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“It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow ...
10/09/2026

“It’s hard to understand how anyone could look at our current fiscal and economic situation and think we need to borrow another $1.2 trillion to send everyone cash.”

WASHINGTON — A proposal by President Donald Trump to give $5,000 to each American adult if Republicans retain control of the U.S. House and Senate in November would “explode” the national deficit and worsen inflation, according to an analysis issued Thursday by the nonpartisan Committee for a ...

The rates, filed in the spring, haven’t yet been finalized. They are proposed changes. The Florida Office of Insurance R...
10/09/2026

The rates, filed in the spring, haven’t yet been finalized. They are proposed changes. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will review and approve final rates for the plans.

It looks like another round of health insurance premium increases for millions of Floridians who get their insurance through the federal health care makretplaces. Twelve Affordable Care Act participating insurers submitted for rate increases in the coming year, data published by KFF show. AmeriHealt...

“Too many college administrators wield their power to cancel controversial speakers, cave to government or student calls...
10/09/2026

“Too many college administrators wield their power to cancel controversial speakers, cave to government or student calls for censorship, and limit academic freedom.."

Florida universities deserve a “D” for their free expression policies and attitudes, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression announced in its annual 2027 College Free Speech Rankings. The nationwide average is a D-, an improvement from last year’s F average. Florida’s average is ...

The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to reinstate rules that protect the habitat that end...
10/09/2026

The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to reinstate rules that protect the habitat that endangered species depend on to survive.

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a pair of lawsuits Wednesday challenging the Trump administration’s rollbacks of protections for endangered species. The lawsuits, filed by 20 states and the District of Columbia, seek to reinstate rules that protect the habitat that endangered species ...

Thursday’s ruling is the latest turn in a legal fight that has bounced between the Missouri Supreme Court, a federal dis...
10/09/2026

Thursday’s ruling is the latest turn in a legal fight that has bounced between the Missouri Supreme Court, a federal district judge, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court in the span of a week.

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked use of Missouri’s 2025 congressional map in November, restoring the state’s 2022 districts while the case continues.

The three appellate judges presiding over Wednesday’s hearing initially bristled at Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin...
10/09/2026

The three appellate judges presiding over Wednesday’s hearing initially bristled at Louisiana Solicitor General Benjamin Aguiñaga’s request that they repeat an action the Supreme Court has already stymied.

Attorney General Liz Murrill made a return appearance before a federal appellate court Wednesday in her effort to strike down Biden-era health policy that allows abortion drug prescriptions without an in-person doctor’s visit.

“Whatever else may be said of USPS’ new rule, it would wreak havoc on States and their voters if it takes effect at this...
10/09/2026

“Whatever else may be said of USPS’ new rule, it would wreak havoc on States and their voters if it takes effect at this late point—when some States, including North Carolina and Wisconsin, have already begun to mail out ballots."

The Democratic-led states and voting rights groups suing to block enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail-in voting warned in briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday the policy would have disastrous consequences for the upcoming midterm elections if it is all...

“The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we’re making must be spent in the United States of America. We don’t w...
10/09/2026

“The only caveat I have is that the dividend that we’re making must be spent in the United States of America. We don’t want you going to Canada to spend the money,” he said.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump headlined the first night of the first Republican midterm convention Wednesday, seeking to rally his base ahead of the November elections and dangling a “Trump dividend” to voters if his party retains control of both congressional chambers. While the Republi...

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has not indicated his plans for El Salvador’s temporary legal protections. ...
09/09/2026

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has not indicated his plans for El Salvador’s temporary legal protections. Additionally, there is no notice in Wednesday’s Federal Register or a preview of Thursday’s edition regarding TPS for El Salvador.

WASHINGTON —  Temporary protected status for 170,000 Salvadorans is set to expire at midnight Wednesday, but the Department of Homeland Security said protections will remain in place until the Trump administration makes a decision to extend or terminate El Salvador’s designation, in place since...

“Congress has passed several laws regulating federal elections—though it has always done so surgically, deliberately lea...
09/09/2026

“Congress has passed several laws regulating federal elections—though it has always done so surgically, deliberately leaving the States with considerable room to maneuver,” they wrote.

The hotly contested U.S. Postal Service rule restricting mail-in voting usurps Congress’ authority, as well as states’ power to administer elections, more than 250 current and former members of Congress said in a filing to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. All 47 members of the U.S. Senate Demo...

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