Miami’s latest mayoral contest reads like a family saga. On Tuesday, three candidates hail from political dynasties: Joe Carollo shares the ballot with his brother, City Commission hopeful Frank Carollo, while Xavier Suarez is the father of current Mayor Francis X. Suarez. Joe Carollo, 70, and Xavier Suarez, 76, once...
Nine months into his second term, President Donald Trump is pursuing a Reagan-tinged “peace through strength” agenda marked by tariffs, military moves and nuclear testing hints. During an Asia trip, he canceled Canada trade talks, added a 10% tariff, the Navy struck suspected Pacific drug boats, and the USS Ford...
Californians are weighing Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to replace independent congressional maps with districts drawn by legislators to advantage Democrats through 2030. Democrats frame it as a temporary counter to Texas moves encouraged by President Trump. Experts say federal courts won’t hear partisan gerrymandering claims, and state challenges...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he urged Ontario Premier Doug Ford not to run a U.S. TV ad attacking tariffs, a spot that offended President Donald Trump and prompted him to end trade talks and plan an extra 10% tariff on Canadian imports. Carney said he apologized to Trump...
As the shutdown entered a second month, Washington’s stalemate squeezed basic needs nationwide. Federal judges blocked the Trump administration’s plan to freeze SNAP payments, but loading delays still threaten grocery budgets for millions. With Congress absent—the House idle for weeks and the Senate closed for the weekend—air travel slowdowns and...
Rep. Nancy Mace allegedly berated police assigned to escort her at Charleston International Airport, calling them 'expletive' incompetent, a report says. Officers waited from 6:30 a.m. for a white BMW they never saw; surveillance video shows Mace arriving around 6:50 in a dark sedan and reaching a TSA entrance, where...
During the shutdown, San Antonio Labor Department employee Imelda Avila-Thomas has spent two weeks trying to secure unemployment aid, uploading income documents yet flagged as ineligible because wages can’t be verified. She and thousands of furloughed federal workers are navigating state systems with varying benefits, delayed verification, and unclear work...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he apologized to President Trump this week over an Ontario-funded anti-tariff ad that prompted Trump to abruptly halt talks on U.S. tariffs covering steel, aluminum and other Canadian goods. Speaking at the APEC summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Carney said the apology came during...
California voters will decide Tuesday whether Proposition 50 redraws congressional lines, a move that could deliver up to five new Democratic seats and influence control of the U.S. House. In Republican-leaning Loomis near Sacramento, residents like councilmember Amanda Cortez and voter Mike Murray oppose being split into Democratic-leaning districts, and...
Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democratic gubernatorial nominees Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey, as both parties sprint into Tuesday’s elections. Republicans Winsome Earle-Sears and Jack Ciattarelli tour their states without comparable star power, while Donald Trump backs them from afar. The races test...
