I know what it’s like to walk out of prison believing your debt has finally been paid.

I served time, as I should have. And in a twist of remarkable fate nearly a decade ago, I went back to prison after earning my release. At the time, my unique situation didn’t fall through the cracks of our legal system, like many do. It became a national...Read more

Democrat U.S Rep. Jared Moskowitz and Republican Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, won their parties’ nominations for Florida’s 25th Congressional District — which analysts across both aisles consider a toss-up.

As the winner in the five-way GOP race, Singer will be the Republican Party’s candidate in the November general ...Read more

MIAMI — A federal judge on Tuesday compared the criminal roles of former Congressman David Rivera and political consultant Esther Nuhfer, both convicted in May of failing to register as foreign agents for the Venezuelan government under former socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

“I think this really was the David Rivera show,” U.S. ...Read more

MIAMI — Democrat Eliott Rodriguez and Republican incumbent U.S. Rep Maria Elvira Salazar, two Cuban American former South Florida TV news anchors, will face off in November to represent Miami-Dade in Congressional District 27.

Heavily Latino District 27 includes downtown Miami, Coral Gables, Virginia Key, Pinecrest, Kendall, Palmetto Bay and ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz cruised to victory on Tuesday, easily defeating four other candidates in the Democratic primary and all but guaranteeing a 12th term in Congress.

At 7:30 p.m. with early votes and some mail votes counted, unofficial returns showed Wasserman Schultz with 50.3% of the vote.

She was ...Read more

MIAMI — Democratic powerhouse Debbie Wasserman Schultz will return to Congress for her 12th term after clinching the Democratic primary for her new, blue-leaning district.

Her victory continues the powerful Democrat’s 20-plus year reign in D.C., and also marks the first time a white person has represented the district since it was ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Fox TV 35 anchor Ryan Elijah — a political newcomer who grew a well-financed campaign — defeated embattled U.S. Rep. Cory Mills and two other opponents in the GOP primary for the U.S. House District 7 seat on Tuesday.

Elijah, 54, will face Democrat Bale Dalton, of Sanford, in the Nov. 3 general election.

Dalton, a ...Read more

MIAMI — Incumbent Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz beat democratic socialist Oliver Larkin, indicating that Florida Democrats are not quite comfortable leaning left of center.

Moskowitz will go up against a Republican opponent for the competitive District 25 seat in the November election. The coastal district includes cities in Palm ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A substitute teacher at Beverly Hills High School announced Tuesday morning that she's suing the school district that fired her, alleging her First Amendment rights were violated when she was terminated for writing Facebook posts criticizing President Donald Trump.

In November 2024, Joanie Garratt started a monthlong substitute-...Read more

In their first general election debate Monday evening, U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Rocklin, and former state Sen. Richard Pan offered competing explanations for the problems facing voters in California’s newly redrawn 6th Congressional District. Kiley pointed to Sacramento, while Pan pointed to Washington.

Their records in office became central ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was urged Tuesday to block construction of President Trump’s huge new ballroom until Congress weighs in. A decision, perhaps only temporary, is likely by Friday.

Acting on his own, Trump had the East Wing of the White House torn down in October and ordered work to start on a massive new building that would ...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Two former Florida state representatives, Kevin Steele and Mike Beltran, are wrapping up a contentious eight-person GOP primary Tuesday that will decide who should take on U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, a Democrat, in a reshaped Hillsborough congressional district.

Beltran is crying foul over a text message sent to voters the night ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators have given preliminary approval for a cryptocurrency venture tied to President Trump and his family to operate a digital-asset bank, a decision that has drawn immediate condemnation from Senate Democrats who are now pushing legislation to bar such an action.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on ...Read more

Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Fine will not face federal charges after he was caught Sunday on a security camera peeking inside the porch mailbox of an Ormond Beach, Florida, home and flipping through each letter, according to the website TMZ.

The porch scene was first reported by the news website The Space Coast Rocket. Fine’s office later ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — House Speaker Mike Johnson warned against the "dangerous prospect" of a federal moratorium on data centers while campaigning with Republican Congressman Tom Barrett on Tuesday.

The Louisiana Republican, when asked whether he believes the federal government should override local control over data center siting and zoning ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A close aide to President Donald Trump is at the center of an ugly clash between the White House and Sen. Jon Ossoff, after the Democratic lawmaker drew the administration’s ire for highlighting the close nature of her relationship with the president.

Natalie Harp, a 35-year-old executive assistant to the president, is little ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is trying to make his White House ballroom a “fait accompli” by building it so quickly the judiciary won’t be able to stop him, a historic preservation group told the U.S. Supreme Court.

In a filing that tees up the high court to decide the fate of the 90,000-square-foot facility, the National Trust ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A five-week wait on a crucial Senate vote on major cryptocurrency legislation has opened wide a window of opportunity for both advocates and opponents of the measure, which would flesh out in greater detail a regulatory framework for the still-nascent industry’s U.S. operations.

Just before the Senate adjourned for its summer ...Read more