Why off-roading access matters to these Utah senators

The U.S. Senate passed a resolution introduced by Utah Sens. John Curtis and Mike Lee to overturn a Biden administration rule restricting the use of off-road vehicles in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

New Jersey mayor arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting, prosecutor says

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at an federal immigration detention center where he was protesting its opening, a federal prosecutor said.

Former US Supreme Court Justice Souter dies

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter died on Thursday at age 85.

San Francisco's commuter trains stopped for four hours by computer outage

A computer outage knocked out train service in the San Francisco Bay Area for about four hours on Friday morning, causing headaches for some commuters in the high-tech capital.

US FDA permits use of three natural-source colors in food items

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it had granted permissions to three new color additives, marking them as safe to use in food products and expanding the range of natural-source colors available to manufacturers.

Tufts student detained by US immigration authorities must be released, judge rules

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to immediately release a Tufts University student from Turkey who has been held for over six weeks in a Louisiana immigration detention facility after she co-wrote an opinion piece criticizing her school's response to Israel's war in Gaza.

Air traffic controllers briefly lose radar access again at Newark airport

The air traffic controllers directing planes into the Newark, New Jersey, airport lost their radar Friday morning for the second time in two weeks.

Ahead of key China talks, Trump says 80% tariff 'seems right'

President Donald Trump said on Friday an 80% tariff on Chinese goods "seems right," for the first time suggesting a specific alternative to the 145% levies he has imposed on Chinese imports ahead of closely watched weekend talks.

Judge awards $680K to 17 families exposed to jet fuel-tainted water at Hawaii Naval base

A federal judge has awarded a total of more than $680,000 to 17 families who say they were sickened by a 2021 jet fuel leak into a Navy drinking water system in Hawaii.

VP Vance says war between India, Pakistan will be 'none of our business'

Vice President JD Vance said India and Pakistan should de-escalate tensions, but added that the U.S. cannot control the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors and a war between them would be "none of our business."