Mexico's president said Friday he won't fight Mexican drug cartels on U.S. orders, in the clearest explanation yet of his refusal to confront the gangs.

The attorney general for the District of Columbia contends that the NBA's Washington Wizards and NHL's Washington Capitals are obligated to play their games in the downtown arena through 2047, the city's latest salvo to keep the teams from leaving.

Illegal immigration ticked up in February, with the Department of Homeland Security reporting more than 256,000 encounters with unauthorized migrants.

Georgia Republicans are taking steps over Democratic opposition to erect a statue of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas at the state Capitol.

Disgraced former Rep. George Santos said he is ditching the Republican Party and will instead run as an independent in the race for New York's 1st Congressional District, following his expulsion over fraud allegations.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Puerto Rico on Friday as part of a whirlwind trip to tout the federal aid the U.S. territory has received following deadly hurricanes and attend a Democratic fundraiser.