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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump expected to welcome 40,000 people to the first White House Easter Egg Roll of his second term on Monday.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia.
WWE’s two top stars get political right before company’s biggest show WrestleMania. We analyze if WWE plans to play into America's political divide going forward.
The Trump administration has called U.S. manufacturing an “economic and national security” priority and says tariffs will force companies to have more products made in the U.S. to avoid steep price increases on their imports, leading to “better-paying American jobs,” for people making cars, appliances and other goods.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official as they the sides spar over the U.S. crackdown on migrants.
President Trump is set to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House Thursday afternoon. The visit is expected to focus in part on trade and tariffs.
The showdown between the Trump administration and Harvard University is spotlighting bare-knuckled politics and big dollar figures.
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are likely to cost Iowa farmers their biggest market for the hundreds of millions of bushels of soybeans they grow every year.
President Donald Trump will present the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Navy Midshipmen football team during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the White House.
The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
Marjorie Taylor Greene bought some high profile stocks last week as other investors were bailing out of the market.
The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup.
The Justice Department is sharply criticizing a judge who halted enforcement of a White House executive order meant to punish a prominent law firm.
Iran and the United States will hold a second round of talks in Rome on Saturday over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.
The Department of Justice placed one of its top immigration lawyers on leave after that lawyer questioned, in court, the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland man to El Salvador.
The Trump administration has ended funding to U.N. World Food Program emergency programs helping keep millions alive in Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen and 11 other impoverished countries, many of them struggling with conflict.
Alabama Republicans cheered President Donald Trump and his agenda at a GOP party the day he imposed tariffs and sent stock markets tumbling worldwide.
China on Monday accused the U.S. of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs, while calling on representatives of American companies including Tesla, to “take concrete actions” to resolve the tariffs.
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell modestly last week, remaining within the same range of recent years.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is in Greenland for a visit aimed at building the trust of Greenlandic officials as the Trump administration is seeking control of the Arctic territory.
A federal judge in Virginia has blocked the Trump administration's move to fire more than a dozen intelligence agency employees who worked on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.
The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim.
President Trump is set to sign an executive order Monday would direct federal authorities to prioritize cracking down on ticket scalpers and others who profit from reselling entertainment tickets to consumers at a markup.
The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward a Catholic charitable organization pushing back against the state of Wisconsin in the latest religious rights case to come before the court.
With just two days remaining until the special election in Florida’s Congressional District 6, candidates and their parties are making last-minute efforts to connect with voters.
The Associated Press and Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over access to presidential events.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has visited the high-security El Salvador prison where Venezuelans who the Trump administration alleges are members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang have been held since their removal from the U_S_ Noem’s trip Wednesday to the prison where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside comes as the Trump administration seeks to show it is deporting people it describes as the “worst of the worst.”.
A lawsuit filed by Voice of America reporters, some unions and a press freedom group charged the Trump administration with unlawfully shutting down the news outlet.
A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea.
Voters in parts of Northeast Florida have through Saturday to cast an early, in-person ballot in the special election to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Michael Waltz.
The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have defunded groups that campaign for LGBTQ+ communities and for democracy around the world.
Confronted with huge cuts to its federal funding, Columbia University’s leaders face a grim decision: They can yield to the Trump administration’s demands over allegations of antisemitism — ceding extraordinary control to the federal government — or they can fight back, potentially risking even more debilitating cuts in an escalating clash.
A federal judge allowed Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to remain in control of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent nonprofit created by Congress, but expressed concern about their conduct.
An Afghan father of two is among thousands of newly arrived refugees who lost financial assistance when the Trump administration cut off funding for the federal refugee program in January.
Donald Trump Jr. told Republicans at a rally before early voting begins in Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race that a win is imperative to maintain GOP momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms and the next presidential election.
The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations under an 18th century wartime declaration targeting Venezuelan gang members.
The Trump administration has moved to dismiss lawsuits against Iowa and Oklahoma for their immigration laws.
U.S. wholesale inflation decelerated last month, suggesting that price pressures are easing for now.
Dan North, Senior Economist for Allianz North America joined News4JAX Anchor Bruce Hamilton on The Morning Show on Thursday morning.
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te says tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying and other efforts to weaken the island’s defenses.
The Trump administration has resumed family detention of immigrants in a South Texas facility after a Biden-era pause.
The Trump administration says it is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant children over alleged sexual abuse of minors at its facilities.
U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September even as additional tariffs on steel and aluminum kicked in Wednesday that could send prices higher.
Republicans, particularly those in Congress, have been overwhelmingly supportive of broad cuts across the federal government at the hands of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers urge the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests in coming decades.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced new immigration enforcement leadership as she pledged to step of polygraph tests on employees to identify those who may be leaking information about immigration operations to the media.
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring's protests at Columbia University has been arrested by federal immigration agents.
The Justice Department is celebrating its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community.
Charitable organizations that relied on U.S. foreign assistance are looking to other private and public donors now that the Trump administration has suspended nearly all foreign aid contracts.
A group of protestors gathered outside the office of Congressman Aaron Bean in Fleming Island, voicing concerns about his involvement with a federal agency seeking access to Social Security data.
Jacksonville City Council Member Ron Salem will hold a meeting on Tuesday at City Hall to discuss local DOGE efforts.
Mortgage rates eased this week for the seventh week in a row, a trend that gives prospective home shoppers more financial flexibility just as the spring homebuying season gets going.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is planning an “aggressive” reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs from the sprawling agency that provides health care for millions of veterans.
The U.S. has paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, cutting off the flow of vital information that has helped Kyiv defend against Russian invaders.
The recently announced U.S. tariffs on steel imports mean that countries like China, which export to the U.S., will need to find new markets — and that could lead to steel dumping in places like India.
Companies that depend on cross-border trade were already facing higher prices in anticipation of the tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada that took effect Tuesday.
A Navy reservist was charged with bribery after being accused of trying to get one of his former shipmates to help two immigrants from China, one of whom was living in the country illegally, get fake Navy ID cards, according to the criminal complaint.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Department of Homeland Security officials will hold a joint news conference Wednesday evening in Homestead.
The Trump administration believes a renewed emphasis on biosecurity can help in the battle against bird flu and ease egg prices, but the Agriculture Department predicts the current record prices are going to get much worse this year.
A federal judge has refused to immediately order the White House to restore The Associated Press’ access to presidential events, saying the news organization had not shown it had suffered irreparable harm in the matter.
The U.S. on Monday imposed sanctions on dozens of people and oil tankers across China, the United Arab Emirates, India and other jurisdictions for allegedly helping to finance Iran and its support for militant groups that launch attacks against the U.S. and its allies.
A federal judge says the Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide.
The Trump administration is throwing out protections for roughly half a million Haitians that had shielded them from deportation.
The Agriculture Department is scrambling to rehire several workers it fired as part of President Donald Trump’s broad cuts because they were involved in the government’s response to the ongoing bird flu outbreak that has devastated egg and poultry farms over the past three years.
Jacksonville City Council Vice President Kevin Carrico filed legislation to ensure the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office has the resources needed to enforce illegal immigration laws.
The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U_S_ to be “foreign terrorist organizations.”.
Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez has appointed Duval County Sheriff T.K. Waters to serve on the State Immigration Enforcement Council, citing his lengthy career as a law enforcement officer and “robust community outreach and engagement.”
President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded an FBI task force focused on investigating foreign influence campaigns and placed on leave several election security employees at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency.
A union official says the Trump administration has fired 20 immigration judges without explanation amid sweeping moves to shrink the size of the federal government.
Federal workers were responding with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration’s latest effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify for civil service protections.
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.
Several NATO allies are insisting that Ukraine and Europe must not be cut out of any peace negotiations, after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled that he would hold talks soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump administration.
The U.S. Education Department is scrapping a policy from the Biden administration that threatened to upend colleges’ plans to pay athletes for their name, image and likeness by making those payments subject to federal Title IX rules.
Commuters in Jacksonville said they didn't notice a major increase in traffic around NAS Jax or NS Mayport Monday morning when remote workers were ordered back to their offices.
Scientists warn the Trump administration’s drastic cuts for medical research endanger patients, will cost thousands of jobs and threaten America’s standing as a world leader in science and innovation.
USAID has lost almost all ability to track $8.2 billion in unspent humanitarian aid over the Trump administration’s foreign funding freeze and idling of staff, a government watchdog warned Monday.
Most nurses, doctors and other staff caring for military veterans through the Department of Veterans Affairs are not eligible for the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offer.
Early Monday, billionaire Trump advisor Elon Musk held a live session on X Spaces, previously known as Twitter Spaces, and said that he spoke in detail about USAID with the president.
A new memo says the Defense Department will no longer reimburse service members for travel out of state to get reproductive health care, including abortions and fertility treatments.
Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in.
Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy took aim at the main way the federal government regulates miles per gallon for cars and pickup trucks — also a principal way that it controls air pollution and addresses climate change.
The Trump administration has made or initiated major policy changes that impact nonprofits and their missions in its first week.
For nearly a decade, First 90 and Beyond 90 has been a lifeline for refugee families starting new lives in Jacksonville. But a recent executive order signed by President Trump puts the organization’s future—and the future of the families they serve—hanging in the balance.
Florida lawmakers gaveled in the special session Gov. DeSantis asked for on Monday, then quickly gaveled out of it and started their own, News4JAX sister station WKMG reported.
The U.S. Air Force has removed training courses for service members that included historical videos of its storied Black Tuskegee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — female World War II pilots.
