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WEATHER ALERT

12 advisories in effect for 12 regions in the area

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Parents seeking religious exemptions to school vaccines win reprieve in a West Virginia county

Read full article: Parents seeking religious exemptions to school vaccines win reprieve in a West Virginia county

A West Virginia judge has allowed children from three families to attend school without required vaccinations.

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US organ donation system faces scrutiny and changes after reports of disturbing near-misses

Read full article: US organ donation system faces scrutiny and changes after reports of disturbing near-misses

The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for donation by some patients who showed signs of life.

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Georgia Ethics Commission won't investigate source of Republican Burt Jones' $10M loan

Read full article: Georgia Ethics Commission won't investigate source of Republican Burt Jones' $10M loan

Georgia's State Ethics Commission is declining to investigate Lt. Gov. Burt Jones over a $10 million loan to a campaign committee.

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Republican Jim Jordan deposed in federal suit tied to sex abuse by late Ohio State team doctor

Read full article: Republican Jim Jordan deposed in federal suit tied to sex abuse by late Ohio State team doctor

A court filing shows Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was questioned under oath after the release of a new documentary about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor.

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Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

Read full article: Education Department will release some frozen grants supporting after-school and summer programs

The Education Department plans to release previously withheld grant money for after-school programs.

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Maryland man charged with threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family

Read full article: Maryland man charged with threatening Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her family

A Maryland man has been arrested on charges that he made threatening calls to the Georgia offices of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement

Read full article: Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement

Louisiana is officially canceling a $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement.

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Google partners with Youngkin and offers AI training courses to Virginia job seekers

Read full article: Google partners with Youngkin and offers AI training courses to Virginia job seekers

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that Google will partner with his administration to provide free and low-cost artificial intelligence certification courses to Virginians as part of his officeโ€™s ongoing effort to connect citizens to new jobs amid changes to the stateโ€™s economy.

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More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding

Read full article: More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding

More than 20 states have sued President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration over billions of dollars in frozen funding for after-school care, summer programs and more.

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Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy change

Read full article: Doctors and public health organizations sue Kennedy over vaccine policy change

Doctors groups and public health organizations are suing the U.S. government over the decision to stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for most children and pregnant women.

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House passes Trumpโ€™s signature bill, sending it to the presidentโ€™s desk

Read full article: House passes Trumpโ€™s signature bill, sending it to the presidentโ€™s desk

House Republicans lifted President Donald Trumpโ€™s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a self-imposed Fourth of July deadline.

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New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia's support for Trump in 2016

Read full article: New CIA report criticizes investigation into Russia's support for Trump in 2016

A newly released report from the CIA challenges the work intelligence agencies did to investigate Russia's support for Donald Trump ahead of the 2016 election.

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Northeast Florida lost out on millions thanks to Gov. DeSantisโ€™ veto pen. Hereโ€™s a look at what got cut

Read full article: Northeast Florida lost out on millions thanks to Gov. DeSantisโ€™ veto pen. Hereโ€™s a look at what got cut

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed what he said was a $117.4 billion budget for the fiscal year that will start Tuesday and issued $567 million in line-item vetoes.

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Cell phone ban for Florida elementary, middle school students during school day in effect

Read full article: Cell phone ban for Florida elementary, middle school students during school day in effect

The bill that bans cell phone use for Florida elementary and middle school students during the school day went into effect on Tuesday.

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Centrist Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska won't seek reelection

Read full article: Centrist Republican Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska won't seek reelection

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a centrist Republican who represents Nebraskaโ€™s second district, will not seek reelection to a fifth term.

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Fed's Powell repeats warning about tariffs as some GOP senators accuse him of bias

Read full article: Fed's Powell repeats warning about tariffs as some GOP senators accuse him of bias

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that President Donald Trumpโ€™s sweeping tariffs will likely push up inflation in the coming months, even as some Republican senators suggested the chair was biased against the duties.

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Police in northeast Ohio arrest man who allegedly menaced GOP US Rep. Max Miller on interstate

Read full article: Police in northeast Ohio arrest man who allegedly menaced GOP US Rep. Max Miller on interstate

A northeast Ohio man was arrested and charged with threatening Republican U.S. Rep. Max Miller while the two were traveling along Interstate 90 near Cleveland on Thursday.

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Florida lawmakers pass $115.1B budget, end contentious legislative session

Read full article: Florida lawmakers pass $115.1B budget, end contentious legislative session

Lawmakers finished the annual session at 11:19 p.m. โ€” more than six weeks after the scheduled May 2 end of the session.

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Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summitโ€™s carbon dioxide pipeline

Read full article: Iowa governor rejects GOP bill to increase regulations of Summitโ€™s carbon dioxide pipeline

Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has rejected a bill that could have introduced more complications for a massive carbon-capture pipeline project routed across several Midwestern states.

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Arizona governor vetoes bill banning teaching antisemitism, calls it an attack on educators

Read full article: Arizona governor vetoes bill banning teaching antisemitism, calls it an attack on educators

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has vetoed a proposal that would have banned teaching antisemitism at the stateโ€™s public schools.

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Unsubstantiated 'chemtrail' conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses

Read full article: Unsubstantiated 'chemtrail' conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses

State legislatures are passing bills to ban weather modification and geoengineering based on decades-old โ€œchemtrailsโ€ conspiracy theories, moving the fringe theory from online into actual public policy.

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Florida lawmakers begin ironing out budget differences as July 1 deadline looms

Read full article: Florida lawmakers begin ironing out budget differences as July 1 deadline looms

Needing to finish a budget for the July 1 start of the 2025-2026 fiscal year, the House and Senate on Tuesday began slowly rolling out proposals to resolve spending and policy differences.

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Supreme Court will consider reviving Republican challenge to Illinois law on mail ballots

Read full article: Supreme Court will consider reviving Republican challenge to Illinois law on mail ballots

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after Election Day.

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Ernst draws groans at Iowa town hall after retort on Medicaid cuts, saying 'we all are going to die'

Read full article: Ernst draws groans at Iowa town hall after retort on Medicaid cuts, saying 'we all are going to die'

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is facing backlash after saying โ€œwe all are going to dieโ€ while talking about potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa.

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LIVE: Chrisley family holds news conference after pardons from Trump

Read full article: LIVE: Chrisley family holds news conference after pardons from Trump

The latest pardons by President Donald Trump are another example of him flexing his power to bestow clemency on political allies and prominent public officials, including those convicted of defrauding the public.

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Ex-Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who resigned amid a corruption scandal, pardoned by Trump

Read full article: Ex-Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, who resigned amid a corruption scandal, pardoned by Trump

Former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland, whose promising political career was upended by a corruption scandal, has been pardoned by President Donald Trump.

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Trump pardons former NY Rep. Michael Grimm after tax fraud conviction

Read full article: Trump pardons former NY Rep. Michael Grimm after tax fraud conviction

President Donald Trump has pardoned former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, a New York Republican who resigned from Congress after a tax fraud conviction.

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What issues to watch as 'big, beautiful bill' moves to the Senate

Read full article: What issues to watch as 'big, beautiful bill' moves to the Senate

House Republicans are jubilant about muscling through President Donald Trumpโ€™s โ€œbig, beautifulโ€ tax and immigration package by a single vote.

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Woman accused of spitting on a top federal prosecutor is arrested on an assault charge

Read full article: Woman accused of spitting on a top federal prosecutor is arrested on an assault charge

A woman accused of spitting on the top federal prosecutor for the nationโ€™s capital has been arrested on a federal assault charge.

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A former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent

Read full article: A former Florida Republican congressional candidate gets 3 years for threatening primary opponent

A former Florida Republican congressional candidate accused of stalking and plotting to have his primary opponent murdered by a purported foreign hit squad has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.

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Four-term US Sen. Christopher 'Kit' Bond remembered for training a generation of Missouri leaders

Read full article: Four-term US Sen. Christopher 'Kit' Bond remembered for training a generation of Missouri leaders

Christopher โ€œKitโ€ Bond, a Republican who was Missouriโ€™s youngest governor before serving four terms in the U.S. Senate, was remembered as a beloved statesman who helped train a generation of leaders.

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Missouri governor says he'll bring lawmakers back to get a plan for keeping the Chiefs and Royals

Read full article: Missouri governor says he'll bring lawmakers back to get a plan for keeping the Chiefs and Royals

Missouriโ€™s governor says he will call the Legislature into a special session to consider incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from moving to Kansas.

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House Republicans target clean energy tax credits and pollution rules in budget proposal

Read full article: House Republicans target clean energy tax credits and pollution rules in budget proposal

House Republicans have proposed cutting billions of dollars in funding for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits.

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House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care

Read full article: House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care

House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.

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What's in Trump's big bill? Money for migrant clampdown but tax breaks and program cuts hit 'bumps'

Read full article: What's in Trump's big bill? Money for migrant clampdown but tax breaks and program cuts hit 'bumps'

Congress is drafting President Donald Trumpโ€™s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.

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Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

Read full article: Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication

President Donald Trump's administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.

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Florida lawmakers vote to turn off elementary, middle school studentsโ€™ cell phones during school day

Read full article: Florida lawmakers vote to turn off elementary, middle school studentsโ€™ cell phones during school day

Florida lawmakers late Friday approved barring students in elementary and middle schools from using cell phones during the school day โ€” and testing the idea in high schools.

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House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump's deportations and detentions as part of tax bill

Read full article: House GOP wants to pump billions into Trump's deportations and detentions as part of tax bill

Republicans in Congress are working to pump billions of dollars into President Donald Trumpโ€™s mass deportation and border security program.

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3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump's immigration policies

Read full article: 3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump's immigration policies

Three House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots are carefully navigating President Donald Trumpโ€™s immigration policies.

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Florida homeowners could use โ€˜reasonable forceโ€™ against spying drones under new bill

Read full article: Florida homeowners could use โ€˜reasonable forceโ€™ against spying drones under new bill

Homeowners in Florida would be allowed to ward off surveillance drones under a new bill pushed by lawmakers.

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Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders

Read full article: Trump's transportation officials buck a long-held practice of using 'road diets' to slow speeders

Removing lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.

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Florida legislators pass bill that could reshape how universities select their leadership

Read full article: Florida legislators pass bill that could reshape how universities select their leadership

Amid fierce opposition from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida House on Wednesday approved revamping laws about leadership of the higher-education system, including opening information about applicants to become college and university presidents.

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Tennesseeโ€™s GOP leads the fight to deny public education to children without documents

Read full article: Tennesseeโ€™s GOP leads the fight to deny public education to children without documents

A growing number of conservative leaders are pushing states to upend the long-standing U.S. constitutional right to free public education for children, regardless of immigration status.

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House approves budget framework for Trump's 'big' bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts

Read full article: House approves budget framework for Trump's 'big' bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework.

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โ€˜More than a simple name changeโ€™: Florida House passes two bills supporting โ€˜Gulf of Americaโ€™ name change

Read full article: โ€˜More than a simple name changeโ€™: Florida House passes two bills supporting โ€˜Gulf of Americaโ€™ name change

Erasing the Gulf of Mexico from state laws and educational materials won Florida House approval Thursday. The Republican-controlled House passed two bills along party lines to carry out President Donald Trumpโ€™s directive to rename the gulf as the Gulf of America.

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Maryland lawmakers pass bill to try to limit liabilities for thousands of claims of sexual abuse

Read full article: Maryland lawmakers pass bill to try to limit liabilities for thousands of claims of sexual abuse

Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions.

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Columbia must give 30 days' notice before sharing student records with Congress' antisemitism probe

Read full article: Columbia must give 30 days' notice before sharing student records with Congress' antisemitism probe

A Manhattan federal judge says Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days' notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses.

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Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Read full article: Musk-funded political group spends big and goes door to door in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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 Tuesdayโ€™s outcome.

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New York rapper who joined Trump in campaign rally pleads guilty to attempted murder

Read full article: New York rapper who joined Trump in campaign rally pleads guilty to attempted murder

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.

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Georgia House approves the second part of sweeping plan to limit lawsuits

Read full article: Georgia House approves the second part of sweeping plan to limit lawsuits

The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kempโ€™s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.

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Florida Senate reverses law aimed at starting high-school classes later in the morning

Read full article: Florida Senate reverses law aimed at starting high-school classes later in the morning

Florida lawmakers in 2023 passed a law aimed at starting high-school classes later in the morning, but two years later, the Florida Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would undo the law and leave it up to local officials to decide when schools start.

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Florida lawmakers seek to roll back child labor laws, allowing teens as young as 14 to work overnight shifts

Read full article: Florida lawmakers seek to roll back child labor laws, allowing teens as young as 14 to work overnight shifts

Lawmakers in Tallahassee are working to roll back major aspects of Floridaโ€™s child labor laws.

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Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was 'distorted'

Read full article: Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was 'distorted'

State officials say a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was โ€œpurposefully distorted.โ€.

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Judge vows to determine if Trump administration ignored order blocking deportation flights

Read full article: Judge vows to determine if Trump administration ignored order blocking deportation flights

A federal judge examining the Trump administrationโ€™s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador has vowed to determine whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around.

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Florida legislators approve bill to increase highway speed limit from 70 mph to 75 mph

Read full article: Florida legislators approve bill to increase highway speed limit from 70 mph to 75 mph

Highway speeds could increase under a bill that has started moving forward in the state Senate. The Republican-controlled Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging measure (SB 462), filed by Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-Indian Rocks Beach, that includes boosting the maximum speed on interstates and Floridaโ€™s Turnpike from 70 mph to 75 mph.

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Ex-US Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat who chaired powerful House Appropriations Committee, dies

Read full article: Ex-US Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat who chaired powerful House Appropriations Committee, dies

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey has died at the age of 87.

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Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban

Read full article: Kentucky lawmakers add specific medical exceptions to the state's near-total abortion ban

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the stateโ€™s near-total abortion ban.

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'In DOGE we trust': House GOP governs by embracing Trump's effort to cut government

Read full article: 'In DOGE we trust': House GOP governs by embracing Trump's effort to cut government

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.

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Trump is forcing a generational shift in GOP foreign policy. Here's how Republicans are responding

Read full article: Trump is forcing a generational shift in GOP foreign policy. Here's how Republicans are responding

Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering Americaโ€™s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad.

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Economic impact study to explore effect of cutting property taxes in Florida after DeSantis push

Read full article: Economic impact study to explore effect of cutting property taxes in Florida after DeSantis push

Gov. Ron DeSantis in recent weeks has called for cutting property taxes, while also criticizing spending by local governments.

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First Lady hosts roundtable on Capitol Hill to lobby for anti-revenge porn bill

Read full article: First Lady hosts roundtable on Capitol Hill to lobby for anti-revenge porn bill

Melania Trump says itโ€™s โ€œheartbreakingโ€ to see teens and especially girls grapple with the fallout after theyโ€™re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.

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Florida ups the stakes for crimes by immigrants in the US illegally

Read full article: Florida ups the stakes for crimes by immigrants in the US illegally

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.

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The Latest: House GOP pushes โ€˜bigโ€™ budget resolution to passage

Read full article: The Latest: House GOP pushes โ€˜bigโ€™ budget resolution to passage

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trumpโ€™s โ€œbig, beautiful bill.โ€.

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As DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor, here's what to know about Casey

Read full article: As DeSantis talks up his wife as next Florida governor, here's what to know about Casey

The aspirations of Floridaโ€™s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.

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Police are investigating assault allegations against Republican US Rep. Cory Mills of Florida

Read full article: Police are investigating assault allegations against Republican US Rep. Cory Mills of Florida

Police in Washington, D.

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House GOP pushes 'big' budget resolution to passage, a crucial step toward delivering Trump's agenda

Read full article: House GOP pushes 'big' budget resolution to passage, a crucial step toward delivering Trump's agenda

House Republicans have muscled their budget blueprint to passage, with a push from President Donald Trump.

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What's going on with the Kennedy Center under Trump?

Read full article: What's going on with the Kennedy Center under Trump?

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.

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Florida lawmakers to consider ordering study on impacts of eliminating property taxes

Read full article: Florida lawmakers to consider ordering study on impacts of eliminating property taxes

A Senate Republican on Tuesday filed a proposal that would lead to studying the possibility of eliminating property taxes in Florida.

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Judge to rule swiftly on effort to block DOGE from assessing data and firing federal employees

Read full article: Judge to rule swiftly on effort to block DOGE from assessing data and firing federal employees

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.

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Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24

Read full article: Vivek Ramaswamy will kick off his bid for Ohio governor in Cincinnati on Feb. 24

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.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wisconsin's spring primary

Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Wisconsin's spring primary

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly seeks a second four-year term in Tuesdayโ€™s spring primary.

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Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as Denali

Read full article: Alaska US senators introduce bill that would again designate North America's tallest peak as Denali

Alaskaโ€™s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North Americaโ€™s tallest peak as Denali.

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Order to drop New York Mayor Adams' case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign

Read full article: Order to drop New York Mayor Adams' case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign

Manhattanโ€™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.

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Florida lawmaker proposes new bill to stiffen stateโ€™s laws on dangerous dogs

Read full article: Florida lawmaker proposes new bill to stiffen stateโ€™s laws on dangerous dogs

State Sen. Tom Wright filed Senate Bill 572 after an 8-year-old boy was mauled to death last month in Volusia County, which Wright represents.

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Trump keeps talking about running for a third term. The US Constitution says that can't happen

Read full article: Trump keeps talking about running for a third term. The US Constitution says that can't happen

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution.

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Judge leaves intact a ban on DOGE access to Treasury records pending a hearing Friday

Read full article: Judge leaves intact a ban on DOGE access to Treasury records pending a hearing Friday

A federal judge has left intact a ban that prevents Elon Muskโ€™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.

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Election official in Arizonaโ€™s largest county signals a shift away from combating disinformation

Read full article: Election official in Arizonaโ€™s largest county signals a shift away from combating disinformation

One of the top election officials in Arizona's largest county has drastically downsized a team whose responsibilities included combating false information about elections.

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Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics

Read full article: Ex-Ohio State coach Jim Tressel joins a long list of sports figures who've moved into politics

Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the stateโ€™s next lieutenant governor.

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A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football

Read full article: A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football

Donald Trump made history Sunday as the first sitting president to attend the Super Bowl.

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DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID, AP sources say

Read full article: DOGE was tasked with stopping Treasury payments to USAID, AP sources say

Officials working with Elon Muskโ€™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.

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'60 Minutes' publicly releases transcripts of interview at heart of its dispute with Trump

Read full article: '60 Minutes' publicly releases transcripts of interview at heart of its dispute with Trump

CBS' โ€œ60 Minutesโ€ on Wednesday released a full, unedited transcript of its October interview with Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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Altered image of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in new ad raises ethics concerns

Read full article: Altered image of Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in new ad raises ethics concerns

A new television attack ad in Wisconsinโ€™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.

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Dispute over who holds exclusive rights to the word โ€˜Republicanโ€™ playing out in Duval County court

Read full article: Dispute over who holds exclusive rights to the word โ€˜Republicanโ€™ playing out in Duval County court

A legal dispute in Duval County Circuit Court pits Robin Lumb, a former Jacksonville City Council member, against the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) over the exclusive right to use the word "Republican."

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โ€˜An industry in need of helpโ€™: Citrus growers ask lawmakers for help as production continues to drop

Read full article: โ€˜An industry in need of helpโ€™: Citrus growers ask lawmakers for help as production continues to drop

Citrus growers called on lawmakers Tuesday to continue providing research and advertising money to help an industry that has seen production drop more than 90% in less than three decades.

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Texas governor orders ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for government devices

Read full article: Texas governor orders ban on DeepSeek, RedNote for government devices

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.

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What to know about Trump's buyout proposal for federal employees

Read full article: What to know about Trump's buyout proposal for federal employees

President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce.

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Prosecutors seek dismissal of campaign finance case against ex-Nebraska congressman Fortenberry

Read full article: Prosecutors seek dismissal of campaign finance case against ex-Nebraska congressman Fortenberry

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss their case against a former Nebraska congressman charged with lying to authorities about a foreign billionaireโ€™s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign.

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Justice Department drops criminal proceedings against Trump co-defendants in classified records case

Read full article: Justice Department drops criminal proceedings against Trump co-defendants in classified records case

The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trumpโ€™s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.

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Six active duty service members file first lawsuit challenging Trump's transgender troop ban

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The first lawsuits have been filed against President Donald Trumpโ€™s executive order revising policy on transgender troops.

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Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, says pardoning Capitol attackers sends 'the wrong signal'

Read full article: Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, says pardoning Capitol attackers sends 'the wrong signal'

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 โ€œsending the wrong signalโ€ and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.

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FEMA faces shakeup under Trump while it wrestles with disasters on both coasts

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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.

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House passes immigrant detention bill that would be Trump's first law to sign

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The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

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US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont near Canada

Read full article: US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont near Canada

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured.

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Trump wants one of the agents who covered him after he was shot to lead the Secret Service

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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.

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UK backs local inquiries into child sexual abuse gangs after Musk stoked controversy

Read full article: UK backs local inquiries into child sexual abuse gangs after Musk stoked controversy

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 worldโ€™s richest man Elon Musk.

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Speaker Johnson removes chair of powerful House Intelligence Committee

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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.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, an Ohio native, is interested in filling Vance's old Senate seat, AP source says

Read full article: Vivek Ramaswamy, an Ohio native, is interested in filling Vance's old Senate seat, AP source says

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

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Kid Rock, Jason Aldean to perform during Trump's Inauguration weekend

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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.

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Florida bill would ban students in the US without legal permission from some public universities

Read full article: Florida bill would ban students in the US without legal permission from some public universities

A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the stateโ€™s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.

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Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field

Read full article: Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant. The work is part of a booming field

Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

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