Rose Ramirez and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad

Residents denounce checkpoints and expanded federal presence as civil liberties advocates warn of authoritarian overreach.

If he repeats his past performances at summits with Putin and appears to back the Russian leader over his country’s closest allies, it is likely to cause a dangerous rift in the western alliance.

Power-crazed the president may be, but he fails to grasp soft power.

The study was a result of researchers discovering the mass die-off of hundreds of monarch butterflies near the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in California, where the butterflies overwinter.

As National Guard deployment grows and Section 740 takeover faces legal tests, residents report civil liberties concerns while officials defend public safety rationale.