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By MICHAEL CASEY and REBECCA BOONE BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from withholding billions of dollars in transportation funds from states that don’t agree to participate in some immigration enforcement actions. Twenty states sued after they said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to cut off funding to states that refused to comply with President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda. U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. barred federal transportation officials from carrying out that threat before the lawsuit is fully resolved. “The Court finds that the States have demonstrated they will face irreparable and continuing harm if forced to…

The United States is, once again, on the precipice of entering another war in the Middle East. After months of productive negotiations between the Trump administration and the Iranian government to reach a new nuclear deal, the talks were broken off by a series of Israeli airstrikes on June 13, last Friday. The Israelis targeted the homes and apartments of top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) officials, nuclear scientists, and negotiators who had been working with the US. They also hit Iranian nuclear facilities and various military sites Iran would have relied on to defend against Israel’s attack and eventually…

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers at cybersecurity outlet Cybernews say that billions of login credentials have been leaked and compiled into datasets online, giving criminals “unprecedented access” to accounts consumers use each day. According to a report published this week, Cybernews researchers have recently discovered 30 exposed datasets that each contain a vast amount of login information — amounting to a total of 16 billion compromised credentials. That includes user passwords for a range of popular platforms including Google, Facebook and Apple. Sixteen billion is roughly double the amount of people on Earth today, signaling that impacted consumers may have…

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday called for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the 2020 election won by Democrat Joe Biden, repeating his baseless claim that the contest was marred by widespread fraud. “Biden was grossly incompetent, and the 2020 election was a total FRAUD!” Trump said in a social media post in which he also sought to favorably contrast his immigration enforcement approach with that of the former president. “The evidence is MASSIVE and OVERWHELMING. A Special Prosecutor must be appointed. This cannot be allowed to happen again in the United…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, AP Business Writer Aflac says that it has identified suspicious activity on its network in the U.S. that may impact Social Security numbers and other personal information, calling the incident part of a cybercrime campaign against the insurance industry. The company said Friday that the intrusion was stopped within hours. “We continue to serve our customers as we respond to this incident and can underwrite policies, review claims, and otherwise service our customers as usual,” Aflac said in a statement. The company said that it’s in the early stages of a review of the incident, and so…

By MARK SHERMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday revived long-running lawsuits against Palestinian authorities from Americans who were killed or wounded in terrorism attacks in the Middle East. The justices upheld a 2019 law enacted by Congress specifically to allow the victims’ lawsuits to go forward against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority. The attacks occurred in the early 2000s, killing 33 people and wounding hundreds more, and in 2018, when a U.S.-born settler was stabbed to death by a Palestinian assailant outside a mall in the West Bank. The victims and their families assert…

California law already fortunately — in theory — limits the ability of police to share photo-captured vehicle license plate data with out-of-state public agencies. Such as ICE. But considering the several regulations already in place, this aspect of the ship of state is a very leaky boat indeed, as new investigations show that 11 California law enforcement agencies broke this law last month alone, with 10 of those agencies being from Southern California counties. “The Los Angeles Police Department and sheriff’s departments in San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties searched license plate readings on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…

California house hunters are balking at high home prices – just like their fellow Americans. The significant difference is that the rejected homes in California happen to be far more expensive than the typical U.S. house. Please forget the “buyer’s market” vs. “seller’s market” debate that’s spun by many real estate influencers. This is a “nobody’s market” – basically, nobody’s wild about this market. And the best cure would be falling home prices. Let my trusty spreadsheet explain with a review of April sales, tracked by Attom. These figures are as broad of a view of homebuying as you can…

SACRAMENTO—Years ago, I drove through a Border Patrol station along a Southern California freeway in my little sports car. As a white guy in a Navy blazer, I wasn’t surprised that the agents immediately waved me along—even as they questioned the Latino drivers around me, searched their trunks and thoroughly inspected their vehicles. I clearly didn’t the fit the profile of an illegal immigrant or Mexican drug smuggler. By contrast, one time that I flew with my mom, whose 90-year-old body has its share of metal implants, TSA agents examined her as if she might be the member of a…

By STAN CHOE AP, Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting higher on Friday in their return to trading following the Juneteenth holiday. The S&P 500 was up 0.4% in early trading and adding to its modest gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 162 points, or 0.4%, as of 9:35 am. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.6% higher. Treasury yields were also edging higher in the bond market after President Donald Trump said he will decide within two weeks whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in Israel’s fighting with Iran. The window offers the…