Florida’s Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state’s coast.

Hopes for an extension of health care subsidies are dwindling in Congress.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott says his home was targeted Thanksgiving morning in an attempted swatting incident.

A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into Republican divisions on the issue.

The White House is circulating a proposal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for two more years.

The Trump administration is proposing new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades, as President Donald Trump seeks to expand U.S. oil production that is already leading the world.

President Donald Trump is once more targeting former President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, and Trump is picking a political fight before next year’s elections.

The House has voted to repeal part of a new law that lets senators sue the federal government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge.

Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they'll negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help tens of millions of Americans afford their health care premiums.

A legislative package that could end the weekslong government shutdown leaves out any clear resolution on the expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits that have made private health insurance less costly for millions.

Even though an extra hour is nice, you might be wondering “why are we still doing this clock-changing thing”?

The government shutdown has reopened debate on the future of health coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

President Donald Trump's pick to lead an office charged with protecting whistleblowers appears to be in jeopardy.

Senate Republicans projected a unified front at the White House Rose Garden Tuesday, arriving at President Donald Trump’s invitation as they refuse to yield to Democratic demands for health care funds into the fourth week of the government shutdown.

To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first.

Fall has finally reached Florida, bringing us one step closer to the end of 2025.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rebrand the Department of Defense as the Department of War.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Republicans “got the job done” in passing President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.

The Senate’s long day of voting has churned into a long night as Republican leaders grasp for ways to shore up support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.

Debate has been underway late into the night in the Senate on President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts package.

Politicians across Central Florida were quick to react to the news that the U.S. struck three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday.

On Tuesday, Florida Sen. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Donald Trump, pushing for his administration to consider relocating NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to the Space Coast.

The Senate has set an ambitious timeline to pass President Donald Trump’s sweeping legislation to cut taxes and spending.

Only six months into the job, Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a massive challenge as he tries to quickly pass President Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending cuts package.

Longtime academic Santa Ono has been rejected for the University of Florida presidency by the state university system board.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is calling for action ahead of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season from past applicants whose claims are still pending due to some degree of missing documentation.

With the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season set to begin this weekend, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is urging Floridians to take storm preparedness seriously — warning that federal disaster aid alone may not be enough.

President Donald Trump has honored the 2025 NCAA basketball champion Florida Gators at the White House, proclaiming that “lesser teams would have crumbled” during its nail-biting title game victory.

The board of Florida’s only public historically Black university has chosen a lobbyist with ties to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the school’s next president, alarming students, faculty and alumni who are outraged by the governor’s efforts to restrict the teaching of African American history and ban public colleges from using taxpayer money on diversity programs.

Florida’s Republican U.S. senators Ashley Moody and Rick Scott have announced the Consolidating Aerospace Programs Efficiently at Canaveral (CAPE Canaveral) Act to relocate NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Brevard County.

Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.

Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep reductions because of fear of how voters would react.

Get ready to lose an hour of sleep.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds has announced that he’s entering the race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2026.

The mayor of Deltona, Santiago Avila Jr., is under scrutiny after allegedly visiting Washington D.C. during the presidential inauguration last month using city funds.

Recent comments by President Trump have stirred discussions, as he suggested that FEMA might need to be revamped or possibly even discontinued.

Early Wednesday afternoon, the Trump administration rescinded the memo freezing federal grants. Nonprofits, though, say concerns remain, despite the rollback of the memo.

President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts.

If confirmed to lead the Justice Department, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi would become one of the most closely scrutinized members of Donald Trump’s cabinet.

Twice each year we change our clocks for daylight saving time and every year it brings up the debate over whether the current system is working or if we should switch to a permanent set time.

Daylight saving time was once permanent not just in Florida but across the United States.

The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market.

The economic and technological rivalry between the U.S. and China has come to the drone market, where Chinese-made flying devices are a dominant player in America.

President-elect Donald Trump wants to turn the lights out on daylight saving time.

It’s DOGE time at the U.S. Capitol.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says Floridians will likely know who their next U.S. senator will be by the beginning of January.

It was the first seriously contested Senate Republican leadership election in decades.

Sen. John Thune has won an internal election among Republican senators to become the chamber’s next majority leader.

Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change Senate rules and give him more power to appoint unconfirmed nominees.

As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, he will be accompanied by a crew of longtime friends and aides and newfound, splashy allies.

Susie Wiles, President-elect Donald Trump's pick as White House chief of staff, has decades of political experience but has largely shunned the spotlight.

Here are five takeaways from Tuesday’s elections.

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up calls for a winner to be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday night.

Live results will start to become available in Central Florida after the polls close at 7 p.m. on Election Day.

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up calls for a winner to be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday night.

Former President Bill Clinton spoke at an early voting event Sunday in Orange County on behalf of Vice President Kamala Harris while Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, held a get-out-the-vote rally in Orlando that afternoon.

Senate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before an important upcoming Senate vote.

A major race on your ballot for the 2024 General Election is the one for U.S. Senate.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is once again pushing to make Daylight Saving Time a permanent fixture.

With less than two weeks until election day, candidates are making a final push for votes across the state this weekend.

Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell faces off against incumbent Republican Sen. Rick Scott.

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its donor network around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction.

Hurricane Milton is behind us, but flooding is still impacting people along the St. Johns River.

On Thursday afternoon, many Waffle Houses in Central Florida, Tampa Bay and Southwest Florida were still closed, and the ones that were open could only offer limited service.

Democrats looking to stay in the Senate majority are going on the offense in two U.S. Senate races in the Republican-leaning states of Texas and Florida.

Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is competing intensely to become the next Republican leader in the Senate.

Democrats are pumping $25 million into expanded voter outreach across 10 states as part of their effort to protect their narrow Senate majority.

Florida Democrats have been boldly proclaiming that Florida is in play for this year's November elections, but their campaign spending hasn't matched those claims.

Saying the restriction is “fully consistent” with “historical tradition,” lawyers for Florida are urging an Atlanta-based appeals court to uphold a law preventing people under age 21 from purchasing rifles and other long guns.

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis said a controversial proposal by his administration to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks is “going back to the drawing board.”.

Facing widespread opposition across the political spectrum, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to develop state parks with business ventures such as golf courses and large hotels has hit a snag.

Get live election race results from the 2024 Florida Primary.

Former Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell will try to unseat incumbent Rick Scott in the U.S. Senate race in November, the Associated Press called on Tuesday night.

Republican Rick Scott’s bid for renomination for a second Senate term tops the list of races that Florida voters will decide in the upcoming primary.

During the 10-minute address, Biden said he would continue his presidency until his term expires on Jan. 20, 2025.

Sen. Rick Scott stopped in Kissimmee and is speaking out following President Joe Biden's announcement that he will not seek re-election come November.

A Florida task force gave final approval to recommend St. Augustine as the top site for a new museum of Black history, but this might not be the end for Eatonville as the potential site.

Donald Trump’s campaign has found itself defending a Supreme Court decision to strike down a ban that he himself had hailed as an achievement on gun control six years ago.

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he'll vote in November against a ballot amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in his state.

Florida Sen. Rick Scott says he will run for Senate Republican leader when Mitch McConnell steps down from the post, becoming the third Republican in the race.

Former President Donald Trump is limited in what he can publicly say as his hush money trial is underway in New York.

The student protest movement over the war in Gaza is roiling Senate contests in an election year when control of the chamber is at stake in November.

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is joining other Republican incumbents scrambling to strike a balance in their abortion rights messaging.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions of campaign dollars on ads focused on Florida’s Hispanic voters.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions of campaign dollars on ads focused on Florida’s Hispanic voters.

This comes around six years after former Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 1013 into law, which would keep daylight savings time in place permanently for all Florida residents.

This comes around six years after former Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed HB 1013 into law, which would keep daylight savings time in place permanently for all Florida residents.

Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso says he'll run for the No. 2 spot in the Senate Republican conference after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves at the end of the year.

Two U.S. senators looking to crack down on the number of packages from China that enter the country duty-free are calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action.

According to the bills, these classes would cover the failures of groups like the USSR, the Communist Party of Cuba, and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China.

After months of negotiations and delays, the Senate has voted to move forward on legislation that would provide wartime aid to Ukraine and Israel.

Former First Lady Melania Trump remembered her mother as “a ray of light in the darkest of days” during a funeral service at a church not far from the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

Democrats hoping to hold their slim Senate majority after November are looking for wins in two unlikely places that could neutralize potential setbacks elsewhere, Florida and Texas.

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Bobby Payne, said the bill would restore rights back to law-abiding citizens.

Bomb threats and false reports of shootings at the homes of public officials, state capitols and courthouses have surged in recent weeks, including some connected to court cases against former president Donald Trump.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., claimed that his Naples home was “swatted” while he and his wife were out having dinner.

A Florida school board has recommended the resignation of one of its members who is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, Republican Party state chairman Christian Ziegler.

The Republican Party of Florida chairman is facing mounting pressure to resign as police investigate a rape allegation.

A second group of U.S. House lawmakers toured the building where Parkland high school students were massacred in 2018.