Politics

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Migrants subject to removal from the U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told The Associated Press.

KEARNEY, Nebraska (AP) — Nebraska Sen.

The Trump administration was handed a rapid-fire series of court losses Wednesday night and Thursday in lawsuits filed over its policies on immigration, elections and its crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools.

SURREY — British Columbia has opened the first of the government's promised secure units to provide involuntary treatment for people with brain injuries and overlapping mental-health and addiction concerns.

Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation were at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Thursday calling for the British Columbia and Canadian governments to help expand support services in the battle against the toxic drug crisis.

ST. JOHN'S — New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador are the latest provinces to pledge to work together and knock down trade barriers as Canada faces economic threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The top Democrat in Florida's Senate is leaving his party, declaring that “the Democratic Party in Florida is dead.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three advocacy groups are suing the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Kristi Noem , seeking to restore staff jobs at three gutted offices that oversee civil rights protections across the department's broad mission.

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run , including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form.