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Orlando Sentinel - Politics

Crime and Public Safety

2 years ago

FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4.3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps

11 hours ago

Trump touts 'golden age' for seniors in the friendly territory of The Villages

12 hours ago

US to withdraw 5,000 troops from Germany in next 6-12 months, fulfilling Trump's threat

10 hours ago

Millionaire taxes gain steam as states face budget crunches

12 hours ago

Court restricts abortion access across the US by blocking the mailing of mifepristone

12 hours ago

Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian discrimination under Biden administration

13 hours ago

Judge protects Yemeni refugees, slams Trump administration's push to end special status

14 hours ago

Meet Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's new surgeon general nominee

17 hours ago

Wasserman Schultz says she'll run for reelection despite tough districts created by Republican map

17 hours ago

Redistricting battle intensifies in states after Supreme Court ruling on Voting Rights Act

17 hours ago

Pictures: Trump in The Villages

17 hours ago

US military reaches deals with 7 tech companies to use their AI on classified systems

17 hours ago

Trump says he'll place 25% tariff on autos from the EU, accusing it of not complying with trade deal

17 hours ago

Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with Iran's proposal to end the war

17 hours ago

Former Miami Congressman David Rivera is convicted of secretly lobbying for Maduro's Venezuela

16 hours ago

Speaker Mike Johnson once longed for a 'normal Congress,' but that seems long gone in the House

18 hours ago

Bessent wants Americans to avoid easy-money traps and invest in financial literacy

19 hours ago

Long DACA renewal wait times leave some 'Dreamers' without status, a job and fearing detainment

19 hours ago

FEMA workers who sounded alarm over nation's disaster preparedness reinstated after 8 months

20 hours ago

King Charles III wins praise for deft handling of Trump on his US state visit

20 hours ago

After major enforcement operations, the Trump administration recalibrates its immigration crackdown

21 hours ago

New congressional districts give swath of Broward to Miami-Dade U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

22 hours ago

Republicans say they will defer to Trump on Iran war despite arrival of 60-day deadline

23 hours ago

Trump administration says its war in Iran has been 'terminated' before 60-day deadline

23 hours ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Funding bill to end Homeland Security shutdown clears House

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Ban on kids' companion chatbots advanced by Senate committee

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Prosecutors release video of armed man storming correspondents' dinner

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

1 day ago

Gregory Bovino finds a new mission in retirement: Trolling DHS

2 days ago

GOP candidates revive anti-Islam attacks as midterms approach

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Republican-led Florida Legislature approves DeSantis redistricting map

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Kissimmee commissioner slams second ethics complaint as politically motivated

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Arizona seeking voter data

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Senate rejects attempt to end Trump's blockade of Cuba

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Florida House again rejects DeSantis' vaccine, AI measures

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

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