MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge on Tuesday blocked Miami Dade College from transferring property to the state for Donald Trump’s presidential library, ensuring the school keeps the land in its possession until the court issues a final verdict in a lawsuit alleging the institution violated Florida’s Sunshine law when its trustees ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Hamas return the bodies of deceased hostages and threatened the militant group with retaliation if it does not lay down its arms.

Trump’s comments Tuesday came after Israel prepared to limit the aid it lets into Gaza, developments that threatened the fragile U.S.-led ceasefire that the president ...Read more

All Transportation Safety Agency workers are working without pay as the government shutdown nears the two-week mark.

Some large airports across the country have reported delays and flight disruptions due to staffing delays. About 61,000 of TSA’s 64,000 employees across the country are being required to work during this period, according to a ...Read more

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump Tuesday unleashed a new salvo of insults and attacks on Zohran Mamdani and repeated his threats to cut federal funding to NYC if the Democratic nominee wins the upcoming mayoral election.

“I wouldn’t be generous to a communist that’s going to take the money and throw it out the window,” Trump added. �...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a redistricting case that could curtail a civil rights-era law used to ensure majority-minority congressional districts, something voting rights advocates warn would diminish minority representation in Congress.

The clash over Louisiana’s congressional map focuses on how ...Read more

WASHINGTON — An extraordinary new policy from the Defense Department that equates basic reporting methods to criminal activity has prompted a revolt among Pentagon journalists that could leave the nation’s largest agency and the world’s largest military without a press corps.

The new policy, from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is a ...Read more

LAKE CITY, Fla. — A circuit court judge on Tuesday ordered Florida Congressman Cory Mills not to come within 500 feet of his ex-girlfriend and said in his ruling that the reigning Miss United States is “a victim of dating violence.”

Lindsey Langston — who also is a state GOP committee woman — had sought a restraining order against the...Read more

Cable news networks CNN and Fox News joined the news divisions of ABC, NBC and CBS in rejecting the Pentagon’s efforts to manage coverage on the Department of Defense.

“Today, we join virtually every other news organization in declining to agree to the Pentagon’s new requirements, which would restrict journalists’ ability to keep the ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — Coast Guard personnel will get paid this week despite the partial government shutdown, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

Noem said in a social media post on Monday that her department had come up with an “innovative solution” to pay Coast Guard personnel, which she identified as funds taken out of the GOP ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dr. Richard Pan, a former Sacramento lawmaker and architect of California’s strict child vaccine laws, announced he will run for Congress in California’s 3rd Congressional District, setting up a challenge with incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley.

Pan served in the California Legislature from 2012 to 2022. While he ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded that Hamas return the bodies of deceased hostages and threatened the militant group with retaliation if it does not lay down its arms.

Trump’s comments Tuesday came after Israel prepared to limit the aid it lets into Gaza, developments that threatened the fragile U.S.-led ceasefire that the president ...Read more

President Donald Trump has garnered praise from former White House leaders — including longtime critics and rivals — for brokering a landmark peace agreement in Gaza.

Former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, along with former Vice Presidents Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, released statements commending Trump’s diplomatic efforts.

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President Donald Trump railed against Time magazine Tuesday over a cover photo of him that he called “super bad” and “the worst of all time.”

In a 1:30 a.m. post, Trump slammed the photo as an unflattering look, taking special aim at the sunlight that created an odd effect on the top of his head.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and ...Read more

MIAMI — A Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge on Monday declined an activist’s request to immediately block Miami Dade College from officially deeding over downtown land for Donald Trump’s presidential library.

But Judge Mavel Ruiz, presiding over a lawsuit alleging the college violated Florida’s Sunshine Law last month when trustees voted ...Read more

Major media outlets are refusing to sign a pledge that could curb news agencies’ abilities to report information not authorized by the Department of Defense and limit journalists’ access to the Pentagon.

Pentagon reporters have until Thursday to submit to the demands made by Secretary of War and former Fox News weekend host Pete Hegseth. ...Read more

REIM, Israel — Israelis and Palestinians cried, cheered and gave thanks Monday as Hamas militants released the last 20 Israeli hostages in exchange for more than 1,900 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

It was the first phase of a ceasefire deal put in place last month even as President Donald Trump — the driving force behind the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is inviting all U.S. colleges to participate in a compact — initially rejected by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — that would grant preferential federal funding in return for commitments to specific policy changes like DEI bans, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The White ...Read more

Summoned last minute by the president of the United States, the world’s most powerful leaders dropped their schedules to fly to Egypt on Monday, where they idled on a stage awaiting Donald Trump’s grand entrance.

They were there to celebrate a significant U.S. diplomatic achievement that has ended hostilities in Gaza after two brutal years ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The financial impacts of the government shutdown are set to escalate this week, even as Senate Republicans and Democrats show no signs of breaking the stalemate over health care policies at the heart of the fight.

Without a deal, military troops would miss their first paychecks since the shutdown started, but the administration, ...Read more