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California Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent trip to China was highlighted by a surprise meeting with leader Xi Jinping.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top aide during the onset of the pandemic and the sexual harassment scandal that forced Cuomo from office in 2021 has written a memoir.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at limiting the price of insulin.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he plans to sign into law a pair of climate-focused bills intended to force major corporations to be more transparent about greenhouse gas emissions and the financial risks stemming from global warming.

President Joe Biden is touting his administration's efforts to lower medical costs.

Saying her nominee for general counsel is “facing a smear campaign,” Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan held a news conference Wednesday to rally support for Randy DeFoor’s appointment.

Former City Council member Randy DeFoor is Mayor Donna Deegan’s pick to become Jacksonville’s next general counsel. But it’s DeFoor’s former role as a city council member that might be the problem.

The NFL has responded to a Nevada congresswoman’s inquiries about the league’s gambling policies with a detailed letter that includes a call for lawmakers and law enforcement to pay additional attention to illegal gambling and put more resources toward combating it.

Kimberly Daniels, a Democrat and member of the Florida House of Representatives from Jacksonville, is set to hold a news conference Thursday at noon to address her role on the African American Task Force.

Congress will vote this week on legislation that will shape the agency responsible for safely managing the nation’s airspace and regulating its airlines.

A prosecutor has added felony charges, including attempted sexual assault, against a man accused of attacking Connecticut’s first Muslim state representative after a prayer service.

A legal challenge has been filed to block Iowa’s new legislation banning most abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.

A new grand jury sworn in Tuesday in Atlanta will likely consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump or his allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia.

A high-stakes August special election with national political implications is upending local election offices across Ohio.

Democrat Donna Deegan will be sworn in on July 1 but already her new administration is looking at changes in how the city will operate.

Former Texas congressman Will Hurd says he's running for president and calls Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump a “failed politician” who lost the House, the Senate and the White House.

A prosecutor has closed a multiyear investigation into whether former President Donald Trump, or his company, misled authorities to reduce taxes on properties they own in the New York City suburbs.

White House announced Rep. Crist as nominee for ambassador post

A former Connecticut state representative has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for stealing more than $1.2 million from the city of West Haven, most of it federal-related coronavirus aid.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation that will ban discrimination based on body size by adding weight and height to the list of protected categories such as race, sex and religion.

A judge has rejected Kari Lake’s remaining legal claim challenging her loss in the race for Arizona governor.

Former Rep. Marion Berry, who was known for blunt rhetoric and his advocacy work for farmers and elderly residents in eastern Arkansas, has died.

California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills Thursday.

While most eyes will be on the mayor's race Tuesday, seven City Council seats and the race for property appraiser are also in run-offs after the first election in March.

The polls are open, and more than half-a-million registered voters in Jacksonville still have not cast their ballots for Tuesday’s election, which means this is still anyone’s race.

Early voting for Jacksonville elections came to a close Sunday evening.

The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov_ Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.”.

The Mayoral Candidate Forum is happening Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at the WJXT-4 studios. Kent Justice along with journalists from First Coast News, WJCT and the Florida Times Union will ask questions to one of the two candidates, Democrat Donna Deegan. Both candidates, Deegan and Republican Daniel Davis were invited months ago. Deegan accepted, Davis declined.

Growing anger at the FBI from both parties in Congress has become a major hurdle for U.S. intelligence agencies fighting to keep vast powers to collect foreign communications.

The prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia says she expects to announce charging decisions in the case this summer and is urging “heightened security.”.

Outside of JEA and affordable housing, one issue during this election season that has come up a lot has been Confederate monuments and the lack of action by the city to remove them.

In less than a month, Jacksonville residents will elect a new mayor in a runoff election and the latest polls show the race is neck and neck between Republican Daniel Davis and Democrat Donna Deegan.

A court ruling this week keeps an abortion pill available, clarifying the U.S. abortion landscape but not settling it.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut says he expects to undergo surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered Saturday during a victory parade for the University of Connecticut men's basketball team.

Native American tribal members fighting plans for an enormous copper mine on land they consider sacred say they are increasingly worried U.S. officials will move forward on the project even as they await a federal appellate court ruling in the case.

Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation.

See how precincts in your neighborhood voted in the first election for Jacksonville mayor

Results of the 2023 races for Jacksonville City Council At-large, Duval County property appraiser.

The race for Jacksonville’s mayor is not over yet as two candidates will move on to the general election in May. It remains to be seen how things will play out for voters who supported candidates outside of those top two.

Results of the 2023 races for Jacksonville City Council At-large, Duval County property appraiser.

Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades.

As voters finish early voting in Jacksonville and prepare for Election Day next Tuesday, three candidates are vying for residents’ vote for Duval County property appraiser.

A regulatory takeover of a New York-based bank was intended to send a message to banks to stay away from the cryptocurrency business.

Lawmakers and voters in North Carolina have rejected past efforts to remove from the state constitution an unenforceable literacy test requirement that had been used to disenfranchise Black voters during the Jim Crow era.

Congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas says he is recovering after undergoing cancer surgery in Houston.

A delegation of U.S. lawmakers has met with the head of Taiwan’s legislature as part of a five-day visit to the self-ruled island that comes as U.S.-China relations remain tense after weeks of trading accusations over a spy balloon.

An elected Florida prosecutor who says he was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis for political gain and because he is a Democrat is asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate him.

With Mayor Lenny Curry leaving office due to term limits, seven candidates are on the ballot in the race for mayor this year.

Three city-wide offices that would have been on the ballot in the 2023 city of Jacksonville elections have already been decided, because only one candidate qualified for each office. All three are Republicans, and will begin their terms July 1.

Maryland officials are preparing for as many as 80,000 residents who could no longer qualify for Medicaid coverage this spring.

The mayor of Austin, Texas, has apologized and says the city failed to communicate with its residents after a winter storm left thousands without power for days.

New York City is temporarily turning a cruise ship terminal into a shelter and services hub for asylum-seekers.

Denver has been overwhelmed by an unexpected surge in mostly Venezuelan migrants.

Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin says he has a type of lymphoma that is a “serious but curable form of cancer” and he is beginning several months of treatment.

A recently elected local state representative is now thinking about stepping down from that post to run for a seat on Jacksonville’s city council.

Georgia voters continued strong turnout during each day of Early Voting last week. As of Saturday morning, 1,712,651 voters cast ballots during Early Voting.

Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.

Jacksonville sheriff candidates Democrat Lakesha Burton and Republican T.K. Waters met with the community Monday night at a forum ahead of Election Day as a final push to hear people’s concerns and address the community.

West Virginia's opioid crisis is transcending partisan politics as city council candidates from three different parties tackle the issue in the capital of Charleston.

Two candidates are in the running to become the next Clay County Commissioner for District 2, a district that covers the Oak Leaf area in the northern part of the county.

In what is expected to be a closely contested race for Jacksonville sheriff, Republican T.K. Waters announced an endorsement Monday from one of his former opponents: Democrat Ken Jefferson.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola received a hero’s welcome Thursday when the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress gave the keynote address at the Alaska Federation of Natives conference in Anchorage.

Dan Snyder's ownership of Washington's NFL franchise has been a matter of considerable debate for years.

New Mexico's governor has voided four pre-statehood proclamations that targeted Native Americans during what was a tumultuous time across the western frontier.

Clergy in 33 states are exempt from laws requiring professionals such as teachers, physicians and psychotherapists to report information about alleged child abuse to police or child welfare officials.

The second of three proposed amendments to the Florida Constitution that the Florida Legislature voted to place on the ballot this November would repeal the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a panel that meets every 20 years and has the power to propose ballot measures.

Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections.

Affordable housing is expected to be one of the key issues on the minds of voters when they head to the polls to cast their ballots for Jacksonville’s next mayor in 2023.

News4JAX will be closely covering this race leading up to the election in March 2023, and we want to make sure the candidates address the issues residents care about.

Join us during the Jacksonville Sheriff's Debate on Wednesday, Aug. 10 at 8 p.m. for a LIVE chat.

Over the past month, you’ve seen them one-by-one on News4JAX making their pitch to become Jacksonville’s next sheriff, but on Wednesday, all five candidates will appear together during a News4JAX-Jacksonville University Public Policy Institute debate.

One Republican, one Democrat and one candidate with no party affiliation are running for this seat. With no party opponents, all candidates advanced to the general election in November.

California's public health officer says officials are pressing for more vaccine and closely monitoring the spread of the monkeypox virus.

One Republican and one Democrat are running in this legislative district, which covers the northern third of Clay County. The seat had been represented by Cord Byrd, who Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Florida’s secretary of state earlier this summer.

Incumbent St. Johns County Commissioner Sarah Arnold won 51% of the vote in a five-way Republican primary in August. No Democrat signed up to run but a write-in candidate did qualify, which, under Florida law, kept the primary closed to only Republican voters.

The bill passed with a 267-157 margin, receiving 100% support from Democrats and from 47 Republicans.

Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have asked baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred to explain the impact of potential legislation stripping the sport’s antitrust exemption from covering the sport’s relationship with minor league players.

A prime-time hearing Thursday will offer the most compelling evidence yet of then-President Donald Trump’s “dereliction of duty” on the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The executive director of the nonprofit Advocates for Minor Leaguers has recommended Congress enact legislation nullifying Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption as it applies to minor league players.

Companies that want to sell shampoo bottles, food products and other items wrapped in plastic in California will have to cut down their use of the material.

The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball’s antitrust exemption.

Races for congressional districts and secretary of state down to congressional and legislative seats were finalized on Tuesday.

U.S. Sen. Raphael G.

Right now, there are six candidates who are running in the 2023 election and now they may have to gear up for a special election in just a couple of months.

A Texas state senator says the commander at the scene of a school shooting in Texas was not informed of panicked 911 calls from inside the school building.

Sheriff Mike Williams has about one year left in his term. However, if it is found that he vacated his office already, we could see a new top cop sooner with a special election.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing back on the decision by the conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco to deny her Communion over her support of abortion rights.

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says he's home again after suffering a minor stroke.

Georgia's senior congressman is facing his toughest challenge from Republicans in more than a decade.

U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says he has suffered a minor stroke and is being treated at George Washington University Hospital.

The Senate has confirmed economist Phillip Jefferson to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Hundreds of students at a central Florida high school were told they won’t get their yearbooks until they're censored.

Furious Senate Democrats are vowing to vote on legislation to protect abortion access for millions of Americans.

A Los Angeles protest over the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would throw out Roe v.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is asking President Joe Biden to declare a disaster as firefighters scramble to clear brush, build fire lines and spray water to keep the largest blaze burning in the U.S. from destroying more homes.

Former President Donald Trump has appealed a New York judge’s decision to hold him in contempt of court and fine him $10,000 per day for failing to adequately respond to a subpoena issued in the state attorney general’s civil investigation into his business dealings.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed congressional redistricting plan, lambasted by opponents because it likely would reduce the number of seats held by Black Democrats, quickly moved toward approval Tuesday as the Republican-dominated Legislature started a special session.