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Orlando Sentinel - Politics

After easy win in the Florida House, nursing oversight bills dies in Senate

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Crime and Public Safety

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Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments. Here's what to know

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Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of NJ's US Attorney's Office to testify

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Judge orders restoration of Voice of America, putting hundreds of journalists back to work

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Trump administration widens Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida, calling it a 'hotspot'

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As Trump keeps Texas guessing, neither Cornyn nor Paxton backs down from Republican Senate runoff

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Street art battle: No settlement reached between Fort Lauderdale and state

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In his words: How Gregory Bovino became a face of Trump's mass deportations and ended his career

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Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and embraces going it alone

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Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed to answer questions from Congress about the Epstein files

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Chief Justice Roberts says personal criticism of judges is dangerous and has 'got to stop'

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A judge's ruling halts momentum on RFK Jr.'s vaccine agenda

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'Medical conscience' bills would let providers refuse more health care

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Trump's tax law changes may increase the number of donors, but reduce donations to nonprofits

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What to know about the resignation of Joe Kent as Trump's counterterrorism chief

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WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?

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Rubio calls for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis

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Trump postpones his China trip to focus on the war in Iran

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A $50 million push hopes to make child care a top issue in the midterm elections

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Trump team applying pressure to media: Tell the war's story the way we see it

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Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny recent contact

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Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat

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Trump's homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges

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Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks

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What's in the voting bill that Republicans are pushing to the Senate floor

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Illinois Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for US Senate

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Apopka mayoral candidate represented alleged Orlando crypto-fraudster in home sales

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Last protester in immigration detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released

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Lindsey Graham got a war with Iran. What will it cost the country and his party?

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Judge blocks US government from slimming down vaccine recommendations

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Sheriffs on Florida immigration enforcement board criticize federal mass deportation efforts

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Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for 2 years and names a new president

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Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria

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BBC asks US court to dismiss Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit

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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has breast cancer but will keep working through treatment

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China warns Trump's latest tariff moves could damage trade ties

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Tricky negotiations begin Monday to renew a trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada

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Republicans resist calls for Iran war hearings, creating a new standoff with Democrats

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Trump's mass deportation agenda is at a crossroads with the Homeland Security shake-up

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Trump side-stepped diplomacy on his way to war in Iran. Now, he's asking China and others for help

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Trump says he wants to finish in Iran before turning to Cuba

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As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find

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From slavery to the White House, the Ficklin family served presidents for nearly 8 decades

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Election-law changes include a key Trump demand — and may stop some Florida citizens from voting

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US-China trade talks open in Paris, paving the way for Trump-Xi summit

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Rancor among Republicans doomed property tax plan

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DeSantis criticizes House for not passing 'medical freedom' bill

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The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening for visitors

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WADA to weigh barring Trump, US officials from LA Olympics and possibly World Cup over unpaid dues

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Florida Legislature agrees on new rules for using emergency fund

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California launches probe after video shows petition gatherers offering money for signatures

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Orlando's Desmond Meade to retire as head of Florida voting rights group

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US faces elevated terrorism threats against backdrop of Iran war and cuts at FBI, Justice Department

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Trump ally Ric Grenell stepping down as Kennedy Center president

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Judge quashes subpoenas in Justice Department's investigation of Federal Reserve's Powell

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Trump signs executive orders aimed at addressing home affordability concerns ahead of midterms

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ICE replaces contractor at largest detention camp after scrutiny of living conditions

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Democratic senators file war powers resolution to check Trump on Cuba

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Congressional Democrats say Trump tariffs will cost US households more than $2,500 this year

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Six federal scientists run out by Trump discuss the work left undone

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Cuba's president confirms US talks as island's energy and economic crises intensify

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US orders 2,500 Marines and an amphibious assault ship to Mideast after almost 2 weeks of war

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Missouri judge rejects a challenge to new US House districts backed by Trump

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US military refueling plane goes down in Iraq and rescue is underway

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Under pressure from Trump, Republicans plan long talkathon on voting bill

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Trump administration sues California over the state's nation-leading vehicle-emission rules

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Florida Legislature passes citizen verification for voters, restricts IDs accepted at the polls

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Florida approves guardian program expansion for colleges, universities

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Bill targeting 'terrorist' groups, 'sharia' law heads to governor's desk

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Trump bragged about low gas prices. The Iran conflict has him doing an about-face

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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability

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Amid soaring oil prices, Trump is now turning to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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Trump discourages Iranian soccer team from attending the World Cup, citing safety concerns

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Long-serving Democrat Jim Clyburn of South Carolina will run for an 18th term in Congress

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Bill to name road for Trump in Palm Beach County gets Senate approval

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Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal

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Iran war disrupts energy supplies as Iran's new leader resolves to keep fighting

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Lawmakers look to curb e-bike deaths across Florida

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State lawmakers rush to set rounding rules for when there are no pennies

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Lawmakers vent frustration over DHS shutdown as lines grow at nation's airports

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Trump administration kicks off new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court

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Should Trump endorse Cornyn? Some Texas Republicans say it would be a MAGA 'mistake'

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FACT FOCUS: The Trump administration is falsely claiming Jimmy Carter was against mail-in voting

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New drone maker partly owned by Trump sons hopes to win Pentagon contracts

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Social Security watchdog opens probe into alleged misuse of data by ex-DOGE employee

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Epstein's longtime accountant testifies on his wealth and business ties

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States sue the Trump administration to challenge policy requiring colleges to collect race data

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Pentagon blocks photographers from Hegseth's briefings on the Iran war

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Florida Senate OKs 'Marsy's Law' bill shielding identities of crime victims, some police officers

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Federal distrust prompts some Democratic states to protect polling places, election records

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South Africa summons new US ambassador over criticism as rift deepens

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Senate moves to provide stopgap funding for HIV/AIDS drug program

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Some states are reviving a push to tax the rich

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Jill Biden opens up in memoir about Joe Biden's decision to end his 2024 reelection bid

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Tracing the US military's learning curve on fighting Iran's drones: What to know

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Trump has one prescription for midterms. House Republicans have another

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Microsoft and retired military chiefs back AI company Anthropic in court fight against Pentagon

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Trump keeps telling America he's winning in Iran. He's less clear in explaining how the war ends

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US Sen. Jon Husted testifies remotely in ex-FirstEnergy executives' corruption trial

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' office authored 'domestic terrorist' bill, records show

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