Elon Musk is mulling legal action against “creepy” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for suggesting he performed the Nazi salute during his speech after President Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this month.

Now a fixture in Trump’s inner circle, Musk took to the stage at Capitol One Arena on Jan. 20, delivering an address to ecstatic MAGA ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 along party lines Wednesday to advance the nomination of Pam Bondi to be attorney general, moving her along the path to confirmation.

Ahead of the vote, Republicans praised Bondi’s experience as Florida attorney general prior to her nomination. Democrats raised concerns about the ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Space Force is prepped to support an average of 13 launches of month from the Space Coast in 2025, but it’s a juggling act that has the world’s No. 1 spaceport running up against infrastructure roadblocks.

Brig. Gen. Kristin Panzenhagen, who leads the Space Force’s Assured Access to Space program as well as heads ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has rescinded its controversial freeze on federal financial aid, lifting the pause that would have gone into effect next Monday evening barring court intervention.

The pause on agency funds, which has been subject to an administrative stay until Feb. 3, was lifted in a memo that acting White House ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Kash Patel, the nominee for FBI director, is set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing Thursday, when the former federal prosecutor could face questions about his loyalty to President Donald Trump, his comments about the media and his views on a key surveillance authority.

The high-profile ...Read more

DENVER — In a near-midnight vote, a Colorado Senate committee late Tuesday gave initial approval to a bill that would ban the sale or purchase of semiautomatic firearms that accept detachable magazines.

The measure would cover a large swath of guns that are colloquially known as assault weapons. Senate Bill 3 passed the Senate’s State, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s initial steps toward executing his promised tough-on-immigration plans featured a highly visible role for the military and federal agents in tactical gear, a show of force that the administration has touted on social media.

Military aircraft flew migrants back to numerous countries, a move that sparked ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida’s teachers, principals and parents are bracing for potential immigration stings in schools after the Trump administration rescinded a policy preventing enforcement efforts in places formerly considered “sensitive locations,” like churches, hospitals and classrooms.

“Criminals will no longer be able to hide in ...Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scrambled to fend off tough questions about his record of anti-vaccine statements, food safety, abortion rights and government health programs as he started two days of Senate hearings on his bid to become President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Facing harsh attacks from Democratic senators, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Michigan Democrat Gary Peters won’t be the only senator to retire this cycle, at least according to almost a century of history.

Whether it’s age or opportunity, political pressure or personal circumstances, at least two senators have left the chamber every cycle, going back to at least 1930. In fact, there’s been an ...Read more

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to sign an executive order to ready a detention facility for migrants in the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that could hold as many as 30,000 people as his administration ramps up deportations.

“We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening ...Read more

The Trump administration’s decision to revoke the recent extension of Temporary Protected Status granted to Venezuelans by former President Joe Biden could affect hundreds of thousands living and working in the United States, setting the stage for possible deportations.

Here is a look at some of the key questions and answers about the issue. ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Shovel in hand, Hendrena Martin dug through the ruins of the home her father had built more than 60 years ago, searching for any surviving link to the past.

She took stock of what was left: the bricks that her dad laid at the base of the house, the chimney, screen doors that had been blown off their hinges. The home was her ...Read more

Britain's Princess Beatrice has welcomed her second child.

Baby girl Athena Elizabeth Rose Mapelli Mozzi was born Jan. 22 and weighed 4 pounds and 5 ounces, according to her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

"We welcomed Baby Athena into our lives last week. She is tiny and absolutely perfect," Mapeli Mozzi wrote Wednesday on Instagram, sharing...Read more

In summertime, cows wait under a canopy to be milked at Mark McAfee’s farm in Fresno, California. From his Cessna 210 Centurion propeller plane, the 63-year-old can view grazing lands of the dairy company he runs that produces products such as unpasteurized milk and cheese for almost 2,000 stores.

Federal regulators say it’s risky business....Read more

The Trump administration’s decision to revoke the recent extension of Temporary Protected Status granted to Venezuelans by former President Joe Biden could affect hundreds of thousands living and working in the United States, setting the stage for possible deportations.

Here is a look at some of the key questions and answers about the issue. ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former FDNY Chief Anthony Saccavino pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to accept thousands of dollars in bribes for speeding up inspections for businesses with matters before the department.

Saccavino, 59, is accused of expediting fire inspections for building owners who could pay up in a scheme that saw him and his co-...Read more

“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Cheryl Hines trended on social media Wednesday while sitting front row for her husband Robert F. Kennedy’s Senate confirmation hearing to become the nation’s next Secretary of Health and Human Service.

While Larry David’s TV ex-wife got some support on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, she also ...Read more

CHICAGO — Early in their final pitch to jurors on Wednesday, prosecutors displayed a screenshot from an undercover video: Michael Madigan, then the powerful speaker of the Illinois House, leaning forward with his hand out.

That image, secretly recorded by alderman-turned-FBI mole Daniel Solis, is surely the portrait of Madigan that ...Read more