The budget resolution from Republicans was on the agenda in the Senate, but the nearly all-night debate encompassed so much more.

The Senate has narrowly voted to confirm Kash Patel as as President Donald Trump's FBI director.

Florida’s immigration bills sped through last week's special session, and would have been even speedier, but for Democrats in both the house and senate, who stood to offer amendments to various components of the bills, especially the most controversial parts.

We are now three days into a new state-level crack down on illegal immigration, the product of very-public and at-times-nasty debate among state leaders.

Many U.S. adults believe the federal government is overspending.

President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Todd Blanche, criticized the criminal cases against the Republican as “partisan lawfare” during his confirmation hearing to become the No. 2 Justice Department official.

President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.

Democrats are opposing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education Department, with lawmakers raising questions about DOGE’s access to internal systems containing personal information on tens of millions of Americans.

Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are demanding answers after they say President Donald Trump gave Elon Musk's staff access to sensitive and classified government information.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will seek more money for public schools and public transit in his new budget proposal to lawmakers.

Elon Musk is rapidly consolidating control over large swaths of the federal government with President Donald Trump’s blessing.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg was joined by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida State House Speaker Daniel Perez, State Rep. and the House Democrats’ leader Fentrice Driskell and Jan. 6 investigator Robin Peguero.

No state Democrat in the House or Senate supported the immigration bill passed last week.

The Senate has confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary.

President Donald Trump unleashed an unprecedented barrage of executive orders after taking office this week.

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Jimmy Carter's state funeral has moved to Washington after observances in his native Georgia.

Virginia Democrats have preserved their Statehouse majority in special elections.

Republicans in Congress plan to move quickly in their effort to overhaul the nation’s voting procedures, seeing an opportunity with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.

The Washington Commanders' path to returning to nation's capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended with a late reprieve.

Democrats in North Carolina were celebrating big wins in the swing state after the November election, including victories for governor and other top statewide offices.

President-elect Donald Trump has delivered a likely death blow to bipartisan congressional budget negotiations, rejecting the measure as full of giveaways to Democrats.

President-elect Donald Trump is accusing the Des Moines Register newspaper and its pollster of “brazen election interference” for publishing a poll the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris was leading by three percentage points in the midwestern state.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won't be the top Democrat on a prominent House committee next year.

A new poll finds that Democrats are feeling more pessimistic about the U.S. economy after Donald Trump's victory.

Senate Democrats failed in their bid to confirm a Democratic member of the National Labor Relations Board after the Senate rejected a razor-thin vote that hinged on the pivotal rejections of independent Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

President Joe Biden is threatening to veto legislation that would expand the federal judiciary.

Voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily the final word, even though this year's election was over a month ago.

The House has shut down Democrats’ efforts to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

Senate Democrats reelected Chuck Schumer as party leader on Tuesday as the party moves into a deeply uncertain time, with no real consensus on a strategy as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.

Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, says he's joined the race to lead the national party after an election that swept Donald Trump and Republicans to power in Washington.

Democrat Derek Tran has defeated two-term Republican U.S. Rep. Michelle Steel in a Southern California House district that was specifically drawn to give Asian Americans a stronger voice on Capitol Hill.

Donald Trump loved to use tariffs during his first presidency.

The chair of the Democratic National Committee has informed party leaders that the organization will elect his successor just days after Donald Trump is inaugurated.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur’s Trump-endorsed rival said he called the veteran Ohio congresswoman to concede defeat in the 2024 election.

At a delicate moment in the U.S. and for the world, President Joe Biden has been notably quiet lately.

The recount underway in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy.

Democratic lawmakers who wield control of the Virginia Legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access.

Congress has a short but important to-do list as lawmakers return to Washington this coming week for what is known as a lame-duck session.

Black and Latino voters moved toward Republican Donald Trump in this year's presidential election, and some of the biggest shifts were among men under age 45, and that helped expand his margin over Democrat Kamala Harris.

The Associated Press declared that Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin won reelection to the U.S. Senate from Wisconsin after it determined that Republican Eric Hovde wouldn’t be able to take the lead once the remaining untabulated ballots were counted.

Democrat Kamala Harris won the electoral vote tied to Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District on Wednesday.

The nation’s deep partisan divisions extend to trust in the vote tallies for this year’s election.

North Carolina's 10 historically Black colleges are going all out to get their nearly 40,000 students to vote.

Early voting is in full swing across South Florida, with several organizations helping the community get out and vote.

Democrats are once again trying to flip the District 27 U.S. congressional seat, currently held by Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar.

Democrats backing Rep. Colin Allred’s bid to defeat Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are investing $5 million in an ad campaign focused on abortion.

Democrats pushed to get a constitutional amendment on New York’s ballot this November because they believed it could energize liberals eager to protect abortion rights.

One is the longest-serving woman in congressional history.

With the primary victories behind them, Democrat James Reyes and Republican Rosie Cordero-Stutz now have their sights set on November, where one of them will become Miami-Dade’s first elected sheriff in 60 years.

A new Pearson Institute/AP-NORC survey finds Republicans are more likely to see Israel as an ally that shares the U.S.'s interests and values, while Democrats are more likely to see Israel as a partner that doesn’t share U.S. interests and values.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to stay in office after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing him of letting Turkish officials and businesspeople buy his influence with illegal campaign contributions and lavish overseas trips.

After fueling so many other people’s parties, it will be time for Kool & the Gang to themselves finally celebrate when they are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next month in Cleveland.

A top Donald Trump ally is pressuring Nebraska Republicans to award all of their state’s Electoral College votes to the statewide winner, a late-stage rule change that would potentially help return Trump to the White House.

The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Nevada’s Green Party seeking to include presidential candidate Jill Stein on the ballot in the battleground state.

The first presidential debate of the season captured the attention of South Florida voters, who gathered at various watch parties throughout the region to assess the performances of former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president shortly after the end of the presidential debate.

Taking questions from members of the media, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to critics of a taxpayer-funded website that appears to campaign against an upcoming ballot measure to put abortion rights in the state’s constitution.

Former President Donald Trump says that, if he wins a second term, he wants to make IVF treatment free for families.

A New York judge says he won’t force state election officials to tell voters that a proposed antidiscrimination amendment to the state’s constitution would protect abortion rights.

With the primary victories behind them, Democrat James Reyes and Republican Rosie Cordero-Stutz now have their sights set on November, where one of them will become Miami-Dade’s first elected sheriff in 60 years.

To discuss the changing dynamic of this year’s elections, Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida lawmakers Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, and Alex Rizo, a Republican. Carlton Gillespie, of Florida International University; Laralyn Jackson, of the University of Miami; and Liv Caputo, of Florida State University joined Milberg for the TWISF NextGen Roundtable. For the Tell Me Something Good segment, Milberg interviews Miami Northwestern High’s track and field coach Carmen Jackson, who is going to Paris to cheer for a group of her mentees competing in the Olympic Games.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Rodney Jacobs and Chad Klitzman, Democrats running for the Florida State Senate District 35 seat against Barbara Sharief, a former Broward County mayor.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Torey Alson, a Broward School Board member; Rodney Jacobs and Chad Klitzman, both Democrats running for the Florida State Senate; and Scott Galvin, a North Miami councilman. Local 10 News Anchor Calvin Hughes talks about his coverage of Haiti.

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly swerved from a message focused on the economy into non-sequiturs and personal attacks, including thrice declaring that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris.

Teamsters union members will host Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable discussion in the near future.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended.

A surge in optimism by Democrats over the prospects of Vice President Kamala Harris lifted U.S. consumer sentiment slightly this month.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents as early voting in some states gets underway for the general election.

The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that an informational pamphlet for voters can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being.”.

Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is launching a $90 million advertising effort over the next three weeks to introduce the Democrat to voters and sharpen the contrast with Republican Donald Trump.

A proposed amendment to New York's constitution meant to protect abortion access is a crucial part of Democrats' plans to drive voter turnout in the state this fall and potentially flip vital congressional districts.

A top Democrat in the U.S. House says it will take a shift of power in Congress to ensure that legislation is finally passed to extend and expand a compensation program for people exposed to radiation following uranium mining and nuclear testing carried out by the federal government.

Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia’s presidential ballot on Tuesday.

The Senate’s top Democrat says he'll work to block a plan that would significantly cut the proposed budget of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has upheld a 2023 state law that restores voting rights for felons once they have completed their prison sentences.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has introduced legislation reaffirming presidents don't have immunity for criminal actions, an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last month.

Senators are heading home for the month after failing to advance a bill to expand the child tax credit and restore some business tax breaks.

JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, has praised the vision of Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts in the foreword of a forthcoming book.

The House has voted to form a task force to investigate the security failures surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet about a dozen possible candidates to be her running mate as she approaches one of most consequential decisions of her new presidential candidacy.

U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end his campaign for reelection brings a new element of uncertainty for Ukraine.

After President Joe Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s pick to run against former President Donald Trump, the party’s leaders started to rally behind her.

The Republican National Convention kicks off this week, with delegates and officials descending on Wisconsin to formally nominate former President Donald Trump as the GOP nominee.

“Tone it down!”.

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has a one-word answer on whether President Joe Biden is a liability for the most vulnerable House Democrats seeking reelection.

Actor Matthew McConaughey continues to tease about someday running for political office.

Actor Ashley Judd is adding her voice to calls for President Joe Biden to step aside from the presidential race following his performance in last month’s debate.

Mississippi election officials say redrawing legislative districts in time for this November’s election is impossible because of tight deadlines to prepare ballots.

Jill Biden is coming under the microscope as she tries to help her husband salvage his presidential campaign.

After meeting for around two hours to discuss whether President Joe Biden should remain at the top of their presidential ticket, Senate Democrats almost unanimously have agreed on one thing — not to say anything about it.

President Joe Biden has plenty of explanations for his terrible performance in last week’s presidential debate.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will be standing about 8 feet apart on stage and there won’t be an audience during their 90-minute debate on Thursday night.

A top ally and potential running mate of ex-President Donald Trump is launching an effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in November’s elections.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has halted a plan to charge motorists big tolls to enter the core of Manhattan.

Senate Democrats are making a renewed push to show their support for ensuring nationwide access to in vitro fertilization.

At a bribery trial, a former top U.S. agricultural official has cast Sen. Bob Menendez as a villain who tried to stop him from disrupting an unusual sudden monopoly that developed five years ago over the certification of meat exported to Egypt.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing criticism for his proposal to eliminate an optional Medicaid benefit for some disabled immigrants.

After a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty Thursday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a statement saying no one is about the law in the United States.

Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing on the hush-money conviction is set for July 11 — four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.