Iran's leadership is facing an existential challenge this month, experts said Wednesday, as widespread protests expanded this week across most of Iran's provinces, spurred on by a severe economic downturn in recent months.

President Trump blasted the five Republican senators who voted Thursday to advance a war powers resolution that would prevent him from taking further military action against Venezuela without congressional approval.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged his state's residents to tone it down as violent protests have erupted in the wake of Wednesday's ICE-involved shooting, saying that sort of chaos could be used by President Trump to justify more vigorous federal intervention.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is giving New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani an early boost as he tries to make good on one of his boldest promises: expanding free health care services for children across the city.

The top federal prosecutor in upstate New York is serving in the position unlawfully, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday that the ICE officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis was following his training for how to respond when someone turns a vehicle into a weapon.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said Thursday it has pulled out of what had been a joint probe with the FBI into this week's ICE-involved shooting, saying it felt it was being cut out of the investigation.

The Senate on Thursday narrowly advanced a war powers resolution to block President Trump from taking further military action in Venezuela without congressional approval.

The Supreme Court next week will wade into a thorny climate change debate as it takes up a lawsuit filed by a Louisiana parish against oil companies the locality says have eroded its coastline through decades of fossil fuel activities.

The Trump administration on Thursday will present updated plans for the president's 90,000-square-foot ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission.