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Orlando Sentinel - Politics

Crime and Public Safety

2 years ago

Trump gives go-ahead to major new Canada-US oil pipeline

10 hours ago

Trump administration defers $91M more in Minnesota Medicaid funding citing fraud vulnerabilities

11 hours ago

Amtrak may make it easier to bring guns on its trains despite the alleged attempt on Trump's life

11 hours ago

Congress approves short-term extension of divisive US surveillance program hours before expiration

12 hours ago

Trump adviser indicates U.S.-Spirit bailout talks still underway, report says

12 hours ago

Funding bill to end Homeland Security shutdown clears House

13 hours ago

Senate bans its own members and staff from betting in prediction markets

14 hours ago

Ban on kids' companion chatbots advanced by Senate committee

14 hours ago

Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown

12 hours ago

Trump pulls Casey Means' stalled surgeon general nomination. New pick is radiologist Nicole Saphier

12 hours ago

Trump order aims to help more people get retirement savings plans in time for new federal match

17 hours ago

Mark Sanford quits latest bid for Congress and says he'll set up a debt-focused nonprofit instead

18 hours ago

Trump administration appeals court order in effort to cut vaccine recommendations for kids

18 hours ago

Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents' dinner

11 hours ago

Louisiana congressional primaries are suspended as a result of the Supreme Court's ruling

18 hours ago

Maine Gov. Mills drops Democratic US Senate bid against Platner, lamenting a lack of campaign funds

19 hours ago

Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades

22 hours ago

Iran's supreme leader vows to protect nuclear and missile capabilities

20 hours ago

Hegseth faces a second day of Democrats grilling him over the Iran war

23 hours ago

The Black Caucus is the 'conscience of Congress.' Supreme Court ruling has it bracing for a big hit

1 day ago

Trump says he is weighing reducing American troop presence in Germany after Iran feud

21 hours ago

Gregory Bovino finds a new mission in retirement: Trolling DHS

1 day ago

GOP candidates revive anti-Islam attacks as midterms approach

1 day ago

Justice Department moves to roll back gun regulations as Senate confirms new ATF chief

1 day ago

Republican-led Florida Legislature approves DeSantis redistricting map

1 day ago

Supreme Court ruling will reshape American politics. The only question is when

1 day ago

Florida legislature approves new congressional map intended to boost Republicans in midterms

1 day ago

House approves bill to extend divisive US surveillance program, but path forward uncertain

1 day ago

Kissimmee commissioner slams second ethics complaint as politically motivated

1 day ago

Push for raw milk intensifies across the US, despite illness outbreaks and scientists' warnings

1 day ago

Do you prefer to pay income taxes or sales taxes? Missouri voters will get to choose

1 day ago

Comey appears in court in Trump threat case that's likely to pose a challenge for Justice Department

1 day ago

Janet Mills has the resume for her Senate bid. Is that enough to win over Maine's Democratic voters?

1 day ago

Many Democrats are stressed out by the news. They still can't turn away, a new poll finds

1 day ago

Democrats investigate as Trump OKs almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to end offshore wind projects

1 day ago

Environmental Protection Agency boss backs big budget cuts but Congress will get the final say

1 day ago

Man charged with trying to kill Trump took hotel room selfie before rushing gala, investigators say

1 day ago

Kevin Warsh is one step closer to top job at the Fed after Trump's pick approved by Senate committee

1 day ago

Supreme Court weakens a landmark Civil Rights-era law and aids GOP efforts to control the House

1 day ago

Supreme Court sides with anti-abortion center raising First Amendment fears about state probe

1 day ago

Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Arizona seeking voter data

1 day ago

Defying protocol, Trump relays details of private conversation with King Charles III

1 day ago

Read the complete transcript of King Charles III's speech to Congress

1 day ago

'Clearly deliberate': DeSantis cuts Florida's Hispanic-majority Democratic congressional district

2 days ago

Hegseth faces withering questions about Iran in first congressional appearance since war began

1 day ago

Supreme Court mulls Trump administration push to end protections for migrants from Haiti and Syria

1 day ago

Powell plans to remain on Fed board, cites legal actions by Trump administration

1 day ago

House takes step toward funding Homeland Security as White House warns money will 'soon run out'

1 day ago

Senate rejects attempt to end Trump's blockade of Cuba

2 days ago

Appeals court rejects Trump's no-bond immigration detentions, setting stage for Supreme Court review

2 days ago

Judge questions Trump's plan to close the Kennedy Center for 2 years

2 days ago

U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, a long-serving GOP lawmaker, to retire this year

2 days ago

Justice Department legal argument for the White House ballroom reads like a Trump social media post

2 days ago

US will issue commemorative passports with Trump's picture for America's 250th birthday

2 days ago

Florida House again rejects DeSantis' vaccine, AI measures

2 days ago

Ex-FBI Director Comey indicted again, in a probe over an online post officials call a Trump threat

2 days ago

Former Fauci adviser indicted for allegedly concealing communications related to COVID-19 research

2 days ago

The Supreme Court seems likely to shut down a lawsuit by Falun Gong over Cisco's aid to China

2 days ago

Trump lifts ban on mining near Boundary Waters, clearing way for Chilean company to seek permits

2 days ago

Husband indicted on first-degree murder charges, appears in court in Coral Springs vice mayor's death

2 days ago

Nebraska is becoming the first state to implement a Medicaid work requirement signed by Trump

2 days ago

Will Powell stay or go? Fed chair may reveal next steps after central bank meeting Wednesday

2 days ago

Kid Rock flies in Army helicopter weeks after flights near his house drew scrutiny

2 days ago

White House withdraws hospitality executive as nominee to lead the National Park Service

2 days ago

Agents armed with search warrants keep focus on Minnesota in public fraud probe

2 days ago

Judge rules that fired prosecutor Maurene Comey's lawsuit belongs in federal court

2 days ago

Republicans in Congress push for Trump's White House ballroom after shooting at media dinner

2 days ago

Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected

2 days ago

King Charles III highlights US-UK bond during busy day of diplomacy with Trump and Congress

1 day ago

Pentagon can require reporters to be escorted during appeal process, judges rule

3 days ago

National parks brace for summer surge as Trump administration proposes more staff cuts

3 days ago

Scores of Forest Service plans could be upended after Boundary Waters mining vote

3 days ago

Trump administration to pay 2 more companies to walk away from US offshore wind leases

3 days ago

Reporters covered the correspondents' dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread

3 days ago

Texas police can arrest people suspected of entering country illegally, federal court rules

3 days ago

Trumps call for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel — again — after morbid joke about first lady

3 days ago

Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation

3 days ago

National Trust says it won't drop suit against Trump's $400M White House ballroom after DOJ request

3 days ago

Latino leaders surge into local office as Trump-era attacks fuel new urgency

3 days ago

California's fight over pipeline tests state's right to push back against Washington during war

3 days ago

Trump's disdain for wind power creates political turbulence for Republicans in coastal Virginia

3 days ago

DeSantis congressional map eliminates four Democratic-leaning districts

3 days ago

A bank robber's cellphone gave him away. Now the Supreme Court is hearing his case

3 days ago

Virginia Supreme Court considers whether to block voter-approved US House map favoring Democrats

3 days ago

2 Orange County Court elections canceled days before qualifying period began

3 days ago

Latest US military strike on alleged drug boat kills 3 in eastern Pacific

3 days ago

King Charles III heads to Washington on a delicate mission to restore the UK-US relationship

3 days ago

Trump's many upcoming large, public events may present fresh security challenges after latest attack

3 days ago

Haitians, Syrians aren't the only immigrants watching US Supreme Court arguments on temporary status

3 days ago

DC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family

3 days ago

Iran's top diplomat briefly returns to Pakistan but Trump says the sides can talk by phone

4 days ago

Shots fired as gunman charges toward ballroom at White House correspondents' dinner. Trump unharmed

4 days ago

A sudden shift: ICE arrests drop nearly 12% after Minneapolis killings and immigration shake-up

5 days ago

US says it's hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open the Strait of Hormuz

5 days ago

Dark money group behind bill to terminate sister-cities programs with China

5 days ago

Before Cherfilus-McCormick resigned, candidates were raising money to replace her. Who's ahead?

5 days ago

Appeals court overturns $8.2 million defamation win for Roy Moore

6 days ago

What's all the buzz about? Melania Trump is growing the White House honey program with a new beehive

6 days ago

Republican lawmakers in 3 states want voters to alter or scrap Medicaid expansion

6 days ago

How conspiracy theories about missing or dead scientists went from online forums to the White House

6 days ago