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Orlando Sentinel - Politics

Crime and Public Safety

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Judge weighs lawsuit brought by Peltola campaign over absentee ballots in Alaska's US Senate race

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Immigration arrests go on unabated despite Trump's misgivings after the GOP's midterm wipeout

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Kennedy family members ask a judge to block Trump's Arlington memorial arch

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More than a dozen key races remain too early to call one week after Election Day

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Bernie Sanders won't support Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, saying it's time for change

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House Oversight Committee criticizes Trump administration over release of Epstein records

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New proposal would save most of iconic Merrywood in Winter Park

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A note to '46': Donald Trump's private message to Joe Biden emerges in new White House memoir

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Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around

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Redistricting battle could spill into 2028

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Faced with influx, prosecutor in Washington says he lacks resources to defend immigration cases

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Florida city cancels St. Patrick's and Pride events, citing state's anti-DEI law

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Democrats have gained control in more states. That could change the way the US elects its president

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Here are some of the House seats that Democrats didn't expect to win this year

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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio elected to lead House Republicans in the minority

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John Thune seeks another term as Senate Republican leader as the party reckons with election losses

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UN body agrees to postpone review of US rights record after Trump administration snub

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House Republicans quash effort to impeach defense secretary Hegseth

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California voters reject proposed billionaires tax

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UFC's Dana White appears with Trump at a White House briefing — but won't be his press secretary

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Democrat Eileen Laubacher declares victory over Rep. Lauren Boebert in Colorado's 4th Congressional District

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Thune and Schumer face questions about Senate leadership in aftermath of elections

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Trump after meeting with Qatari PM says he believes war with Iran is militarily 'effectively over'

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Feud between former Trump officials exposes divisions over MAHA movement after midterm losses

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Supreme Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texas' Big Bend to resume

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Democrats plan to use new power to rein in Trump's education agenda, but their tools are limited

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Trump open to talking to Democrats on immigration after midterms, but Mullin stresses no amnesty

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Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky files resolution in the House to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

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Senate weighs sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections

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Joe Biden, in White House memoir, says Trump should carry the weight of Jan. 6 riots 'to his grave'

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Trump and his Justice Department stand defiant as Democrats ready an investigative blitz

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Congress returns to a changed Washington after GOP's election wipeout

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Trump says he was just kidding about making UFC's Dana White his press secretary

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Deportation flight of Iranians from US scuttled at last minute, attorney says

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Rubio says Trump's war against Iran not 'necessarily popular' but needed to stop a nuclear threat

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Democrats ended the GOP supermajority in the Florida House. What's next?

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In 'Resistival,' online comics and creators celebrate midterms with comedy

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Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trump's fossil fuel agenda

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Voters demanded economic relief. Trump and Democrats face tough choices on how to deliver

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Native American women made history in tribal, state and federal elections

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Budget crunch: How much will your city lose to Amendment 3?

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Rep. Soto, former TV journalist Elijah win close contests for U.S. Congress

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DeSantis' GOP congressional map was swamped. These South Florida races did it

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DeSantis' GOP congressional map was swamped. These South Florida races did it

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Florida midterm by the data: See where the biggest Democrat shifts occurred

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'Our time has come': Byron Donalds' win reshapes Black representation in Florida

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US Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots

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DeSantis planning 2028 presidential run, sources tell Washington Post

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Secret Service arrests man near White House after he said he heard voices telling him to kill Trump

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Why it's still too early to call the US Senate race in Mississippi

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Pope 'proud to be an American' after US elections, and credits God and doctors with cancer rebound

4 days ago

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy discharged from the hospital after stroke

4 days ago

Trump replaces Susie Wiles with Stephen Miller as chief of staff after GOP's midterm defeat

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2 Justice Department officials resign, including US attorney who oversaw 'grand conspiracy' probe

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Trump's arch is blocked for now, but a glitzy new website highlights the plans

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Democratic candidates with a Christian message help flip Congress

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Latino voters swing left in midterm elections, lifting Democrats to big wins in Texas and nationwide

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U.S. attorney for South Florida who oversaw centerpiece of Trump's revenge campaign resigns

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New limits on federal student loans are steering many borrowers toward private lenders

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Republicans rammed through Supreme Court nominees. Now Democrats will have the votes to stop them

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Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator who was part of a dynasty, dies at 89

4 days ago

As Congress returns to Democrats, one likely casualty emerges: Trump's District of Columbia projects

4 days ago

Trump touts air expo, Donalds pitches space academy at Canaveral event

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AI data centers took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants

5 days ago

How did Flávio Bolsonaro flee Brazil? 'I'll take that to the grave,' he says

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Florida's red sea wall: Inside the 2026 governor's race

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Rubio weighs leaving administration after GOP's midterm loss

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Hegseth to face impeachment vote as early as next week

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Iowa Democrat wins state House race despite suspending campaign in September

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Hegseth is not under consideration as jockeying begins for Tennessee Senate seat, AP source says

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Trump administration sues Penn State over in-state tuition for students in the US illegally

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Hegseth allows National Guard to boost DC patrols with military vehicles, boats and patrol cars

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Trump signs proclamation he says will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room

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After $5.6M in fines, Apopka finally settles for $30K in residential code enforcement case

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In Los Angeles mayoral race, incumbent Bass concedes to progressive Raman, pledges smooth transition

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US escalates economic campaign against Cuba and targets China-based suppliers

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Senate Democrats will not let Trump put a 'right-winger' on the Supreme Court, Schumer vows

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Democrats' victory was clear. The party's future is not

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Quinnie Perez becomes Florida's first transgender person elected to public office

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Elon Musk gambled $445 million to boost Republicans in the midterms and came up short

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What races the AP has not yet called in contests for Senate and governor

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Harmeet Dhillon exits after radical overhaul of Justice Department's Civil Rights Division

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Trump administration held talks with Iran on deporting Iranians during the war, court documents show

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'JD, habibi.' Arabs celebrate El-Sayed's use of a term of affection to mock his foes

5 days ago

Putin special envoy speaks at White House event on Oleshky ceasefire Melania Trump helped broker

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Black voters help propel Democrats, including history makers, in sweeping midterm victories

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'A beautifully American story': El-Sayed's historic Senate victory resonates with Muslim Americans

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After midterm loss, Trump is left to weigh his next move in Iran war that contributed to GOP debacle

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Republicans were punished in the midterms for Trump's economic policies, The AP Voter Poll shows

5 days ago

Federal judge orders 14-day delay on any work beginning on Trump's monumental arch

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Trump's lawyers to appear before appeals court as he fights hush money conviction

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After taking control of Congress, Democrats vow major probes into Trump's 'tentacles of corruption'

6 days ago

Florida Dems hold onto U.S. House seats, but redistricting could spell future trouble

6 days ago

Alaskans wait for more votes in US Senate, governor's races. Both could go to ranked tabulations

6 days ago

Lockheed Martin to pay $29.5 million to settle federal claims it discriminated against white workers

6 days ago

Billionaire Leon Black sues U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia for defamation over Epstein comments

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Democrats' election rout is poised to dramatically reorder federal health policy

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FACT FOCUS: False claims of rigged elections are limited as midterm vote heavily favors Democrats

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Affordability concerns spurred Amendment 3 win, officials say — helping GOP in the process

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Gov. Ron DeSantis as defense secretary? Report says there's talk of it

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