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California lawmakers rejected two bills aimed at keeping trans kids and teens off sports teams consistent with their gender identity.
Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday’s outcome.
A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges.
The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.
State officials say a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was “purposefully distorted.”.
A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador vows to determine whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around.
Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.
Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad.
Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens and especially girls grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.
With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”.
The aspirations of Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.
A federal judge says she will quickly rule on a request to block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data and firing employees at several federal agencies.
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will launch his bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing events in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas.
Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali.
Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials have resigned after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution.
A federal judge has left intact a ban that prevents Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans, though she made clear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is exempt.
One of the top election officials in Arizona's largest county has drastically downsized a team whose responsibilities included combating false information about elections.
Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.
Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis deputized Florida Highway Patrol to make immigration arrests, an order he does not need the state legislature to approve.
Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the Treasury Department payment system to stop money from flowing to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Jimmy Buffett fans can now order specialty “Margaritaville” Florida license plates, but they are just short of a state pre-requisite for the plates to be printed.
A new television attack ad in Wisconsin’s hotly contested Supreme Court race features a doctored image of the liberal candidate, a move that her campaign claims could be a violation of a recently enacted state law.
Texas ordered a ban on the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on government devices days after the popular chatbot has shook investors and the tech community in recent weeks for its ability to compete with OpenAI.
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss their case against a former Nebraska congressman charged with lying to authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign.
The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.
Advocacy groups are preparing to file the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order revising policy on transgender troops that likely sets the stage for their ban in the armed forces.
A key ally of President Donald Trump says the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.
President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.
Donald Trump is holding off on tariffs during his first day and placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation.
In a story published Jan. 18, 2025, about opera tenor Christopher Macchio set to sing the national anthem at Donald Trump’s inauguration, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Macchio performed at Trump’s 70th birthday party.
President-elect Donald Trump will choose as leader of the Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunman opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is removing the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.
A host of big-name performers including Kid Rock and country singer Jason Aldean will be making their way to Washington to perform at various presidential inauguration events over the weekend.
A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.
Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.
The Supreme Court is turning back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.
Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
Disgraced former congressman George Santos has won a few months' freedom from federal prison in order to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving sexuality or gender.
The Ohio Supreme Court has heard arguments in a long-running public records dispute involving state Attorney General Dave Yost and a watchdog group.
Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool.
Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.
Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters.
A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.
Pete Hegseth, former Fox News host and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to address Republican senators’ concerns about his nomination.
A federal judge has ruled that immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 states aren't entitled to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump's imperiled cabinet selections.
President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC.
This Week In South Florida host Glenna Milberg interviews Republican state Rep. Daniel Perez, of Miami, the incoming Florida House Speaker; Democratic state Sen. Jason Pizzo, the incoming Florida Senate minority leader; U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, elected to serve his 12th term representing District 26; and Miami-Dade County Sheriff-elect Rosie Cordero-Stutz. Milberg also features Local 10 News Animal Advocate Jacey Birch’s interview with Annette Jose, the Miami-Dade County Animal Services director.
This Week In South Florida host Glenna Milberg interviews Republican state Rep. Daniel Perez, of Miami, the incoming Florida House Speaker; Democratic state Sen. Jason Pizzo, the incoming Florida Senate minority leader; U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, elected to serve his 12th term representing District 26; and Miami-Dade County Sheriff-elect Rosie Cordero-Stutz. Milberg also features Local 10 News Animal Advocate Jacey Birch’s interview with Annette Jose, the Miami-Dade County Animal Services director.
President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.
The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.
Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.
With news that President-elect Donald Trump is set to select U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to be the next U.S. secretary of state, the South Florida Republican is poised to become fourth in line to the presidency — after beginning his career on the dais in the tiny suburb of West Miami.
Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.
The Arizona Supreme Court has declined an emergency request to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots.
Last week's Presidential Election is getting all the attention, but those elected locally at the city, county, and state levels have the most immediate impact on your life.
Donald Trump announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
Republican Arizona legislator Justin Heap has been elected to oversee elections in the state’s most populous county.
The House is expected to try next week to pass a Social Security-related bill to ensure benefits for workers who are also eligible for other pensions.
President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president.
In a story published Nov. 8, 2024, about how different religious groups voted in the presidential election, The Associated Press erroneously used 2020 numbers when reporting the results of the AP VoteCast survey related to Jewish voters.
Donald Trump’s presidential win is going to be certified in Congress in January by the candidate he beat, Vice President Kamala Harris.
The parent company of Donald Trump’s social networking site Truth Social lost $19.2 million in the last quarter, according to an earnings report released on the same day he won back the presidency.
A disaffected electorate wanted former President Donald Trump to return to the White House, a blatant rejection of Vice President Kamala Harris and her nearly four years with President Joe Biden.
