Politics

By Romy Ellenbogen Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is suing Planned Parenthood, accusing the group of “lying to” women about the safety of abortion medication. The lawsuit marks at least the second time that Uthmeier has used his office to go after mifepristone, one of the medications used by doctors providing abortions. Earlier this […]

By Skyler Swisher | sswisher@orlandosentinel.com | Orlando Sentinel, Rafael Olmeda | rolmeda@sunsentinel.com | South Florida Sun Sentinel and The Associated Press Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Miami International airports are among the 40 across the country that will see flight reductions starting Friday if a deal is not reached to pay air traffic controllers, according to a list distributed to the airlines and obtained by

By Tess Riski , Douglas Hanks and Devoun Cetoute Miami-Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins and former Miami City Manager Emilio González are headed to a runoff in the Miami mayor’s race after neither candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the vote Tuesday night. With all precincts reporting, Higgins had captured nearly 36% of the vote, with González coming

By Romy Ellenbogen Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Even as Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed for Florida to be the most aggressive state in assisting the federal government with immigration enforcement, state law still allows hundreds of thousands of companies to skip doing an E-Verify check. In Florida, private companies with fewer than 25 employees don’t need to use

Trump is set to meet early Wednesday with GOP senators. By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of millions of Americans with federal program cuts, flight delays and federal workers nationwide left without paychecks. President Donald Trump has refused to negotiate with

Democrats on Tuesday won governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey. By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats dominated the first major Election Day since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. And while a debate about the future of the Democratic Party may have only just begun, there are signs

WLRN Public Media | By Jake Shore Palm Beach County leaders held a press conference on Monday to share food resource information, after funding for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits lapsed over the weekend. Roughly one in 10 county residents rely on the federal food stamps program that ended on Nov. 1, as the government’s

In a city of often-zany elections, this year’s mayoral race is especially rich in personal stories and longstanding feuds. By Patricia Mazzei Patricia Mazzei, who reported from Miami, was once a Miami City Hall reporter. In Miami, ballots should come with family trees. Tuesday’s election features three mayoral candidates from political dynasties. One candidate, Joe Carollo,

By Tony Romm NYT News Service/Syndicate Stories WASHINGTON — As the federal shutdown stretched into its fifth week, imperiling the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, Vice President JD Vance insisted that there was little the White House could do to help. “The American people are already suffering,” he told reporters, “and the suffering is going to get a

By Emily Goodin and Claire Heddles War ships are cruising the Caribbean. U.S. missiles are obliterating motorboats in two oceans. And bombers are buzzing Venezuela, where sources say the Trump administration has identified targets on land for future strikes. To much of the world, it all looks like a push for regime change in Venezuela, where the United