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No REAL ID yet? You can still fly, but it may cost $45 without another form of accepted ID

That little star on your U.S. driver's license is about to save you $45. Beginning Sunday, air travelers in the U.S. without a REAL ID or another acceptable form of identification, such as a passport, are subject to a new fee. It isn't a penalty or a fine — it's payment for non-compliant ...

Fearing ICE, Native Americans rush to prove their right to belong in the US

MINNEAPOLIS — When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flooded Minneapolis, Shane Mantz dug his Choctaw Nation citizenship card out of a box on his dresser and slid it into his wallet. Some strangers mistake the pest-control company manager for Latino, he said, and he fears getting ...

Justice Department releases massive trove from its Jeffrey Epstein files

NEW YORK — The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with rich and ...

Senate passes government funding deal despite GOP backlash

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. With ...

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights probe into the killing of Alex Pretti

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed Saturday by Border Patrol officers, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. "We're looking at everything that would shed light on ...

Judge bars federal prosecutors from seeking the death penalty against Luigi Mangione

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors can't seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a federal judge ruled Friday, foiling the Trump administration's bid to see him executed for what it called a "premeditated, cold-blooded assassination ...