FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After years of falling further and further behind the Republicans and losing election after election, Florida Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the 2026 midterm elections.

This time, they believe, it isn’t just the usual wishful thinking.

At the Broward Democratic Party’s annual Obama Roosevelt Legacy ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — For thirty years, Julio Varona has built a life in Central Florida, enjoying the special status allowed to Cuban immigrants even though the U.S. government had a standing order to deport him.

Only now, amid high-level talks and heightened tensions between the United States and Cuba, does his deportation seem likely to happen �...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota risked irking President Donald Trump’s administration this month by prioritizing diversity in the use of nearly $200 million in new federal rural health grants

Hospitals applying for the funding were urged in the state’s application to “intentionally identify how the grant serves diverse populations, especially ...Read more

Armando Labrador owns and operates a plastic-surgery clinic in a Miami strip mall that advertises low-cost breast implants and liposuction. He dreams of being Cuba’s next president.

Labrador, 56, fled Cuba with his family as a teenager, after his father was imprisoned for almost eight years and his grandfather was executed. When he isn’t ...Read more

Carlos arrived at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in New Mexico in December, believing he was one step closer to reuniting with his children. By that point, his 14-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter had been in a federal shelter in Texas for nearly a year after crossing the border to be with him.

“I feel like I’m ...Read more

The U.S. and Israeli war on Iran has targeted the Islamic Republic’s most senior leaders and mobilized every branch of its sprawling state apparatus in a fight for survival.

In the past, power ultimately rested with the supreme leader, the country’s top authority. But since last year’s 12-day war, important national security and foreign ...Read more

France’s Emmanuel Macron is traveling to Japan this week where he plans to explore closer cooperation on maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz once the fighting has ceased.

Macron is scheduled to meet Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Wednesday in Tokyo, with the bilateral agenda being roiled by the Middle East crisis and its ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House threatened further escalation of its military campaign against Iran, which later attacked a Kuwaiti oil tanker near Dubai, as the war entered a fifth week with little relief for jolted global markets.

President Donald Trump said in a social media post Monday that if Tehran doesn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz, �...Read more

Australia’s online safety regulator is investigating Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc., TikTok and YouTube for potentially failing to comply with the country’s social media ban for under-16s, in the first formal assessment of Big Tech’s response to the world-first crackdown.

In its first compliance report on Tuesday, eSafety said it has “...Read more

President Donald Trump’s foundation released a teaser video for his proposed presidential library in downtown Miami Monday, revealing plans for a skyscraper with a fully capitalized TRUMP emblazoned atop, a presidential jet in the lobby, an amphitheater where audiences will face a golden statue of the president and replicas of the White House,...Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami on Monday to announce the formation of a Florida Farm-to-Hospital partnership designed to encourage healthier meals for patients nationwide.

Kennedy, the nation’s health secretary, said the partnership aims to connect Florida farms directly to hospital food programs, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will resume processing some asylum claims after a near-blanket halt of immigration paperwork for hundreds of thousands of people seeking refuge in the U.S.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has lifted the adjudicative hold for asylum seekers from countries that are deemed to be a lower risk, a ...Read more

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Three men who were on the University of California, Irvine campus during a pro-Palestinian protest nearly two years ago and ordered to disperse by law enforcement remained for hours, a prosecutor told jurors at the opening of their trial Monday.

Defense attorneys representing the men, while asking the jury to find their ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading Republican candidate for governor, said Monday that he had paused his controversial investigation into unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, a probe that was facing mounting legal challenges and ethical concerns.

In a statement Monday, Bianco said the probe was "on hold" ...Read more

BALTIMORE — What is believed to be the first legal challenge to the new Maryland law banning agreements between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was thrown out by a Harford County judge.

The case illustrates confusion over Maryland’s new law, which some lawmakers heralded as prohibiting local law ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House threatened further escalation of its military campaign against Iran, which later attacked a Kuwaiti oil tanker near Dubai, as the fifth week of war jolts global markets with little sign of relief.

President Donald Trump said in a social media post Monday that if Tehran didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz, “we ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Key details about U.S. military spending for the 2027 fiscal year — including the planned budgets for each of the military services — will be released on April 21, according to a U.S. defense official, who requested anonymity to disclose the information.

That’s three weeks after the broad overview of the Trump ...Read more

The shift is visible across Venezuela’s capital.

Billboards that once carried Hugo Chávez’s image in the deep red color of the “Bolivarian Revolution” now show something different: Interim President Delcy Rodríguez, framed in light blue, with a new slogan: “Delcy, move forward, you have my trust.”

It is more than a rebranding. It...Read more

BOSTON — Boston’s financial chief said the city is scrambling to close a projected $48.4 million budget gap before the fiscal year ends on June 30, a daunting number that has already led the mayor to freeze some spending and delay hiring.

Chief Financial Officer Ashley Groffenberger said Monday that the fiscal year 2026 budget deficit is ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A former top aide to President Donald Trump is initiating a $100 million campaign to promote the administration’s pro-artificial intelligence agenda during this year’s midterm elections.

The launch of the Innovation Council adds new heft to the AI industry’s already extensive efforts to shape the 2026 races that will decide...Read more