House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill.

Congress is drafting President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security and deportation funds.

President Donald Trump's administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit from three Republican-led states seeking to cut off telehealth access to the abortion medication mifepristone.

Three House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots are carefully navigating President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Removing lanes to slow down speeding drivers is a long-embraced strategy for improving safety on city streets.

Democrats are hoping pop rock star power will help oust a long-serving Republican east of Los Angeles in the fight for the U.S. House.

A growing number of conservative leaders are pushing states to upend the long-standing U.S. constitutional right to free public education for children, regardless of immigration status.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida Representatives Felicia Robinson, a Democrat, and Fabian Basabe, a Republican; Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava; and Howard Hepburn, the Broward County Public Schools Superintendent.

The White House has hung a painting of President Donald Trump depicting a moment after an assassination attempt against him last summer — bumping the official portrait of one of his predecessors, Barack Obama, to a place nearby.

House Republicans have narrowly approved their budget framework.

Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions.

A Manhattan federal judge says Columbia University must give detained activist Mahmoud Khalil and other students 30 days' notice before handing over any more documents to Congress as it investigates antisemitism on college campuses.

Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday’s outcome.

A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy charges.

The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts won final approval from the House on Thursday.

State officials say a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was “purposefully distorted.”.

A federal judge examining the Trump administration’s use of an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador vows to determine whether the government defied his order to turn the planes around.

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey has died at the age of 87.

Republican lawmakers in Kentucky have added several medical exceptions to the state’s near-total abortion ban.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.

Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Florida Sen. Ben Albritton, the Florida Senate's president since November.

Republicans in Congress have long been intent on countering America’s rivals and spreading U.S. influence abroad.

Melania Trump says it’s “heartbreaking” to see teens and especially girls grapple with the fallout after they’re targeted by malicious and sexually explicit online content.

New laws in Florida mandate stiffer criminal penalties for immigrants in the U.S. illegally than for everyone else.

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”.

The aspirations of Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.

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A federal judge says she will quickly rule on a request to block Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from accessing sensitive data and firing employees at several federal agencies.

We are now three days into a new state-level crack down on illegal immigration, the product of very-public and at-times-nasty debate among state leaders.

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy will launch his bid for Ohio governor on Feb. 24 in his native Cincinnati, with ensuing events in the Columbus, Toledo and Cleveland areas.

Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly seeks a second four-year term in Tuesday’s spring primary.

Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali.

Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials have resigned after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

President Donald Trump has just started his second term, the last one permitted under the U.S. Constitution.

A federal judge has left intact a ban that prevents Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Treasury Department records containing sensitive personal data for millions of Americans, though she made clear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is exempt.

One of the top election officials in Arizona's largest county has drastically downsized a team whose responsibilities included combating false information about elections.

Former Ohio State University coach Jim Tressel is being nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor.

Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis deputized Florida Highway Patrol to make immigration arrests, an order he does not need the state legislature to approve.

Officials working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency sought access to the Treasury Department payment system to stop money from flowing to the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Jimmy Buffett fans can now order specialty “Margaritaville” Florida license plates, but they are just short of a state pre-requisite for the plates to be printed.

A new television attack ad in Wisconsin’s hotly contested Supreme Court race features a doctored image of the liberal candidate, a move that her campaign claims could be a violation of a recently enacted state law.

Texas ordered a ban on the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek on government devices days after the popular chatbot has shook investors and the tech community in recent weeks for its ability to compete with OpenAI.

President Donald Trump’s administration is offering buyouts to federal employees to quickly reduce the government workforce.

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to dismiss their case against a former Nebraska congressman charged with lying to authorities about a foreign billionaire’s illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign.

The Justice Department has abandoned all criminal proceedings against President Donald Trump’s two co-defendants in the classified documents case against him in Florida, foreclosing the chance the case against them could ever be revived.

Advocacy groups are preparing to file the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order revising policy on transgender troops that likely sets the stage for their ban in the armed forces.

Three members of congress in South Florida’s delegation are Republican.

A key ally of President Donald Trump says the White House pardoning rioters who fought with police while storming the U.S. Capitol in 2021 is “sending the wrong signal” and expressed concern about the future ramifications of issuing sweeping clemencies.

President Donald Trump is preparing to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which has been on the frontlines of responding to disasters in California and North Carolina.

The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near Canada that also left a suspect dead and another injured.

Donald Trump is holding off on tariffs during his first day and placing a big bet that his executive actions can cut energy prices and tame inflation.

In a story published Jan. 18, 2025, about opera tenor Christopher Macchio set to sing the national anthem at Donald Trump’s inauguration, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Macchio performed at Trump’s 70th birthday party.

President-elect Donald Trump will choose as leader of the Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunman opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is removing the GOP chairman of the powerful House Intelligence Committee, who was a vocal supporter of assistance for Ukraine and held other views that put him at odds with President-elect Donald Trump.

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

A host of big-name performers including Kid Rock and country singer Jason Aldean will be making their way to Washington to perform at various presidential inauguration events over the weekend.

A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.

Elon Musk says a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink.

The Supreme Court is turning back a push by the state of Utah to wrest control of vast areas of public land from the federal government.

Five current and former U.S. presidents have come together for Jimmy Carter’s funeral.

The Service Employees International Union is rejoining the AFL-CIO after 20 years.

Disgraced former congressman George Santos has won a few months' freedom from federal prison in order to come up with more than half a million dollars in court fines.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed legislation that boosts the rights of parents to know when schools are changing their child’s health care or preparing to present lessons involving sexuality or gender.

The Ohio Supreme Court has heard arguments in a long-running public records dispute involving state Attorney General Dave Yost and a watchdog group.

Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed interest in buying English soccer club Liverpool.

Virginia Democrats have preserved their Statehouse majority in special elections.

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been blocked from quickly advancing a bill that would allow local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones.

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown.

Amazon Web Services will invest another $10 billion to bolster its data center infrastructure in Ohio.

Congressional leaders have unveiled legislation that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help states and local communities recover from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters.

A person accused of accosting U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace in a Capitol Office building has pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge.

Pete Hegseth, former Fox News host and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, returned to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to address Republican senators’ concerns about his nomination.

A federal judge has ruled that immigrants known as “Dreamers” in 19 states aren't entitled to health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump's imperiled cabinet selections.

President-elect Donald Trump has named billionaire investment banker Warren Stephens as his envoy to Britain, a prestigious posting for the Republican donor whose contributions this year included $2 million to a Trump-backing super PAC.

This Week In South Florida host Glenna Milberg interviews Republican state Rep. Daniel Perez, of Miami, the incoming Florida House Speaker; Democratic state Sen. Jason Pizzo, the incoming Florida Senate minority leader; U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, elected to serve his 12th term representing District 26; and Miami-Dade County Sheriff-elect Rosie Cordero-Stutz. Milberg also features Local 10 News Animal Advocate Jacey Birch’s interview with Annette Jose, the Miami-Dade County Animal Services director.

This Week In South Florida host Glenna Milberg interviews Republican state Rep. Daniel Perez, of Miami, the incoming Florida House Speaker; Democratic state Sen. Jason Pizzo, the incoming Florida Senate minority leader; U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, elected to serve his 12th term representing District 26; and Miami-Dade County Sheriff-elect Rosie Cordero-Stutz. Milberg also features Local 10 News Animal Advocate Jacey Birch’s interview with Annette Jose, the Miami-Dade County Animal Services director.

President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time settling on billionaire investor Scott Bessent as his choice for treasury secretary.

The Texas State Board of Education has given initial approval to a Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for public schools to adopt for lessons from kindergarten through fifth grade.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul says he was briefly detained by police at an airport near Washington, D.

Donald Trump returned to Washington on Wednesday as president-elect where he headed to the White House for the first time in four years.

Rep. Mike Johnson has won the Republican nomination to remain as House speaker, on track to keep the gavel after a morning endorsement from President-elect Donald Trump ahead of a full House vote in the new year.

With news that President-elect Donald Trump is set to select U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to be the next U.S. secretary of state, the South Florida Republican is poised to become fourth in line to the presidency — after beginning his career on the dais in the tiny suburb of West Miami.

Georgia House Republicans will keep their leadership team for the next two years.

Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament.

The Arizona Supreme Court has declined an emergency request to extend the deadline for voters to fix problems with mail-in ballots.

The voter's pollsters call Latino voters chose President elect Trump in record numbers.

Majority control in Congress is still an open question as counting in a handful of districts is still underway.

Last week's Presidential Election is getting all the attention, but those elected locally at the city, county, and state levels have the most immediate impact on your life.

Donald Trump announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

Republican Arizona legislator Justin Heap has been elected to oversee elections in the state’s most populous county.

In a story published Nov. 9, 2024, about a record number of women serving as governor, The Associated Press erroneously reported the name of Erin Vilardi’s organization.

The House is expected to try next week to pass a Social Security-related bill to ensure benefits for workers who are also eligible for other pensions.

President-elect Donald Trump put billionaire Elon Musk on the line with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the Ukrainian leader called to congratulate the incoming U.S. president.

In a story published Nov. 8, 2024, about how different religious groups voted in the presidential election, The Associated Press erroneously used 2020 numbers when reporting the results of the AP VoteCast survey related to Jewish voters.

“The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling again.