and democracy has felt wildly uncertain of late.

After a year of embarrassing sex allegations related to Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew on Thursday was stripped of his title by Buckingham Palace.

Debate in the courts over the legality of Trump's deployment of troops to U.S. cities has centered on the definition of the word rebellion, with judges and lawyers looking to one legal reference book to parse the law.

About 60% of likely voters in California support Proposition 50, Democrats' redistricting proposal that would change the state's congressional districts.

Florida teen Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim is accused of throwing stones at Israeli vehicles. His family has not spoken with him since his West Bank arrest in February.