David Jolly, a former Republican congressman and now a Democratic candidate for governor in Florida, won a primary election on Tuesday evening, topping a crowded field of hopefuls to become the party’s nominee to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Sunshine State. DeSantis is prevented by term limits from running for a third term. … Read more
National Trust for Historic Preservation filing comes after president made emergency bid for construction to continue A historic preservation group that sued to block construction of Donald Trump’s White House ballroom urged the US supreme court on Tuesday to suspend the project while it considers whether the work can continue. The National Trust for Historic … Read more
The traditional American Dream of homeownership slipped further out of reach across the country over the last decade, even as Washington spent hundreds of billions of dollars on housing programs, according to a new government watchdog analysis. Open The Books, a conservative watchdog that tracks government spending, analyzed a decade of home-price and household-income data … Read more
US supreme court declined to halt execution of William Frances Silvia, and state has two executions next month A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and wounding his mother-in-law was executed on Tuesday, continuing the state’s aggressive use of the death penalty in the final term of the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis. … Read more
Shapiro, a potential Democratic 2028 contender, earlier welcomed data center developments. His new executive order takes a starkly different tone toward the industry.
Former Mayor Dale Holness (D-Fla.) joins Meet the Press NOW as voters are casting their ballots in the Democratic primary in a key Florida congressional district. Mayor Holness discusses his decision to challenge Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who he says should have run in the 22nd congressional district.
A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for Ethiopian immigrants, putting into effect all of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) terminations the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has pursued for select countries. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Boston lifted a temporary hold on the decades-old … Read more
Comedian and political commentator Bill Maher tore into a Democratic congressional candidate in Seattle for abandoning a key liberal cause to better appeal to Muslim sensibilities. Maher targeted Melissa Chaudhry, a progressive Democrat and self-described “White American convert to Islam” who is challenging longtime Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., in Washington’s 9th Congressional District. “A few … Read more
Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor in case of ICE agent charged with wounding a man in Minneapolis Minnesota’s attorney general has sued the governor of Texas to force him to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent charged with wounding a man and then lying to justify the shooting during the US agency’s … Read more
Larry Montes, already facing state charges, allegedly attacked 63-year-old woman and security guard on Friday The man accused of attacking a woman and security guard at a New York City synagogue during Shabbat services Friday has been charged with hate crimes in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said. Larry Montes, who is already facing state-level hate … Read more
