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President Donald Trump’s fundraising committee gave nearly a third of a million dollars to the Republican candidate ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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The Florida Department of Health has hit a roadblock in its attempt to end school entry mandates for certain vaccines after a legal petition was filed.
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With a potential legal liability looming over the School Board, it ended with a unanimous vote to postpone a hearing until Nov. 13.
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Kissimmee Mayor Jackie Espinosa was arrested on grand theft charges and scheming to defraud after misusing grant funds.
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Early voting for the 2026 midterms was 80% higher than what it was four years ago. Election staff say important races and mail-in voting confusion are partly responsible.
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Knowingly violating the proposed SLOTHS Act could lead to criminal fines of up to $100,000.
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Early voting opened on Monday. Voters say they like to avoid lines and vote according to their schedule in an especially consequential midterm year.
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Commissioners on Monday decided where they would spend $862 million of the county’s tourist tax dollars among arts, sports and historical projects.
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Voters in six Central Florida counties will decide whether to renew or add voter-approved property taxes supporting public schools. Brevard County also has a separate sales tax referendum for schools on the ballot.
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Brazil's tight presidential runoff pits a political giant against a Bolsonaro heir in a battle over the country's political future.
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Young candidates who rent or live with parents say their generation is "in the thick" of the country's housing affordability crisis. They argue this gives them new energy to solve it for everyone.
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Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
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Skerritt was Captain Dallas in Alien, Viper in Top Gun, and a small town sheriff in the TV series Picket Fences.
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The judge found the department's field operations to identify noncitizens who voted likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation.
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"There's an understandable pull in my industry to make things ... super safe, super familiar," Gilpin says. She wants to go the other way. Gilpin currently stars in the noir drama The Lowdown.
