Vote on GOP budget bill may come within hours, as leaders try to win over holdouts

Washington — President Trump met Wednesday with key conservative holdouts to the massive budget package containing his second-term agenda, before GOP leaders made concessions to fiscal hawks and blue-state Republicans — as leadership aims to hold a vote on the bill possibly within hours. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, returned from the meeting

Florida food banks feel the sting of DOGE cuts

Miami — Before sunrise on a recent May day, workers at the Miami-area food bank Feeding South Florida move, load and stack pallets of food and household goods onto trucks. With the help of volunteers, this flurry of activity has allowed the organization to distribute food to 1.2 million people throughout four Florida counties.  The