ZAQS.ORG

Thursday, September 17, 2026 9:30 PM ET

Orlando Sentinel - Politics

Crime and Public Safety

2 years ago

Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting

2 hours ago

Senators from both parties voice criticism about Pentagon briefing on US defense strategy

2 hours ago

Gas tax holiday bill on ice despite House rule fracas

3 hours ago

Palm Beach County meeting turns tense over Israel bonds: One arrested, several removed

3 hours ago

Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren't the target, new Trump rule says

2 hours ago

Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump's White House

4 hours ago

Broken pipe spilled 342K gallons of sewage near Aquatica, Orange County says

5 hours ago

Munitions plant owned by Rep. Cory Mills explodes in North Florida

5 hours ago

Byron Donalds says hotel taxes should be used for infrastructure

5 hours ago

GOP Miami rep. warns Trump's immigration crackdown could lose Latino voters

3 hours ago

US approves visas for top Iranian leaders to attend UN high-level meeting even with sides at war

6 hours ago

Trump withdraws Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, as his nominee to lead ICE

7 hours ago

One Republican rages against House's early exit

7 hours ago

Appeals court weighs Trump-backed Missouri congressional map despite Supreme Court block

8 hours ago

Ohio voters rejected Sherrod Brown. Two years later, are they ready to give him a second chance?

8 hours ago

Judge orders Kennedy Center to provide 30 days' notice before making any major physical changes

7 hours ago

Former US Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, a 'workhorse' who shaped water policy, dies at 84

9 hours ago

A global AI safety strategy depends on US-China cooperation. They each see the other as the problem

9 hours ago

Federal judge restricts warrantless immigration arrests in Southern California

10 hours ago

Talking Central Florida: License plate readers, immigration enforcement plus Hope Florida revelations

11 hours ago

Man who sprayed Minnesota Rep. Omar with vinegar sentenced to 14 months in prison

8 hours ago

The fight over congressional maps put nearly 35 million people into new House districts, report says

11 hours ago

'We've seen this before': Japanese American incarceration echoes through Trump's immigration crackdown

12 hours ago

UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes

14 hours ago

House passes bill aimed at addressing impact of data centers on energy costs

1 day ago

Trump suggests EU allowing Canada as associate member could be a 'hostile act'

1 day ago

Park Service quietly awards contracts to work on Trump's takeover of East Potomac golf course

1 day ago

Texas Democrats see opportunity in potential GOP-drawn 'dummymander'

1 day ago

Speaker Johnson recesses the House early as Rep. Thomas Massie pushes Hegseth impeachment

1 day ago

A detained US scholar's wife asks Trump for help as Xi's Washington visit nears

1 day ago

Top Democrat places hold on Trump administration's plan to sell heavy bombs to Israel

1 day ago

US troops must prepare to fight around the moon, Trump's top military adviser says

1 day ago

Trump money comes to Florida's elections, new data shows

12 hours ago

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles says she no longer shows evidence of cancer after treatment

1 day ago

Kamala Harris is to campaign in Michigan with Abdul El-Sayed

1 day ago

House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress over Epstein investigation

1 day ago

Trump-aligned groups are pouring money into the midterm races

1 day ago

House approves sweeping Russia sanctions bill, sending it to Trump

1 day ago

Fencing goes up around the main Kennedy Center building after Trump-aligned board votes to close it

1 day ago

Change in human trafficking policy could make some minors easier to deport

1 day ago

US-Canada trade war further taxes small businesses as costs rise during the Iran war

1 day ago

Iowa Republicans in battleground House races vote to halt the Iran war

1 day ago

A sweeping college sports overhaul bill clears early hurdle in Senate vote

1 day ago

House panel recommends contempt charge for billionaire Leon Black in Epstein probe

1 day ago

Divorce becomes next battleground as states debate family values

1 day ago

House votes for a third time to end the Iran war as conflict drags on

1 day ago

Alligator Alcatraz report raises alarms about Florida's other immigration center

1 day ago

Dr. Nicole Saphier, Trump's 3rd surgeon general pick, faces Senate questions over her vaccine stance

1 day ago

Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows

1 day ago

Trump administration hits South Africa with new sanctions over alleged discrimination against whites

1 day ago

Federal Reserve hikes key rate for 1st time in 3 years, defying Trump demands for a cut

1 day ago

Trump administration plans to send powerful bombs to Israel in $2.8 billion weapons sale

1 day ago

Federal charges announced in Texas are part of broader Trump focus on noncitizen voting

2 days ago

Winter Park backtracks on plan for only paid parking at Lake Baldwin dog park

1 day ago

Trump's push to restrict mail ballots has failed. Other efforts to reshape the midterms are ongoing

2 days ago

Trump and the court: If he wins, he's happy. When he loses, he ridicules justices he appointed

2 days ago

Federal authorities allege more than $10M in childcare payment fraud in California

2 days ago

Families of the 67 who died in last year's midair collision want reforms to prevent the next tragedy

2 days ago

Iran war has cost the US more than $38B, budget office says

2 days ago

Trump's effort to assert control over elections continues, despite court loss

2 days ago

Kennedy Center will close for renovations after judge blocks returning Trump's name to building

2 days ago

Florida sheriffs, firefighters slam property tax amendment as a 'train wreck'

2 days ago

Rep. Nancy Mace calls for 'public execution' of Lindsay Clancy

2 days ago

DeSantis splits with Florida GOP on reserve fund amendment

2 days ago

Judge blocks Kennedy Center board from putting Trump's name on the building or grounds in any way

2 days ago

US military says it destroyed 2 small Iranian boats trying to steal a drone

2 days ago

US strips millions in military aid from Europe and Mideast to back Trump-aligned nations in Americas

2 days ago

Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act

2 days ago

Where mail voting stands for midterm elections after Supreme Court decision

2 days ago

Trump slams the Supreme Court for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots

2 days ago

As AI debate flares, Melania Trump touts the technology as she tours North Carolina school

2 days ago

2 US government personnel were accidentally shot by soldiers in the African nation of Eswatini

2 days ago

Senate blocks cryptocurrency regulation as Democrats push back on Trump investments

2 days ago

US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space

2 days ago

Parents are giving up green card fights to get their kids out of immigrant jail

2 days ago

FBI chief Kash Patel defends hiring policy changes on prostitution, bestiality at fiery hearing

2 days ago

Black Caucus launches effort to boost voting among Black, rural and young voters in midterms

2 days ago

Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump's demands

2 days ago

Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms

3 days ago

US watchdog tallies Iran war's hit to weapons stockpiles, military bases and more

3 days ago

DHS voter probe may break state laws and wrongly implicate US citizens, whistleblower alleges

3 days ago

Trump nominates wife of 'God Bless the USA' singer Lee Greenwood to serve as US ambassador

3 days ago

McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization

3 days ago

Trump's backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here's what to know

3 days ago

Supreme Court to decide whether to hear Maine lobsterman's challenge to GPS boat tracker requirement

3 days ago

Protect College Sports Act gets renewed push and fresh opposition as college football returns

3 days ago

Missouri election chief faces whistleblower lawsuit from fired election integrity director

3 days ago

States, cities sue over Trump rule seeking to deny green cards to immigrants using public benefits

3 days ago

Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding celebration was partially funded by Russian oligarch, the couple confirms

3 days ago

Kennedy Center board to propose new options for honoring Trump as center confronts solvency worries

3 days ago

Texas landowners ask a court to stop Trump's Big Bend wall plans

3 days ago

Ex-CIA Director John Brennan issued subpoena in Trump "grand conspiracy" investigation, lawyer says

3 days ago

Some Democrats are recalibrating their approach to transgender issues as they seek a path to power

3 days ago

Democrats and activist groups plan to push back if Trump tries to interfere in midterm elections

3 days ago

Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention center used small cages as 'calming areas,' report says

3 days ago

Trump calls AI risks a 'hoax,' says there is a 'SICK conspiracy' against AI and data centers

3 days ago

EPA eliminates rule that limits planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants

3 days ago

Trump responds to Lindsay Clancy lawyer pardon plea: 'No win no matter what'

3 days ago

She's been fighting for 20 years. Has Angie Nixon's moment come?

3 days ago

Trump agreed to new ethics rules to get a crypto bill across the line. But that might not be enough

3 days ago