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Orlando Sentinel - Politics

Crime and Public Safety

2 years ago

Carney warned about economic coercion. Now Trump is testing the Canadian prime minister

3 hours ago

Pete Buttigieg returns to South Carolina as he weighs another White House run

4 hours ago

Florida attorney general, a Catholic, fights state bishops over school vaccines

8 hours ago

Trump urges court to reject BBC's bid to secure records from his family in defamation case

1 day ago

A trade war between Canada and the US further ruptures a once-close and durable alliance

1 day ago

Federal judge vacates Trump policy that suspended processing of immigration visas from 75 countries

1 day ago

Inside Trump's remake of the White House Rose Garden. First a stone patio, then statues

1 day ago

How David Jolly won the Democratic nomination for Florida governor

1 day ago

How Byron Donalds won the Florida GOP nomination for governor

1 day ago

Inside Wasserman Schultz's primary blowout: Divided opposition, her Broward ties overcome redistricting

1 day ago

Democrat Angie Nixon stunned politicos Tuesday night. Can she win again?

1 day ago

US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations

1 day ago

Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime

1 day ago

FACT FOCUS: Census Bureau report does not prove Trump's claim about noncitizen voting in 2020

1 day ago

National park maintenance work sidelined as Trump's Freedom 250 takes precedence

1 day ago

Vance campaigns at the Ohio steel plant where his grandfather worked

2 days ago

Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview

2 days ago

Arizona attorney general declines to charge Gov. Katie Hobbs over pay-to-play allegations

1 day ago

Supreme Court's chief justice allows work on Trump's $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

2 days ago

MAHA activists criticize Trump for promoting coal to power energy-hungry AI data centers

2 days ago

Cuba says US sanctions are blocking its efforts to open the economy to private investment

2 days ago

Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but ranchers and some Republicans are already balking

2 days ago

Trump warns of 'economic D-Day' against Iran, but Tehran is well acquainted with sanctions

2 days ago

No more 'hypothetical situations': States move to fortify elections against Trump

2 days ago

Trump urges South Carolinians to make Sen. Darline Graham the GOP nominee for US Senate

1 day ago

Kennedy's quiet hunt for autism culprits stalls as Trump orders baseless changes to childhood shots

2 days ago

Investigators examining foes of Trump seek interviews related to Mar-a-Lago search, sources say

2 days ago

More than 2,300 Mexicans sent to Guatemala and Honduras as Trump ramps up third-country deportations

2 days ago

Why Treasury Secretary Bessent's moves to calm the bond market haven't worked so far

2 days ago

Trump appears on former fixer-turned-enemy Michael Cohen's radio show after detente

2 days ago

Suspended Clerk of Courts Mike Caruso will get hearing on pretrial release next week in Orlando

3 days ago

Bianchi: Sometimes, the good guy wins — ex-sportscaster Ryan Elijah pulls off massive political upset

2 days ago

Trump keeps embracing data centers even as they become toxic in midterm races

3 days ago

US ramps up Cuba sanctions and detentions of Americans returning from the island

3 days ago

Federal agents seize devices from ex-Rep. Eric Swalwell in sexual misconduct probe, AP source says

3 days ago

US agency under scrutiny after watchdog warns of forced labor in Dominican Republic

3 days ago

Canadian provincial leader says Trump is a 'bad person' as Canada weighs concessions for trade deal

2 days ago

US carries out its first deportations under pact for Liberia to accept 1,200 non-Liberians

3 days ago

Trump team's use of arcane budget rule threatens Medicaid coverage

3 days ago

A quiet channel between ICE and Iran shaped deportation flights, newly released emails show

3 days ago

A federal policy is complicating how organizations battle the opioid crisis

3 days ago

Democrats narrow their list of 2028 presidential convention sites to Boston, Denver and Philadelphia

3 days ago

In Orlando, DeSantis criticizes Nixon and Mills, calls Caruso case a 'gut punch'

3 days ago

Missouri court allows new Trump-backed US House districts be used in November election

3 days ago

The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion

3 days ago

Longtime publisher of Stars and Stripes to retire, citing differences with Pentagon leadership

3 days ago

New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting

3 days ago

Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear

3 days ago

Trump plays White House tour guide to show off work on his helipad and ballroom

3 days ago

An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again

4 days ago

Hollerbach ready to start new job as Sanford's mayor

4 days ago

One incumbent defeated, but another faces runoff in area's judicial races

4 days ago

Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration

4 days ago

Florida House incumbents sweep away primary challengers

4 days ago

National security question trips up Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina debate

4 days ago

Pictures: Orlando Sentinel 150 — Politics in Orlando panel discussion

3 days ago

What to know about the fake election poll numbers shared and retracted by a mysterious company

4 days ago

Americans have elected only 3 Black governors. This year, 8 major party candidates are on the ballot

4 days ago

Suspended Florida clerk of courts denied bond on child abuse charges

4 days ago

ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president and a senior prosecution lawyer

4 days ago

Kennedy Center tells court it won't try to restore Trump's name to the building before Sept. 8

4 days ago

Orlando Sentinel e-edition updated with election coverage

4 days ago

Orange County commission races set for November

4 days ago

More GOP party platforms include anti-IVF language. Is surrogacy next?

4 days ago

'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

4 days ago

North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing

4 days ago

Prosecutors say bullet engraving shows Charlie Kirk was targeted for his politics

4 days ago

Democrat Nieves elected to Florida House, incumbents cruise to victory in primaries

4 days ago

Incumbent wins in Kissimmee; Osceola Commission, 2nd Kissimmee seat, St. Cloud headed to runoffs

4 days ago

Nixon stuns Vindman in Dem Senate race; Donalds, Jolly face off for governor

4 days ago

Roberta Walton Johnson wins Orange Clerk of Courts race over Rick Singh

4 days ago

Tiffany Moore Russell and Chris Messina advance to Orange County mayor runoff

4 days ago

Moskowitz beats back primary challenge for Congress, will face former Boca Raton Mayor Singer in November

4 days ago

Central Florida School Board Elections: Gallo wins countywide seat

4 days ago

Incumbent commissioners Campione, Parks win Lake GOP primary races

4 days ago

Tie vote ends impeachment case against Kissimmee mayor

4 days ago

Ryan Elijah, former TV anchor, defeats embattled Rep. Cory Mills

4 days ago

Ex-Fauci adviser pleads guilty to plotting to conceal COVID-19 research records during pandemic

4 days ago

San Diego County will stop letting federal immigration agents train at local firing ranges

4 days ago

Wasserman Schultz secures overwhelming win in Broward's 20th Congressional District

4 days ago

Florida primary election results: Federal, state and county races

4 days ago

Minnesota governor signs order to slow down any mining efforts near Boundary Waters wilderness

4 days ago

DOJ plans to deploy 1,000 monitors to watch midterm elections

4 days ago

US hits ICC president and senior prosecutor with sanctions in another move against the court

4 days ago

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine caught snooping inside home's mailbox

4 days ago

Trump making ballroom 'fait accompli,' foes tell Supreme Court

4 days ago

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 deportees from the United States

4 days ago

Woman accused of plotting to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is sentenced to 6 years in prison

5 days ago

Primary elections draw Central Florida voters to polls for myriad state, local races

5 days ago

Trump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests

5 days ago

Governors' races are being increasingly buffeted by the toxic politics of data centers

5 days ago

Trump is threatening to bomb Oman, but why?

5 days ago

Preservation group urges Supreme Court to suspend Trump's White House ballroom project

5 days ago

Senator presses Hegseth, Caine for commitment to keep US military out of the midterm elections

5 days ago

Appeals court says Trump-appointed US attorney in Nevada can't legally serve in the role

5 days ago

Pictures: Candidates celebrate at election parties in Central Florida

4 days ago

Judge rules paint tests on Eisenhower Building can proceed, advancing Trump's makeover plans for now

5 days ago

Drills cut by Trump are central to the US-South Korea alliance, observers say

5 days ago

Drug prices have declined sharply, and Trump is taking credit. The reason behind the drop is complex

5 days ago

Pentagon orders audit of 30 universities' partnerships with foreign institutions

5 days ago