The U.S. stock market has just dropped 10% from its high set last month, hurt by worries about the economy and a global trade war.

The investigation into a January midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.

Orange County has a multimillion-dollar contract with a private company for security across its courthouses, community centers and medical clinics. A audit recently released by the comptroller’s office revealed some concerns about what the company is doing.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow restrictions on birthright citizenship to partly take effect while legal fights play out.

Voters in Winter Park have repealed the ban on gas-powered leaf blowers following a recent referendum.

Universities across the U.S. have announced hiring freezes due to the risk of federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration.

The Internal Revenue Service’s acting chief counsel, William Paul, has been removed from his role at the agency and replaced by Andrew De Mello, an attorney in the chief counsel’s office who is deemed supportive of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to two people familiar with the plans who were not authorized to speak publicly.

A day before a shutdown deadline, Senate Democrats are mounting a last-ditch protest over a Republican-led spending bill that already passed the House.

A team of independent monitors says Georgia’s Fulton County conducted an “organized and orderly” election last year.

A federal judge in San Francisco has President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands of probationary workers let go in mass firings.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will not seek Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat in 2026.

Just a few months after the election of three new commissioners, who said they would work to fix Winter Springs' wastewater issues, there will be a workshop on the possible ways to tackle the problem.

An hours-long outage on StudentAid.

Again and again, the Trump White House has turned to a 73-year-old legal statute to defend its immigration crackdown.

Kuwait has released a group of American prisoners, including veterans and military contractors jailed for years on drug-related charges.

President Donald Trump is hosting Ireland's prime minister, Micheál Martin, for the annual St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House.

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.

A Florida Senate committee has advanced a bill that seeks to make the state a hands-free driving zone.

Valencia College returned $2.1 million to the Orange County supervisor of elections office Wednesday, a huge development in a budget battle that pitted Orange County government against the former supervisor of elections.

As the Trump administration's 25% tariffs on all foreign steel and aluminum take effect, we're looking into how what's happening in Washington will impact your wallet.

A lawyer for the Federal Trade Commission says the agency needs to seek a trial delay in a case against Amazon due to staffing and budgetary challenges.

An Oregon appeals court has found that a voter-approved gun control law is constitutional, reversing a lower court ruling.

The Trump administration says it is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over alleged sexual abuse of minors at its facilities.

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

The Environmental Protection Agency said it has terminated grant agreements worth $20 billion issued by the Biden administration under a so-called green bank to finance climate-friendly projects.

The deep cuts across federal agencies since Donald Trump’s return to the White House include reductions in force, which mean not only layoffs but also elimination of positions altogether.

At least three-quarters of South Carolina’s House members approved the more than 100 sections of the state’s $14 billion spending plan this week.

A former Republican Tennessee lawmaker has received a pardon from President Donald Trump two weeks into his 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme.

Democrats in Washington are trying to sound optimistic following Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen's announcement she won't seek reelection in New Hampshire in 2026.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Attorney General Kris Mayes have adopted sharply different approaches to handling Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs.

While current law already prohibits phone use during instructional time, this proposed legislation would extend the ban from the first bell to the last—including lunch and free periods.

Lawmakers argued that more granny flats could bring down the cost of housing in Florida, bringing a big boost to low-income workers.

As part of the latest Legislative kerfuffle, a couple of new bills aim to bring required topics into the classroom.

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take over its major responsibilities.

A government lawyer has asked a federal judge to move the legal fight over the detention of Mahmoud Khalil to either New Jersey or Louisiana.

President Donald Trump in recent days has dismissed fears of a recession and brushed aside the stock market sell-off, going so far as to say, “You can’t really watch the stock market.”.

The Associated Press has obtained a document showing that the Trump administration is halting a $1 billion program that helps preserve affordable housing.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered flags to be flown at half-staff later this week in the wake of a state lawmaker’s death, according to the governor's office.

Florida lawmakers are one step closer to making “Gulf of America” an official moniker under state statutes.

A House panel on Tuesday unanimously signed off on a proposal that would make further changes to condominium safety laws requiring inspections of older buildings and adequate reserves for repairs.

Parents near Bridgewater School have long grappled with road congestion as the area continues to grow. On Tuesday, plans were announced to make significant improvements to Tiny Road.

A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump over its legal services during the 2016 presidential campaign has sued the federal government over an executive order that seeks to strip its attorneys of security clearances.

The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s staff -- a prelude to President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

The Trump administration is canceling studies about ways to improve vaccine trust and access.

Bear management is a significant topic in Seminole County as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission prepares for a virtual meeting this Thursday.

The White House complained that Columbia University is refusing to help federal agents find people being sought as part of the government’s effort to deport participants in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Two senior federal judges, both appointed by Republican presidents, have spoken out against threats of violence and impeachment against their colleagues in the judiciary.

Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

A federal judge on Tuesday found that removing most grants and most staff from a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses would be legal.

In less than a month, TikTok could have one or a few new owners, be banned again, or simply receive another reprieve to continue operating in the U.S. Questions about the fate of the popular app has continued to linger since a law requiring its China-based parent company to divest or face a ban took effect on Jan. 19.

Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of a post-election drama have decisively chosen Democrat David Gottfried in a race that leaves control of the House tied.

President Donald Trump’s threat to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada has led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States.

Former Democratic U.S. House member Katie Porter is entering the crowded 2026 contest for California governor.

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II is running to become the state's next Democratic governor.

Property taxes have been a hot-button issue in Florida lately, and many of the proposals being tossed about by lawmakers reflect that fact.

On Monday, Florida lawmakers discussed a bill that would craft exemptions to the state’s minimum wage rules.

The owners of Brough Brothers bourbon in Kentucky are ready to put their business plan into action.

On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged to eliminate business rent taxes as he touted the state's economic success.

The Trump administration has cut millions of dollars in federal funding from two cybersecurity initiatives, including one dedicated to helping state and local election officials.

Elon Musk says Social Security and other federal benefit programs will be targeted in his hunt for fraudulent spending.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, but under President Donald Trump it’s being reshaped into a frontline figure in the president’s political battles.

Long-threatened tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump have plunged the country into a trade war abroad — all while on-again, off-again new levies continue to escalate uncertainty.

Crews have begun work to remove the large yellow “Black Lives Matter” painted on the street one block from the White House.

Seattle fire officials said a late Sunday fire damaged four Tesla Cybertrucks.

The Senate has voted to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. labor secretary.

Michelle Obama and her brother, Craig Robinson, will host a new weekly podcast series starting this month featuring a special guest pulled from the world of entertainment, sports, health and business.

The Trump administration has overhauled a cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum.

A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly projects has sued the Environmental Protection Agency, accusing it of improperly freezing its account.

President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of higher prices and isn’t ruling out the possibility of a recession this year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference Monday morning in Winter Haven.

The top five cities on the list were home to more than one-third of all people in the nation last year who experienced homelessness.

To billionaire Elon Musk and his cost-cutting team at the Department of Government Efficiency, Karen Ortiz may just be one of many faceless bureaucrats.

At 83 years old, Bernie Sanders has emerged as an unlikely leader of the Democratic resistance to Donald Trump.

If you break your phone, most likely you can only take it to one place —the manufacturer, like Apple or Google to repair, which can be pricey to fix

Protesters gathered in front of the Tesla dealership along John Young Parkway to decry Elon Musk and the policy changes they say he’s influenced within the government.

Air Force fighter jets on Sunday intercepted a civilian aircraft flying in the temporarily restricted airspace near President Donald Trump’s Florida home, bringing the number of violations to more than 20 since Trump took office on Jan. 20.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced new immigration enforcement leadership as she pledged to step of polygraph tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about immigration operations to the media.

At Fishtown Seafood, owner Bryan Szeliga is worried about the oysters.

Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react.

Facing spiking energy demand, U.S. states are pressing for ways to build new power plants faster as policymakers try to protect residents from higher electric bills and keep their economies on track.

A new law in South Dakota prohibiting the use of eminent domain to acquire land for carbon capture pipelines challenges the viability of a proposed project snaking through five Midwest states.

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact the nutrition of more than 1 million refugees and create social and mental pressure.

The chairman of the House Republican campaign committee is already predicting his party will pick up seats in the midterm election that are some 20 months away.

Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad.

Facing the potential loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding, Duke University is preparing for the worst.

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30.

A growing movement is pushing for Pine Hills to break away from Orange County and become its own municipality, following in the footsteps of cities like Belle Isle and Winter Park.

A day after the Florida House started moving forward with its version of the plan, the Senate on Friday released a wide-ranging bill that would add restrictions to the state’s ballot initiative process.

A company owned by President Donald Trump is suing Capital One.

Protesters in western Michigan are calling on GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga to hold an in-person town hall to address their concerns.

President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s committed to making the U.S. a world leader in cryptocurrencies as industry leaders heaped praise on him for reversing what they said had been unfair attacks on digital assets by the previous administration.

Freedom Caucus leaders in the Wyoming House of Representatives are claiming victory after a legislative session in which most of their priorities got passed.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's campaign of disruption is engulfing the federal government.

Maryland and 19 other states are suing multiple federal agencies in a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump’s administration has illegally fired thousands of federal probationary workers.

Religious leaders, scholars and diplomats have gathered at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana for a conference on Ukraine studies with a theme of hope.

Law enforcement officers across Florida may soon receive new training from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

President Donald Trump is ordering changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that would disqualify workers of nonprofit groups deemed to have engaged in “improper” activities.