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Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, but understanding the holiday means recognizing that freedom did not reach everyone at the same time. Observed each year on June 19, Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and issued…
The South Dade Senior High School Robotics Team competed well at the FIRST Championship at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. The event brought about 50,000 people from 66 nations together to compete and share ideas and expertise on robotics. Shawn Waring, coach…
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, ruled in favor of an injured service member who sued a military contractor for negligence in a war zone. The case, Hencley v. Fluor Corporation, focuses on service member Winston Hencley, who was injured in a 2016…
Hours before the U.S. House will vote on Republicans’ health care plan, Democrats secured enough signatures Wednesday on their discharge petition to force a vote on a three-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies. Four Republicans – Pennsylvania Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Rob Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie,…
Miami has a new mayor. Eileen Higgins achieved a historic victory in Miami’s mayoral runoff election, becoming the first woman elected to the office in the city’s history. She is also the first Democrat to win the mayor’s seat in nearly 30 years, defeating Emilio…
U.S. senators have remained locked in a government shutdown fight for nearly a month, but unanimously agreed Wednesday to designate Oct. 24–Oct. 31, 2025, as “Bat Week.” A vote to reopen the government is not scheduled for Wednesday. The government has remained shuttered since Oct.…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to end his $100,000 fee for H-1B visa holders. On Sept. 19, Trump issued a proclamation imposing the one-time fee on new H-1B visa petitions. Employers seeking high-skilled foreign workers after Sept. 21 must pay…
A months-long hearing kicked off Monday in a fierce licensure battle over a rare opportunity to join the state’s medical-marijuana industry. The hearing, slated to run through mid-February, comes nearly a year after Florida health regulators announced their intent to award medical-marijuana licenses to 22…
Democratic U.S. Senators voted against opening the federal government for a sixth time Wednesday afternoon, dimming hopes that Congress will reach a funding deal in time for thousands of federal workers to receive their next paychecks. It’s day eight of the partial government shutdown, the…
As the federal government shutdown hits the one-week mark, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is urging Democrats to vote for Republicans’ funding bill to prevent permanent damage to the U.S. economy. “Each week the shutdown continues, it will wipe out an estimated $15 billion in…
Congress had the chance late Wednesday morning to reopen the U.S. government before any federal furloughs took effect. Democratic senators, however, once again failed to provide the necessary votes to advance Republicans’ House-passed stopgap, sentencing hundreds of thousands of government employees to unpaid leave until…
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) canceled its contracts with most unions on Wednesday, saying the unions work against the best interests of veterans. VA said the move follows President Donald Trump’s executive order from March to eliminate public employee unions at the federal level.…
When House lawmakers return from their August recess in September, they will have to decide whether to continue down a partisan path in government funding negotiations or unite to pass all 12 appropriations bills on time, beginning with the Senate’s recently approved minibus package. Just…
(The Center Square) – The “big beautiful bill” passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump allocates an historic nearly $25 billion to strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard. The largest single funding commitment in Coast Guard history comes ahead of its 235th…
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down rulings on five cases Wednesday, most notably backing a Tennessee law that bans health care providers from offering transgender care to minors. The court also ruled on nuclear waste storage licensing, prison grievance procedures and two Environmental Protection Agency…
U.S. Army veterans are pushing back against narratives referring to the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary celebration on Saturday as “Trump’s Military Parade,” propaganda or an example of a dictatorship. “As a Vietnam Veteran and retired Army soldier, I’m absolutely disgusted that the mainstream media are…
A divided federal appeals court Tuesday refused to halt a district judge’s order that requires the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take steps to protect manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon, including temporarily preventing new septic tanks in the area. A panel of…
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to make a decision regarding the tax-exempt status of organizations that do not comply with state qualifications for “religious purposes.” The case, Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, came to the high court after the…
Citing his state as an example, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday urged lawmakers in Ohio to pass a joint resolution calling for congressional term limits. Ohio’s House Joint Resolution 3 would call for an Article V Convention of the States to “to call a…
A nonprofit group wants veterans to weigh in on proposed legislation that could affect medical care choices. Mission Roll Call, a nonpartisan veteran advocacy group, wants veterans to take a survey about the proposal. The Veterans ACCESS Act of 2025 is a bipartisan bill designed…
Since President Donald Trump took office, U.S. Border Patrol has seen an unprecedented surge in applications from men and women who want to serve at the U.S. borders. From January to April 2025, USBP received 34,650 applications, representing a 44% increase over the same four-month…
First-time employment claims in Florida decreased slightly last week, with the U.S. Department of Labor estimating 5,660 claims were filed. The estimate, released Thursday, was down from a revised count of 6,060 claims during the week that ended April 19. Since the first week of…
Life in the Armed Forces has its challenges, especially for the youngest members of the U.S. military community – the 1.6 million kids whose parents are service members. Often faced with constant change and uncertainty, from their family’s moves every two to three years, to…
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans with PTSD or traumatic brain injury furnished by the Veterans Administration is in a proposal from a North Carolina congressman that has cleared a congressional subcommittee. Veterans National Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment Act, also known as House Resolution 1336, cleared…