Donald Trump's administration signaled it's cracking down on cities like Columbus that limit cooperation on immigration enforcement.

In Trump's first term, Columbus churches protected mothers from deportation. A Homeland Security statement may mean churches and schools aren't safe.

At Columbus' MLK Day event, speakers decried Donald Trump for fermenting hate and called on people to allow MLK "to start speaking through us."

A local podcaster is urging fellow Haitians to stay in Springfield as they wait to see whether anti-immigration rhetoric imperils their status — and the city's economic resurgence.

Kyle Campbell, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a police officer for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He just started serving his four-month sentence at the low security Federal Correctional Institution Milan in Milan,

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) AP

JD Vance, an Ohio native with strong ties to Columbus, will be sworn in as vice president Monday. Vance, the now-former senator from Ohio who was tapped as presidential candidate Donald Trump's running mate this summer, grew up in Middletown, Ohio, as he details in his 2016 book "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis ."

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A local immigrant and refugee advocacy group is speaking out about its growing concerns over President Donald Trump’s immigration rhetoric. Riverview International

A former president from Ohio could play a big role in shaping President Donald Trump's policies. Trump's a fan of President William McKinley, giving the Canton, Ohio, native a major shout-out in his inaugural address.

Concern is growing among Democrats after President Donald Trump reversed some of the former president’s executive orders, including efforts to reduce prescription drug costs for Medicare and