Politics

The Orange County Supervisor of Elections says a printing error on sample ballots for the upcoming Special General Election in Senate District 15 and House District 40 has affected 88,972 voters.

The Florida Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, is investigating the city of Orlando’s finances and operations, focusing on what it describes as out-of-control property taxes.

President Donald Trump announced Monday that he is deploying the National Guard to Washington, D.C., and placing the city’s police department under federal control in an effort to boost public safety in the nation’s capital.

Transcripts of secret grand jury testimony in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case won’t be released. a judge decided Monday.

"This addition is a cause of particular concern for us when it comes to children and teens that are active on Instagram," the senators wrote.

Trump is weighing whether to remove marijuana from the list of Schedule I controlled substances and make it a Schedule III drug.

Florida’s House speaker is joining Gov. Ron DeSantis in supporting a mid-decade review of the state’s congressional districts, a move that could spark a legal battle over the state’s constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.

"The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America, and President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, will take place next Friday, August 15, 2025, in the Great State of Alaska," Trump wrote.

Ghislaine Maxwell will enjoy a lot more freedom at her new federal prison camp, but she won’t be among the prisoners who get to raise a puppy.

The Trump administration is reportedly in talks with Louisiana officials to send immigrant detainees to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, the country’s largest maximum security prison.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting with U.S. presidents was a regular occurrence early in his tenure. But as tensions grew between Russia and the U.S. through the years, those bilateral gatherings became less frequent.

Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell is pushing back against a lawsuit accusing her office of mishandling public records and launching what she calls a politically motivated criminal investigation.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing regulators to make it easier for 401(k) plans to include private equity, cryptocurrency, and other alternative investments.

This executive order addresses "debanking," where banks close accounts or refuse business with certain industries.

Experts have estimated that Social Security benefits will get cut 24% at the time the program goes insolvent in 2034.

The FBI’s personnel purge continues, with the latest casualty being a former acting director who resisted demands to identify agents who investigated the Jan. 6 riot.

Critics were quick to point out that the missing sections are constitutional clauses President Trump has targeted since taking office for a second term.