Special elections in Florida pose key test for GOP

Washington —Special elections will be held Tuesday in two safe Republican Florida congressional districts that have attracted serious fundraising from Democrats and increased attention since President Trump withdrew Rep. Elise Stefanik’s name from consideration for U.N. ambassador. The race to replace former Rep. Mike Waltz, who resigned from his seat in Florida’s 6th Congressional District

“JFK” director Oliver Stone to testify about assassination files

Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose 1991 film “JFK” portrayed President John F. Kennedy’s assassination as the work of a shadowy government conspiracy, is set to testify to Congress on Tuesday about thousands of newly released government documents surrounding the killing. Scholars say the files that President Donald Trump ordered to be released showed nothing undercutting

Federal agency workers supporting museums, libraries put on leave

Nearly all employees at the Institute of Museum and Library Services, an agency created by Congress to support American museums and libraries, were put on administrative leave Monday, according to a Trump administration official. An IMLS employee and a union representing them said all employees were put on leave, but an administration official said 12

Judge delays Trump admin’s move to end protection for Venezuelan migrants

A federal judge in California on Monday agreed to delay the Trump administration’s move to terminate the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program that currently shields roughly 350,000 Venezuelan migrants from deportation. Under a decision announced by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in February, these migrants were slated to lose their government-issued work permits and

Luna exits House Freedom Caucus over effort to block remote voting for new moms

Washington — Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida withdrew her membership from the conservative House Freedom Caucus on Monday amid a divide over whether the lower chamber should allow new parents in Congress to vote remotely around the birth of their child.  “With a heavy heart, I am resigning from the Freedom Caucus,” she

What Trump has said about a 3rd term — 4 remarks he’s made about running again

Washington — President Trump suggested in an interview this week this week that he’s looking at ways to run again for president, though the Constitution limits any person to being elected to the office twice. The president told NBC News in an interview Sunday that he’s “not joking” about seeking another term in office, after