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Melania Trump is back in the White House for her second act as first lady

The role of first lady is unelected, unpaid and usually comes with zero preparation. But Melania Trump is back in the White House with the most experience someone in her position can have.

A screen near the Energy Museum and Mindaugas Bridge indicates that on February 8 the Baltic States will disconnect from the Russian electricity grid to synchronise with Continental Europe, in Vilnius, Lithuania on Feb. 4, 2025.

Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia

The severing of electricity ties to Russia is rich in geopolitical significance. Work on it sped up after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine.

California US Senate race explainer

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for the California U.S. Senate race.

From Taylor Swift tickets to social media bans, here are new 2025 state laws

It's almost the new year, which means states across the country will enact thousands of new laws from new tax structures to prenatal leave.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs — but they don't direct air traffic

After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria at the San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing. San Ysidro. Nov. 8, 2021.

Gloria's homeless shelter record marked by more tents, fewer beds as election draws near

Much of San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria’s shelter achievements are propped up on short-term deals that are set to expire.

Andrea Toro, owner of La Julieta Salon, tapes a closure sign on her store in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, to stand with immigrants, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.

Some US businesses close in a 'day without immigrants.' But many say they can't lose income

Several businesses from day cares to grocery stores and hair salons closed across the United States in a loosely organized day of protest against the President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

Border patrol agents use a drug sniffing dog to check vehicles at California's Pine Valley checkpoint, on the main route from Arizona to San Diego, Dec. 14, 2017.

Tariff threats take aim at fentanyl trafficking. Here's how the drug reaches the US

President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China is aimed at stopping the flow of fentanyl into the U.S. Ingredients for fentanyl are produced in China and used by pharmaceutical companies to make legal painkillers.

US House races explainer

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for U.S. House of Representatives races.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, was on Capitol Hill in early January to meet with senators.

RFK Jr. appears on his way to being Trump's health secretary after a party-line vote

RFK Jr.'s nomination cleared the Senate Finance Committee by a 14-13 party line vote.

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