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Orlando Sentinel - Politics

Crime and Public Safety

2 years ago

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

4 hours ago

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

5 hours ago

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

7 hours ago

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

7 hours ago

Vance campaigns at the Ohio steel plant where his grandfather worked

9 hours ago

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

9 hours ago

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

4 hours ago

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

10 hours ago

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

11 hours ago

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

11 hours ago

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

10 hours ago

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

13 hours ago

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

15 hours ago

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

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

16 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

A federal policy is complicating how organizations battle the opioid crisis

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

New CDC director acknowledges agency problems in first large staff meeting

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

An alarmed bond market gets the Trump administration to act again

2 days ago

Hollerbach ready to start new job as Sanford's mayor

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Florida House incumbents sweep away primary challengers

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Pictures: Orlando Sentinel 150 — Politics in Orlando panel discussion

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Suspended Florida clerk of courts denied bond on child abuse charges

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Orlando Sentinel e-edition updated with election coverage

2 days ago

Orange County commission races set for November

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Central Florida School Board Elections: Gallo wins countywide seat

3 days ago

Incumbent commissioners Campione, Parks win Lake GOP primary races

3 days ago

Tie vote ends impeachment case against Kissimmee mayor

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Florida primary election results: Federal, state and county races

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Trump administration moves ahead to end roadless rule on national forests

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Trump is threatening to bomb Oman, but why?

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Pictures: Candidates celebrate at election parties in Central Florida

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Pentagon orders audit of 30 universities' partnerships with foreign institutions

3 days ago

Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he's unhappy with country's deal with Iran, officials say

3 days ago

DeSantis appointee for Clerk of Courts arrested on child sexual abuse charges

3 days ago

Whistleblower alleges political pressure, lack of evidence in antisemitism probes targeting schools

3 days ago

South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises

3 days ago

The CDC has zombie programs. Congress funds them, but few people are left to do the work

3 days ago

Growing threat to free speech: Bogus copyright claims making political stories disappear

3 days ago

Trump says US and Canada have reached last-minute deal to delay 50% US tariffs on Canadian imports

2 days ago

Florida Primary recap: GOP Rep. Cory Mills loses primary; Orange mayor race goes to runoff

3 days ago

Kissimmee commissioners weigh mayor's impeachment today

3 days ago

Fewer Florida Republicans voted by mail but more opted to vote early

3 days ago

Election takeaways: Donalds joins historic field and progressive scores upset victory in Florida

3 days ago