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Trump weighs Taiwan arms package after summit aimed at steadying US-China ties

44 minutes ago

Talking Central Florida podcast: Migrant detention showdown and sloth deaths

4 hours ago

Built for MAGA appeal, Alligator Alcatraz leaves Gov. Ron DeSantis with big political bill

4 hours ago

DeSantis, House speaker carry on feud amid budget battle

12 hours ago

Lawyers urge judge to block Trump order that would create eligible voter list, limit mail ballots

14 hours ago

Rep. Chuck Edwards faces House ethics investigation over harassment allegations

14 hours ago

Ex-aide to California Democrats admits guilt in scheme to steal campaign funds from health secretary

14 hours ago

Congress moves to raise retirement age for Capitol Police as threats against lawmakers mount

14 hours ago

Justice Thomas hails US Constitution as common bedrock in divided America

15 hours ago

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say

15 hours ago

Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out

16 hours ago

Justice Department accuses Yale medical school of illegally using race in admissions

16 hours ago

Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included 'VIP snorkel' at a Pearl Harbor memorial

19 hours ago

Law firms urge appeals court to keep blocking Trump's sanctions against them

19 hours ago

US pledges $1.8 billion more for UN humanitarian aid even as it's cut foreign assistance overall

14 hours ago

US Border Patrol chief announces his resignation in a Fox News interview

20 hours ago

This court became a symbol of Trump's immigration crackdown. Now it's at the center of a House race

20 hours ago

Kentucky Republicans love Trump. Will they ignore him and reelect Thomas Massie?

20 hours ago

New Mexico politicians grapple with oil windfall from Iran war that's both 'awesome' and awkward

20 hours ago

Jeffries' job grows more difficult in race for House and speaker's gavel

21 hours ago

Senators vote to withhold their own pay during future government shutdowns

21 hours ago

Trump has hindered offshore wind while China and other countries invest heavily

18 hours ago

Who is incoming Fed chair Kevin Warsh?

22 hours ago

Vance promotes Trump administration's work to counter fraud while criticizing Democrats in Maine

16 hours ago

Trump administration will join a prayer gathering criticized for promoting Christian nationalism

22 hours ago

Judge blocks Trump administration's demand for Rhode Island hospital's records of transgender kids

22 hours ago

Louisiana senators take up new US House map while South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work

22 hours ago

In new lawsuit, Justice Department challenges efforts to sanction Trump administration lawyers

23 hours ago

Giuliani returns to his show after viral pneumonia hospitalization

1 day ago

China's Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict

1 day ago

Democrats will debate in Iowa US Senate primary shaped by outside money and big-name endorsements

1 day ago

Trump's talk of 51st US state met with near-silence in Venezuela

1 day ago

Trump and DeSantis sued over donation of Florida land for extravagant presidential library

1 day ago

Lutnick backs away from his Epstein 'blackmail' claim in interview with House committee

1 day ago

Trump's reflecting pool rehab jumps in cost as White House ballroom price tag sparks debate

1 day ago

Mom of late Coral Springs vice mayor will seek City Commission seat

1 day ago

NTSB urges airlines to train their pilots to deal with smoke in the cockpit

1 day ago

AG Uthmeier issues investigative subpoena to NFL over Rooney Rule

1 day ago

From 'The Hills' villain to LA mayoral contender: Spencer Pratt's viral video-fueled campaign

1 day ago

Memphis residents claim harassment, arrest and abuse by Trump-ordered Memphis Safe Task Force

1 day ago

FDA chief's resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation's health department

1 day ago

Republican resistance to Iran war grows in the Senate as Murkowski flips

1 day ago

Brazil's beloved instant payment system faces scrutiny from the Trump administration

1 day ago

Inside the furor plaguing Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin

1 day ago

Senate Republicans block Democrats' effort to reverse several Trump-era CFPB changes

1 day ago

Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell

1 day ago

Foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries won't have to pay bonds to enter US

1 day ago

US and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall

1 day ago

Watch: FBI Director Kash Patel denies drinking allegations in heated Senate exchange

1 day ago

Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud

1 day ago

Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with China's Xi on Iran war, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan

1 day ago

Former private prison executive David Venturella will become ICE's acting leader

1 day ago

Louisiana advances plan for new US House districts as Georgia joins redistricting effort for 2028

1 day ago

How a legal challenge over gender dysphoria became a fight for disability rights

1 day ago

House stiffs Florida State Guard, job training fund in budget talks

1 day ago

US colleges report 20% drop in foreign students over visa clampdown

2 days ago

Republican senators say they need more detail on $1B White House security request

2 days ago

Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat's bid for US Senate in Texas

2 days ago

Apopka mayor's records sought in Ponzi scheme bankruptcy case

2 days ago

Appeals court spares Trump from paying $83 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll — for now

2 days ago

Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said

2 days ago

Democrats want Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans out over 'cotton-picking' episode

2 days ago

Tony Ortiz joins 2027 race for Orlando mayor

2 days ago

Trump FDA chief is leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups

2 days ago

Florida lawmakers open special session to resolve budget stalemate

2 days ago

West Virginia voters navigate new law requiring photo IDs at polling places in primary election

2 days ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang travel to China aboard Air Force One with Trump

1 day ago

85-year-old French widow caught in Trump's immigration crackdown describes her detention

2 days ago

What to know about states' efforts to limit corporate donations in politics

2 days ago

Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules

2 days ago

What to know about Trump-Xi summit with trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda

2 days ago

A nonprofit sues to halt Trump's 'American flag blue' repaint of the Reflecting Pool

2 days ago

Trump's redistricting push fizzles in South Carolina Senate but wins in Missouri's top court

2 days ago

Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing China summit

3 days ago

Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more

3 days ago

Democratic primary for Nebraska's 'blue dot' US House seat is too early to call

2 days ago

Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says

3 days ago

Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned from Congress under cloud, says she's running to regain seat

3 days ago

Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands

3 days ago

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington

3 days ago

Alabama attorney general announces civil probe of Southern Poverty Law Center

3 days ago

Supreme Court clears way for Alabama to get rid of 1 of 2 Black congressional districts

3 days ago

Trump nominates David Cummins to head the TSA after a rocky period for the agency

3 days ago

Congressional Dems probe immigration policies, tour jail in Orlando

3 days ago

Florida's county election chiefs told to retain old congressional maps

3 days ago

Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts

3 days ago

Venezuela's acting president defends country's territory and rejects Trump's 51st state remarks

3 days ago

Treasury Department tells US banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks

3 days ago

Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his own

3 days ago

Bill Posey, longtime congressman for the Space Coast, dies

3 days ago

Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan, the island democracy that China claims as its own

3 days ago

Man charged in White House correspondents' dinner attack pleads not guilty

4 days ago

Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats

4 days ago

A secret ICE directive is testing one of Florida's strongest traditions: open government

3 days ago

Some of Florida's biggest lottery winners are store owners, clerks who sell the tickets

4 days ago

Senate Republicans move ahead with $1B for Trump's ballroom security as Democrats pledge to fight

3 days ago

Iran war could make Trump's trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit

4 days ago

Are people with ties to stores that sell Lottery tickets gaming system?

5 days ago

Florida AG says surrogacy is human trafficking, with big implications for families

5 days ago

New congressional districts will reshape South Florida politics — for voters and candidates

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