Politics

Al Diaz/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Most of the Florida school board candidates backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis won their elections on Tuesday — an indication that the ascendant Republican’s conservative stance on education is moving the needle with some parents across the state. DeSantis at his election night rally […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday in a “rebound” case, her office said. The first lady — who first tested positive on Aug. 16 — received her second negative test on Sunday and joined the president in Delaware, coming out of her isolation period spent in South […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — As another deadline nears on the restart of payments for America’s $1.7 trillion in federal student loans, President Joe Biden is poised to decide whether to cancel debt for a subset of Americans and continue to keep a pandemic-era pause on the repayments — a sweeping […]

Octavio Jones/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Charlie Crist on Tuesday defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, ABC News projects, setting up a high-profile matchup against Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in the fall. With about 92% of the expected vote counted, Crist won with roughly 60% of the vote, while Fried trailed […]

Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday responded to Republican vows to investigate him after he steps down from his government roles in December, saying he would consider testifying but not submit to “character assassination.” Top Republicans in Congress pounced on the news of his planned departure, saying if they retake the […]

Douglas Sacha / Getty Images A former speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives and his chief of staff were indicted on Tuesday on corruption charges, according to the Justice Department. The charges allege that former speaker and current State Rep. Glen Casada and his former chief of staff Cade Cothren created a company and […]

SDI Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democrats are trying to keep control of a House remade by the once-a-decade redistricting process. Tuesday will offer perhaps the most visible display of the impact that post-census redistricting has had — especially on their party and their chances of maintaining a mere five-seat majority. Democrats initially saw New […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump filed a motion in federal court in Florida on Monday seeking the appointment of a special master to review materials seized by the Justice Department from his Mar-a-Lago estate in a raid earlier this month. The motion from Trump seeks an injunction that […]

Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) –The U.S. government on Monday strongly discouraged former NBA player Dennis Rodman from traveling to Russia to help secure the release of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner — a trip that Rodman himself separately clarified isn’t in the works, reversing an earlier comment. The back-and-forth stems from Rodman, a five-time […]

Official White House Photo by Chandler West (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Anthony Fauci will step down from his roles of director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden this December, he announced Monday. “While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” […]