Seattle woman refuses to remove pro-Trump displays after her Ballard home was struck by bullets in what she believes was a politically motivated attack.

EPA Region 2, which includes New York and New Jersey, had 13 staffers placed on leave. The AFGE Local 3911 union that represents them said the involuntary leaves were retaliation for signing a letter opposing agency chief Lee Zeldin’s policies on the grounds they “undermine the EPA mission of protecting human health and the environment.”

Donald Trump is doing a lot. The president of the United States threw political gasoline on two of America’s biggest cities, floating the idea of federal takeovers of New York City and Washington D.C. On top of that, he called mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani out of his name, among other things.

Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison faces three challengers in her quest for a second term — and they’re banking on Seattle voters’ opposition to the second Trump administration.

Federal authorities have not explained the point of the exercise. But local authorities believe it was to sow fear as part of a continuing crackdown on the “sanctuary city” that has stood up to President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.

Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman representing northwest Queens, last month shocked the political establishment by trouncing the longtime front-runner, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose name recognition, experience and support of billionaires and corporations, made him the favorite.

The Boston City Council sought to commemorate July 4th by comparing President Trump’s “unconstitutional” actions to the pre-Revolutionary reign of King George III that led to “open rebellion”