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Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing 'hurried' House action
Read full article: Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing 'hurried' House actionPresident Joe Biden has vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 new federal district judgeships.
Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus
Read full article: Biden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensusA powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly $15 billion proposed deal for Nippon Steel of Japan to purchase U.S. Steel.
Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children
Read full article: Biden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military childrenPresident Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language banning transgender health care for military children.
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
Read full article: Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutionalA federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.
Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says
Read full article: Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson saysFormer President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever.
Inside the Gaetz ethics report, a trove of new details alleging payments for sex and drug use
Read full article: Inside the Gaetz ethics report, a trove of new details alleging payments for sex and drug useThe House Ethics Committee’s long-awaited report into Rep. Matt Gaetz documents a trove of salacious allegations of misconduct, including sex with an underage girl, that tanked the Florida Republican’s nomination to lead the Justice Department.
Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden's death row commutations
Read full article: Relief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden's death row commutationsVictims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row convictions are sharing a range of emotions, from relief to anger, after President Joe Biden commuted dozens of the sentences.
An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leader
Read full article: An ex-Washington police officer is convicted of lying about leaks to the Proud Boys leaderA retired police officer in the nation’s capital has been convicted of lying to authorities about leaking confidential information to the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group.
House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl
Read full article: House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girlThe House Ethics Committee has accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including once with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress.
Congress is looking to ban Chinese drones that are widely used in US. What to know about the debate
Read full article: Congress is looking to ban Chinese drones that are widely used in US. What to know about the debateThe economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executions
Read full article: Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates before Trump can resume executionsPresident Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row.
Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
Read full article: Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal actionThe battles over abortion in the U.S. are increasingly focusing on the pills that are now the most common way pregnancies are ended.
The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican Party
Read full article: The new right gathers to celebrate Trump and the splintering of the Republican PartyThat Donald Trump failed to achieve central goals in the government shutdown fight alongside Elon Musk seemed unimportant to many speakers and attendees at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest.
Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban them
Read full article: Many Americans have come to rely on Chinese-made drones. Now lawmakers want to ban themThe economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player in America.
This Week In South Florida Podcast: Dec. 22, 2024
Read full article: This Week In South Florida Podcast: Dec. 22, 2024Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Howard Hepburn, the Broward County Public Schools Superintendent; Harold Pryor, the Broward County State Attorney; Kevin Cooper, the chairman of the Republican Party of Miami-Dade County; and Kristen Rosen Gonzalez, a Miami Beach commissioner. Attorney Ed Pozzuoli and Scott Travis, a Sun-Sentinel reporter, join the Roundtable.
This Week In South Florida Episode: Dec. 22, 2024
Read full article: This Week In South Florida Episode: Dec. 22, 2024Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez; Florida Rep. Marie Woodson; Stephen K. Talpins, chief assistant state attorney at the Miami-Dade County State Attorney’s Office; and Allyn Kilsheimer, the president and chief executive officer of KCE Structural Engineers. Milberg also presents an overview of the 10 new Florida laws that take effect on Jan. 1.
Deputies find a 12-year-old girl who had vanished from Pompano Beach
Read full article: Deputies find a 12-year-old girl who had vanished from Pompano BeachBroward Sheriff’s Office deputies asked the public for help on Sunday with finding a 12-year-old girl who vanished on Saturday from Pompano Beach.
Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestion
Read full article: Trump threatens to try to take back the Panama Canal. Panama's president balks at the suggestionDonald Trump is suggesting that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal.
Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office
Read full article: Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes officeDecades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office.
Lara Trump says she's removing herself from consideration to be Florida senator
Read full article: Lara Trump says she's removing herself from consideration to be Florida senatorLara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator.
Trump taps 'Apprentice' producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United Kingdom
Read full article: Trump taps 'Apprentice' producer, Mark Burnett, as special envoy to the United KingdomMark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with “The Apprentice,” is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration.
What Trump's decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 years
Read full article: What Trump's decision to wade into spending fight tells us about the next 4 yearsAfter days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal.