Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.”.

Conspiracy theories flooded the internet minutes after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump.

A man who managed voter registration drives in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 presidential election is facing a month in jail after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts.

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office submitted a new congressional map to the Legislature on Monday that would drastically alter several U.S. House districts in Central and South Florida, according to our news partners at News Service of Florida.

Latino leaders are gaining ground in U.S. politics despite ongoing challenges.

Virginia's Supreme Court is considering whether a voter-approved redistricting amendment complied with the state's constitutional requirements.

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The Justice Department is pushing to dismiss a lawsuit blocking President Donald Trump's $400 million White House ballroom project.

More often than not, big stories happen out of the sight of journalists.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold a vision to Israelis as the country entered the war with Iran and invaded Lebanon.

President Donald Trump is calling for unity after what he says he feels was a third assassination attempt.

Ohio's Republican primary for governor is a few weeks away, but there are few signs that the top candidate sees it as a competitive race.

President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association after an unspecified threat.

Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74.

A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night.

President Donald Trump's attempts to cancel offshore wind projects have drawn opposition not only from environmentalists but also from Republicans.

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves is announcing a special session for judicial redistricting following an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a major Voting Rights Act case.

A proposal that would require California to verify proof of citizenship when a person registers to vote — and require voters to provide identification at polling places — will appear on the November ballot.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. does not plan a third renewal of a waiver allowing the purchase of Russian oil that is currently at sea.

President Donald Trump has made it clear he expects his choice for Federal Reserve chair to quickly cut interest rates once he takes office.

TMZ is making a splash in Washington, D.C., bringing its Hollywood-style paparazzi tactics to politics.

Speculation about links among a handful U.S. scientists who have died or disappeared in recent years was largely confined to niche online communities less than two months ago.

The Trump administration is sanctioning a major China-based oil refinery and about 40 shipping companies.

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

State lawmakers across the U.S. are increasing security measures as political violence rises.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office sent a subpoena in recent days to JEA for records relating to a controversial lobbying contract that the agency’s CEO nixed at the beginning of the year.

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner has produced viral moments that were funny, cringeworthy or undeniably tense and that endure across social media.

Josh Shapiro may be heavily favored to win reelection as Pennsylvania governor, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a lot on the line for him this year.

President Donald Trump is having the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool coated in a swimming pool surface hued in “American flag blue,” covering a decades-old granite surface that he said was “leaking like a sieve” and would take years to replace.

President Donald Trump, known for popularizing the term "fake news," seems to have shifted focus to a healthy dose of fake math in defending impossibly large cuts to prescription drug prices.

A U.S. soldier involved in the military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been charged with using classified information about the mission to win more than $400,000 in an online betting market.

A Republican congressman has introduced legislation that would expand the borders of Washington, D.C., and cost Virginia Democratic voters.

President Donald Trump says he is weighing a taxpayer takeover of Spirit Airlines and would aim to resell the troubled carrier after oil prices drop.

From rising housing and insurance costs to everyday expenses, affordability is taking center stage on the Florida gubernatorial campaign trail, reflecting what experts say is a growing strain on residents’ quality of life.

President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Regeneron to lower the cost of its pharmaceutical products.

For the first time as president, Donald Trump is planning to attend the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington this weekend.

An AP-NORC poll finds many of the groups that helped elect Donald Trump as president again are deeply unhappy with his performance.

The Senate has taken the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections.

The New York Times says it has learned that the FBI investigated one of its reporters, Elizabeth Williamson, after she wrote about its agents being assigned to protect and transport the girlfriend of that agency's director, Kash Patel.

Three congressional candidates are accused of betting on their own elections through the prediction market Kalshi.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones had an old friend drop by on the final day of preparations for the NFL draft: former President Bill Clinton.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is working on a book inspired in part by a massive immigration enforcement surge in Minneapolis-St. Paul earlier this year and the local pushback.

Democrats are celebrating an election win in Virginia that could put them slightly ahead in the national redistricting competition that President Donald Trump triggered in an attempt to preserve his party’s House majority in this year’s midterms.

Georgia's Democratic congressman David Scott has died at age 80.

More kids than ever are attending state-funded preschool in the U.S., 1.8 million of them the last school year.

The Kansas City Royals are moving from Kauffman Stadium to downtown Crown Center.

Rhode Island has moved its primary elections to Wednesday, Sept. 9, to avoid conflict with Labor Day.

Six leading candidates for California governor are jostling for advantage in a chaotic race with no clear leader.

A Republican senator juggling three roles — lawmaker, doctor and political candidate seeking reelection — has walked a fine line as he questioned Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Sen. Bill Cassidy supported Kennedy's confirmation as health secretary but is a strong vaccine advocate and has clashed with him over vaccine policies.

President Donald Trump repeated his call for Congress to pass legislation that would rein in college sports at a time athletes are allowed to move freely from school to school and command salaries that put athletic departments in financial peril.

President Donald Trump is nominating University of Minnesota economist Christopher Phelan as the next chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

A former Missouri lawmaker who was censured over sexual misconduct allegations has won a court case to recoup thousands of dollars seized from his salary as a penalty.

President Donald Trump has read a notable Bible passage in a livestreamed marathon.

The Supreme Court’s term is packed — birthright citizenship, presidential removals, voting rules, transgender sports and more. Constitutional law expert Rod Sullivan joins News4JAX anchor Bruce Hamilton on this week’s episode of Politics & Power to discuss what’s at stake and why it matters to you.

The Human Rights Campaign is launching a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in battleground districts ahead of the fall's midterm elections.

Virginia voters have approved a congressional redistricting plan that could help Democrats win up to four additional U.S. House seats in this year’s midterm elections.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve says that he never promised the White House he would cut interest rates, even as the president renewed his calls for the central bank to do so.

The Justice Department has filed a complaint against Washington, D.C., and its water authority for a massive sewage leak into the Potomac River.

The U.S. Justice Department has demanded hundreds of thousands of ballots and related records from the Detroit area from the 2024 election.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position, including an affair with a subordinate and drinking on the job.

A series of anonymous text messages criticizing prominent Jacksonville leaders has escalated, with the sender now directly contacting News4JAX Anchor/Reporter Tarik Minor.

A Pennsylvania court has ruled that the state's constitution guarantees a right to abortion.

FBI Director Kash Patel has filed a $250 million lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, contending its article posted last week that talked about his alleged excessive drinking was a “malicious hit piece.”.

Virginia voters are considering a ballot measure Tuesday that would give the Democratic-majority legislature temporary power to redraw the state’s congressional districts.

The American Library Association says book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs.

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched.

A political bribery scandal in Ohio is shadowing Jon Husted this election year.

Doug Fiefia once worked at Google.

In the wide-open race for California governor, billionaire Tom Steyer is on a spending binge.

Former President Barack Obama has met privately with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani before joining together to read to preschoolers at a child care center in the Bronx.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill extending a controversial surveillance program until April 30.

Much of the political spotlight this election year in Arizona has been focused on the office that runs elections in Maricopa County, the state’s largest.

Some of the harshest words that President Donald Trump has used against a leading Democratic rival aren't about political differences but rather a learning disability.

President Donald Trump's influence on the Republican Party is facing a test in Indiana's upcoming primary.

A new law named after Charlie Kirk is encouraging Tennessee teachers to include the positive impacts of religion in American history classes.

A lead prosecutor in the John Brennan investigation has been removed from the case after expressing concerns to Justice Department officials about the viability of a potential criminal prosecution of the former CIA director.

Oil prices plunged and the stock market rallied after U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran’s foreign minister said that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open.

The Republican Party of Florida on Friday announced that it is filing a formal complaint with the Florida Elections Commission against Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan’s re-election campaign.

A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin man to 20 months in prison for making campaign contributions after renouncing his U.S. citizenship.

House and Senate leaders still don’t have a deal on topline budget numbers, although offers continue to be exchanged between the chambers, one top negotiator said Friday.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit demanding the state's unredacted voter rolls.

The Trump administration says it’s in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax information.

The top election official in Arizona’s most populous county will get more authority in running elections after a judge sided with his office in a prolonged legal fight with the county board that shares responsibility for overseeing voting.

The News4JAX I-TEAM has uncovered new details about an anonymous mass text message campaign targeting two prominent Jacksonville leaders.

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to discuss the company's new AI model, Mythos.

A West Virginia transgender girl who competes on her high school girls' track team says she's focused on having fun with her friends.

Sky-high ticket prices won’t be the only thing emptying the wallets of soccer fans attending World Cup matches at some U.S. venues this spring.

A controversy has erupted over prediction markets such as Polymarket and Kalshi.

Cameras in U.S. courtrooms have offered the world a portal into the inner workings of notorious criminal proceedings.

Democrats running for governor in Georgia are scrambling for attention and cash.

President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill conducted a roundtable with leading AI executives and academics to discuss the potential transformative impacts of the technology on American society.

The U.S. is urging other nations to back a “trade over aid” initiative at the United Nations as part of the Trump administration’s broader shift away from donor-focused development assistance and toward greater private investment.

During a contentious era, one of journalism's leading figures says he's concerned about news outlets that may be losing their moral compass.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, is likely to face tough questions about his vast financial holdings at a hearing next week by the Senate Banking Committee.

New York will lose more than $73.5 million in federal money because the Transportation Department says that state has refused to revoke nearly 33,000 questionable commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants since an audit uncovered problems last year.

A new Gallup poll shows more young men in the U.S. now say religion is “very important” in their lives compared to young women.

Democrats are boasting of eye-popping fundraising hauls in some of this year's most competitive Senate contests.

President Donald Trump is betting that the tax cuts he signed into law last year will resonate with voters in Las Vegas.