WASHINGTON — On the day before the midterm election, Trump administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene and set aside ballots from 20,000 California voters who the administration says may not be citizens.

“The Court should issue a limited injunction directing California to stop commingling suspected illegal ballots with ...Read more

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his government has been granted more authority by the country’s supreme leader to pursue peace talks, as President Donald Trump hinted at progress in negotiations.

The comments on Monday signaled a potential diplomatic opening as fears grow of renewed conflict with the U.S. and Israel.

“We are striving...Read more

MIAMI — The crew of the Learjet plane that crashed into a Palm Beach County neighborhood Sunday afternoon, killing all nine people on board, began reporting light ice and turbulence about a minute before the aircraft rapidly descended to the ground, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Monday.

The plane took off from Austin...Read more

CHICAGO — Four months after being forced into retirement, ex-Chicago FBI boss Douglas DePodesta is suing U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros, Kash Patel and the Department of Justice claiming he was scapegoated for the failed “Broadview Six” prosecution and other Operation Midway Blitz prosecutions.

The explosive 38-page lawsuit filed in U.S. ...Read more

BOSTON — The Lindsay Clancy case returned to court Monday as the defendant’s lawyers attempted to block a potential retrial, making the case that a second trial after September’s mistrial would constitute double jeopardy.

The hearing marks the second time Clancy has returned to court since the prosecution’s bid to convict the mother on ...Read more

DENVER — The operator of Aurora’s immigrant detention center reached a settlement Monday with a group of former detainees who accused the company of subjecting them and thousands of others to forced labor.

The eleventh-hour agreement in the case came just before a trial in the case was set to begin in federal court in Denver on the same day...Read more

MIAMI — A federal judge in Miami threw out President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch, saying the president was “grasping at straws” in challenging the newspaper’s reporting on a sexually suggestive birthday letter bearing his name sent to Jeffrey Epstein.

U.S. District ...Read more

WASHINGTON — On the day before the midterm election, Trump administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene and set aside ballots from 20,000 California voters who the administration says may not be citizens.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed an emergency appeal Monday.

“The Court should issue a limited injunction directing...Read more

After years of searching for affordable health insurance, Trey Wright discovered Georgia Pathways to Coverage.

The state’s limited Medicaid expansion program allowed the 27-year-old living in the rural city of Jesup in southeastern Georgia to finally visit a primary care doctor regularly. It also covered weekly shots to manage an array of ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida is under a flood watch through Monday evening, with a 90% chance of rain in the forecast.

“The environment continues to support the potential for heavy rainfall,” according to the National Weather Service.

Monday is starting out wet, and the rain will continue through the day, according to forecasters. The flood ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Baltimore needs to fix its aging schools, streets and public buildings. But paying for those repairs could saddle taxpayers with debt lasting decades — potentially long after some of the improvements have worn out.

That’s the dilemma facing voters Tuesday as city officials ask them to authorize $280 million in borrowing for ...Read more

For nearly two months, Omar was detained at the Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana before being deported to Mexico. He had lived in the Chicago area since he was a child.

Now 49, Omar recalled during a phone interview with the Tribune his final days in U.S. immigration custody.

“It was miserable, I really thought I wasn’t going to make...Read more

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has given the government the go-ahead to hold peace talks, signaling a potential diplomatic opening as fears of a renewed conflict with the U.S. and Israel grow.

“We are striving to resolve the issue through dialogue and, in this regard, the Supreme Leader has also granted certain powers to the ...Read more

MADRID — Support for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dropped following one of the deadliest train crashes in Spanish history.

Sánchez’s Socialist party has about 24.6% backing among voters, compared with about 26% a week earlier, according to a poll by SigmaDos published Monday by newspaper El Mundo. This would grant the Socialists ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An acutely contentious and historically expensive midterm campaign barrels to a finish Monday, on the eve of elections that will set the nation's course for the remaining half of President Donald Trump's second term.

Republicans are bracing for a backlash from voters as Democrats prepare for gains — but the magnitude of any "...Read more

The investigation into what caused a Sunday plane crash into a heavy populated Palm Beach County neighborhood, killing all nine aboard, has only just begun. But experts say audio recorded from minutes before the crash may offer clues as to what happened.It’s uncommon for a plane to fall so quickly mid-flight and nosedive, indicating the deadly...Read more

LOS ANGELES — After a dark and stormy Halloween night with showers that continued into Sunday, Southern California can expect clear skies this week as well as hotter temperatures, particularly along the beleaguered coastline.

Beach hazard warnings will remain in effect along the coast until Monday at 6 p.m. because of gusty west winds that ...Read more

If your home isn’t in a federally designated flood zone, flooding might seem like someone else’s problem. No one requires you to buy flood insurance, and the map suggests you’re in the clear. But reality may be very different.

Mounting evidence reveals that significantly more homes are at risk of flooding than is indicated by ...Read more