U.S. News Headlines

• Florida and Mississippi enact voter citizenship checks, sparking a lawsuit in the Sunshine State April 3, 2026
  Governors in Florida and Mississippi have signed laws requiring officials to verify voters' citizenship
• Attorneys say Oklahoma basketball player who died after game wasn't given proper medical care April 3, 2026
  Attorneys for an Oklahoma college basketball player who died after being injured during a game last year say wasn't given proper medical care after his injury
• What to know about attempts to force out the Universities of Wisconsin president April 3, 2026
  The president of the 165,000-student University of Wisconsin system is fighting attempts by the board of regents to force him to retire or face being fired
• Federal government sues three states over their regulation of prediction markets April 3, 2026
  The federal government is suing Connecticut, Arizona and Illinois, challenging their efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket
• Amazon to slap a 3.5% surcharge on third-party sellers as Iran war drives up fuel prices April 3, 2026
  Amazon is slapping a 3.5% fuel and logistics surcharge on third-party sellers that sell on its platform starting later this month amid a spike in fuel prices since the war in Iran
• A look at Todd Blanche, the ex-Trump lawyer who's the president's pick for acting attorney general April 3, 2026
  Before picking Todd Blanche to help lead and now run the Justice Department, President Donald Trump was his client
• Bureau of Indian Affairs officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing teen April 3, 2026
  A former law enforcement officer for the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs Officer has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an intoxicated 14-year-old girl on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana
• Hegseth says he will allow troops to take personal weapons onto military bases April 3, 2026
  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he will allow service members to carry personal weapons onto military installations
• Exclusive: Universities of Wisconsin leaders looking to oust system president who refuses to quit April 3, 2026
  The president of the multicampus Universities of Wisconsin has said in letters obtained by The Associated Press that he has been told to resign or he will be fired
• Prediction markets challenge tribal casinos’ hard-won place in US gambling April 3, 2026
  At the Indian Gaming Association’s annual convention in San Diego this week, two words have dominated the agenda: Prediction markets
• Elected leaders and clergy seek release of Wisconsin mosque president detained by immigration agents April 3, 2026
  The president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque was detained by federal immigration agents, drawing accusations from local officials and religious leaders that the arrest was motivated by his statements against Israel
• Bahrain waters down UN proposal over opposition to allowing force to open Strait of Hormuz April 3, 2026
  Bahrain has significantly watered down a proposed U.N. resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz
• Massachusetts State Police troopers arraigned over recruit's death in boxing match April 2, 2026
  A supervisor and two instructors with a Massachusetts State Police tactical unit have plead not guilty in connection with the 2024 death of a recruit following a boxing match during training
• North Carolina Supreme Court throws out longtime suit over education funding April 2, 2026
  The North Carolina Supreme Court has thrown out longtime litigation over education funding in the state
• What to know about battle over lawsuits alleging Roundup weedkiller can cause cancer April 2, 2026
  A new Kentucky law could shield agrochemical maker Bayer from lawsuits claiming it failed to warn that Roundup weedkiller could cause cancer
• Dozens of violations of detention standards found at major immigration camp in Texas April 2, 2026
  An inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions
• Activist Mahmoud Khalil wants ex-Justice Department official off panel of judges weighing his appeal April 2, 2026
  Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student fighting deportation, have asked Judge Emil Bove to step aside from an appellate panel that could weigh in on his case because of Bove’s previous role as a top Justice Departme...
• Colorado appeals court orders resentencing for former county clerk in election fraud scheme April 2, 2026
  A Colorado appeals court has ruled that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced
• US crude tops $110 per barrel and Wall Street tumbles after Trump vows to escalate attacks on Iran April 2, 2026
  Oil rose more than 9% and U_S_ futures slid sharply lower after President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the United States will continue to attack the Middle East nation for a few more weeks even though it...
• Immigrants seeking asylum are ordered to countries they've never been to April 2, 2026
  In recent months, thousands of immigrants living legally in the U.S. and waiting for rulings on their asylum claims were suddenly ordered deported to countries where most have no ties