Escalating U.S.-Iran military tensions are driving up gas prices in Central Florida, with AAA reporting a gallon of regular gasoline averaging $3.95 — and analysts warning prices could climb further if the conflict persists.

Gas prices are on the rise again after President Trump announced the end of a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. According to AAA, the national average for regular unleaded was $3.88 per gallon on Friday.

The National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., has expanded during the country's 250th anniversary of independence celebrations, with troops from Democratic-led states joining the effort.

A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in two separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.

The Trump administration has frozen federal funding for New York's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Justice Department aimed at compelling New Hampshire to provide data on its voters.

In a 6-3 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the concept of birthright citizenship, in a rejection of President Trump’s executive order on the issue. You can read the majority opinion and the dissenting opinion here.

Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia are suing the Trump administration over its interpretation of new Medicaid work requirements.

Florida Congressman Maxwell Frost is calling on lawmakers to act after a ruling that allows the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disasters in Haiti and Syria.

Florida drivers are still feeling the pinch at the pump, even as oil prices have dropped back to near pre-war levels.

A U.S. senator is warning of a Trump administration plan to remove over 500 children from the country, bypassing legal protections, in a letter sent to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday.

Michigan can keep a lid on the personal information of registered voters.

A Florida teacher is facing disciplinary action after she reportedly claimed that “Trump deserves a bullet through the head,” according to the state's education commissioner.

The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday yet nearly half the central bank’s policymakers said they could support a rate hike later this year, an unexpectedly aggressive outcome that would disappoint President Trump and suggests heightened concerns about persistent inflation.

Ever since Kevin Warsh was nominated by President Trump in late January to lead the Federal Reserve, a question has lingered: Will he seek to raise interest rates to tame inflation or cut them as Trump has long demanded.

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations.

Attorneys say an Iranian woman is among a group of people who have been deported to the Central African Republic from the United States.

The Justice Department has announced charges against a Guatemalan woman accused of using false identification to gain custody of migrant children.

Brazilian officials have announced a significant drop in deforestation rates.

The Trump administration is telling European nations that they need to step up their travel restrictions for people from Ebola-hit countries in Africa.

A federal judge has struck down the Trump administration's $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas.

Senate Republicans are weighing their next steps after the Trump administration's announcement that it is scrapping a $1.8 billion settlement fund for the president's allies who claim to have been politically prosecuted.

The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. for another six months and marking a rare reprieve to any of the people protected by temporary measures which have been harshly criticized by Republicans.

A provision tucked into the state budget would direct the Department of Children and Families to competitively procure a vendor capable of using machine learning to analyze Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, eligibility determinations.

A key inflation gauge accelerated in April to the highest level in three years, the latest sign that spiking gas prices and higher food costs are squeezing Americans’ finances.

The Democratic National Committee has released a controversial autopsy report on the 2024 election.

A coalition of Democratic-led states is challenging the Trump administration’s recent caps on federal student loans, arguing the limits will make it harder for students pursuing certain healthcare degrees to attain the necessary training and education.

ABC is accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech and hinder open political discussion.

Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.

Could “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift facility for ICE detainees in the Florida Everglades, soon be shut down? According to a report in The New York Times, Florida officials and the Trump administration are discussing just that. DeSantis confirmed there had been talks.

AAA says gas prices spiked another 31 cents this week, pushing the statewide average to $4.46 a gallon. In Flagler County, it’s even higher at $4.54.

The Justice Department has found UCLA's medical school illegally considered race in admissions.

Florida’s new congressional map is now official. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on X.com that he signed the redistricting bill lawmakers passed last week with a simple post showing the map, with the words “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered.” A few hours later, the first lawsuit was announced.

People living in The Villages are preparing for increased security and traffic delays ahead of a presidential visit on Friday.

President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, has said he wants to bring “regime change” to the central bank, but if confirmed by the Senate he will find a Fed already transformed by the White House’s attacks.

The Federal Reserve will meet this week ahead of a looming leadership transition that remains fuzzy, and Wednesday’s news conference will be closely watched for any clarification.

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

U.S. officials have announced a major crackdown on Southeast Asian cyberscam operations controlled by Chinese transnational organized crime.

The Trump administration is requiring all 50 states to explain their plans to revalidate some Medicaid providers.

The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the last year.

The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after New York officials sued.

Minnesota officials are pushing forward with investigations of federal law enforcement officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.

The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended a more than 12% proposed cut to his department's budget and dodged arrows from angry Democrats as he kicked off an expected sprint of seven hearings in Congress over the next seven days.

South Florida attorney Lindsey Lazopoulos Friedman, who has represented individuals against Cuba and taken part in investigations into the Cuban government, says the moment feels different.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has authorized direct negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the neighbors.

The city of Minneapolis has released a video showing a chase and a scuffle that ended in a nonfatal shooting in January.

The Education Department says it has terminated agreements that previous administrations reached with five school districts and a college aimed at upholding rights and protections for transgender students.

Wisconsin voters will choose a new state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday in an election that will either maintain or expand the court’s liberal majority.

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter.

Congo will receive some deportees from the U.S. as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program.

The Trump administration said Friday it is rejoining two agencies that were split up in the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

Homeland Security is pausing plans to buy new warehouses for immigrant detention as it reviews contracts signed under former secretary Kristi Noem.

The move could bring fast relief to unpaid TSA officers and help ease the staffing strain contributing to long, slow-moving airport lines, including in Orlando.

Demonstrators rallied across Central Florida on Saturday as part of coordinated “No Kings” protests — including a large turnout in downtown Orlando.

Israel’s military says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel for the first time.

An appeals court has ruled that the U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond.

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced it would allow gas stations to continue selling slightly cheaper E15 this summer in a move that may be good for drivers and corn growers but will likely contribute to air pollution.

Iran has dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East, issuing its own counterproposal instead, as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.

The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days.

Award-winning journalist Bob Woodward has a new book that will explain how he came to write so many inside accounts from Washington.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been designated a “priority target” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as federal prosecutors in New York probe his alleged ties to drug traffickers, according to people familiar with the matter and records seen by The Associated Press.

Clergy will be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration’s enforcement surge in Minnesota.

Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is expanding, but the public data that tracks it is drying up.

Court records show that ICE officials are preparing to facilitate the return of two girls who were mistakenly deported with their mother from Orlando under a "family unity" policy.

A group of four migrants deported from the United States have arrived in the African nation of Eswatini, under a third-country program that rights groups protest.

Through its social media feed, the White House has sent out a series of pumped-up videos that mix real Iran war explosions with movie action heroes, video game footage and sports heroes.

The Trump administration is criticizing lower court judges who have slowed its efforts to strip legal protections from a broad swath of migrants living in the U.S. It's asking the Supreme Court to clear the way for moves that could expose thousands more people to deportation.

A member of the National Transportation Safety Board says he has been fired without explanation by the Trump administration.

A federal appeals court this week sided with a lower judge’s ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., issued the 2-1 ruling on Friday.

Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region.

Spain’s foreign minister has denied that the government has changed its position on supporting the U.S. military operations against Iran.

A widening U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has seen major strikes, missile fire across the region, and fresh fears for global energy and markets.

The Supreme Court seemed likely Monday to loosen a federal law that bars marijuana users from owning guns in a case that crossed typical political lines.

A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month.

The U.S. and Israel are pounding targets across Iran, dropping massive bombs on its ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships.

Central Florida leaders offered sharply different reactions Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran’s capital, responding to the escalating conflict with a mix of praise and criticism.

A federal judge has extended his order protecting refugees in Minnesota who are lawfully in the U.S. from being arrested and deported.

Gov. Tim Walz has denounced the Trump administration’s latest threat to withhold federal funds from Minnesota as another step in a “retribution” campaign.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract.

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to allow the government to end legal protections for migrants from Syria for now.

The lawyer for deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro says the United States is blocking funding for the cost of defending himself against drug trafficking charges.

The manager of Casselberry Meat and Produce told News 6 that some imported items, including mangoes from Brazil, often go unsold because customers don’t want to pay the higher price.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is proposing a rule that would limit public housing mostly to citizens, which advocates fear could lead to tens of thousand of people being evicted.

The Trump administration has backed Kalshi and Polymarket in a court fight over whether prediction markets constitute gambling.

Lawyers say a new group of third-country nationals has been deported by the United States to Cameroon.

More than 1,000 immigration agents have left Minnesota’s Twin Cities area and hundreds more will depart in the days ahead as part of the Trump administration’s drawdown of its immigration enforcement surge.

The Trump administration announced this week that its immigration crackdown in Minnesota is ending.

The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take actiom.

New York politicians defiantly raised a rainbow flag at the Stonewall National Monument amid a boisterous, cheering crowd.

Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made.

The Trump administration has significantly reduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities over the past year.

The Pentagon says it will cut ties with Harvard University, ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs.

A federal judge says the Trump administration must bring back three deported families who should have been allowed to remain in the United States under a court settlement involving the separation of children from their parents at the border.

A hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned chaotic Wednesday as Democratic lawmakers clashed with him over fiscal policy and Trump family conflicts.

NASA’s associate administrator, the agency’s highest ranking civil servant, says there’s no pressure to launch a long-awaited crewed mission around the moon following a new delay to the lunar fly-by.

NASA’s associate administrator, the agency’s highest ranking civil servant, says there’s no pressure to launch a long-awaited crewed mission around the moon following a new delay to the lunar fly-by.

More prosecutors are leaving the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota during a time of continued turmoil over the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement in the state and recent shootings of civilians by federal agents.

Artists this awards season are having to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolt against the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns.