State senators in Louisiana are considering a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the previous one.

The number of Americans filing for jobless aid rose last week but remains historically low despite the economic uncertainty caused by the war in Iran.

Vice President JD Vance is set to visit Maine to highlight the Trump administration’s anti-fraud efforts before the state’s primary elections.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries had warned Republicans they would come to regret the congressional redistricting fight.

A global oil bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz has created a financial windfall on the other side of the world in New Mexico that is both enviable and politically sensitive in a Democratic-dominated state.

Denise Powell has won the Democratic primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District in a contest focused on the state’s “blue dot” status in presidential elections.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. policy toward Taiwan is “unchanged” after President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has returned to his show after being hospitalized for viral pneumonia.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has backed away from a previous claim that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed people.

Pat Kelley, the long-time mayor of Minneola, is leaving city hall to hit the campaign trail. In a statement to News 6, Kelley said under his almost two decades as mayor of Minneola, the city has grown from 8,000 residents to 24,000, and brought things like an interchange for the Florida Turnpike, four new schools and a hospital.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve.

The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh to lead the Federal Reserve.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has issued an investigative subpoena to the NFL regarding the Rooney Rule.

Environmental groups say the expected closure of a detention center in the Florida Everglades is linked to their lawsuit.

Gimmick or gamechanger? The debate over suspending the state and federal gas tax, the real issues dividing the Florida legislature as they work on a budget and new details on Governor Desantis' elusive plan to eliminate property taxes.

Senate Republicans have again blocked Democratic legislation that would halt President Donald Trump’s war with Iran.

President Donald Trump's trade war with Beijing has sent U.S.-China trade into a freefall and forced companies on both sides of the Pacific to regroup.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties.

Republican senators in Louisiana have advanced a plan to eliminate one of two majority-Black U.S. House districts for this year's elections.

The Trump administration says a former executive at a private prison operator will serve as the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

U.S. President Donald Trump has arrived in Beijing for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence.

The governor spoke at 11:15 a.m. at the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin is losing the confidence of some Democratic officials, who are concerned about the direction of the party's political machine barely a year into his term.

On Tuesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on another two bills, adding to the list of over 80 laws approved so far this year.

Americans paid more for their groceries in April, but high gas prices were only one of the reasons why.

“The Hills” reality television show villain Spencer Pratt is running for mayor of Los Angeles, positioning himself as a savior and promising to tackle the city's disorder and dysfunction.

American presidents have navigated a verbal tightrope for nearly 50 years regarding official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China.

Former President Barack Obama has met with U.S. candidate James Talarico in Texas, backing a campaign seen by Democrats one of their best chances of winning in the conservative state.

President Donald Trump won't have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal.

President Donald Trump has departed for Beijing to meet with China's President Xi Jinping.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the rising cost of the conflict and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles.

The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska is too early to call.

President Donald Trump's efforts to reshape U.S. House districts have seen mixed outcomes.

President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup later this month.

The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put public lands conservation on equal footing with development.

The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections.

President Donald Trump has nominated Cameron Hamilton to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Democrats have filed an emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to halt a redistricting rule by Virginia’s top court.

The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect.

Three supervisors of elections gathered last week for a public panel where they talked through those issues, describing a web of security partnerships, training protocols and contingency planning that reflects the expanding security demands of their jobs as they prepare for the 2026 primaries and midterm elections. Our News Collaborative of Central Florida partners, Vox Populi, filed this report.

A victim of disgraced former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg is asking a federal judge to unseal court records that would identify an “unindicted conspirator” linked to one of Greenberg’s criminal offenses, News 6 has learned.

President Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war.

Nebraska voters will choose nominees for a full slate of contests ranging from governor to state Legislature and local offices.

Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka faces seven challengers as he seeks a fourth term Tuesday as the chief executive of his state's largest city.

Iran and the United States have reached an impasse again over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky.

Republican state officials are confusing voters and creating logistical headaches for local election officials across the South by redistricting U.S. House seats as primary season is underway.

A new poll finds that younger Americans are more pessimistic than older ones about the state of the job market.

A referendum on Oregon's primary ballot seeking to repeal a Democratic gas tax increase is complicating the affordability message central to the party's midterm election strategy.

President Donald Trump's trip to China may not come with the same fanfare that accompanied his first-term visit.

President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is preparing to make recommendations after more than a year of hearings.

A new congressional map in Tennessee splits the majority-Black city of Memphis into three districts.

On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed yet another bill into law — though this one is expected to have a major impact.

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

Last month, local elections officials were sounding the alarm that new congressional maps would cost counties money and staff time. Those concerns are now coming true. On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial new congressional map into law that gives Republicans an advantage in nearly all the state’s seats.

ABC is accusing the Trump administration of trying to chill free speech and hinder open political discussion.

Handguns could be mailed through the United States Postal Service for the first time in nearly 100 years if a proposed rule under the Trump administration takes effect. Democratic attorneys general in two dozen states sent a letter this week in opposition.

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down a Democratic congressional redistricting plan that had won voter approval.

President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners.

This week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed another batch of new bills, adding to the dozens of other state laws that have already been approved this year.

Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections.

A major federal raid around a park near downtown Los Angeles known for homeless encampments and out-in-the-open drug use came just as voters began selecting their next mayor.

Could “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift facility for ICE detainees in the Florida Everglades, soon be shut down? According to a report in The New York Times, Florida officials and the Trump administration are discussing just that. DeSantis confirmed there had been talks.

The State Department will begin revoking the U.S. passports of thousands of parents who owe a significant amount of unpaid child support.

A council meant to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency proposed Thursday a series of long-awaited changes to the disaster recovery body that stop short of the administration’s promises to dismantle it, but could reduce the number of disasters the federal government supports and the amount of money it doles out.

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins says she has long had a condition called an essential tremor.

The Trump administration plans to weaken some Biden-era limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water.

The U_S_ military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U_S_ forces."

Of the dozens of new Florida laws passed so far this year, one stands out among the rest.

Michigan Republicans once viewed 2026 as their best chance to reclaim power in the battleground state.

Tennessee has enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis.

The federal government doesn't have to return the 2020 election ballots from Georgia’s Fulton County that were seized by the FBI from a warehouse near Atlanta.

A Deltona city commissioner is now facing an accusation of battery after she patted a fellow commissioner on the shoulder this week, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

Florida will soon become the first state in the nation to require heart screenings for students playing a high school sport for the first time under a new law taking effect July 1.

The Justice Department has found UCLA's medical school illegally considered race in admissions.

With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war.

The FBI has searched the Virginia state Senate leader’s hometown office and her neighboring cannabis shop.

Millions of taxpayers penalized by the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic for late payments or filings may qualify for refunds or penalty terminations.

The primary election results in Indiana have shown how President Donald Trump can punish Republican lawmakers who defy him.

A new AP-NORC poll finds about 6 in 10 U.S. adults say the country is no longer a great place for immigrants, though they believe it used to be.

Some out-of-state visitors should keep in mind that not all licenses are valid in the Sunshine State.

Republicans are rapidly pursuing redistricting efforts across the South following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that affects majority-Black congressional districts.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against Denver and its police department seeking to strike down an assault weapons ban that’s been in place for Colorado’s largest city since 1989.

President Donald Trump is reviving the Presidential Physical Fitness Award as he reintroduces a competitive physical fitness test in America's schools.

The primary election in Ohio has set up what is expected to be one of the most expensive races for U.S. Senate this year as Republicans try to hold on to the chamber, while biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy will face a challenge from the state’s former health director as he seeks to keep the governor’s office in GOP hands.

Florida is now facing three lawsuits over its congressional redistricting map, with all of them claiming the new map violates Florida's Fair Districts Amendment.

The Justice Department is seeking the names of every person who worked in the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold Donald Trump has accused of widespread voter fraud he falsely says cost him victory against Joe Biden in the state that year.

This year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers have passed a law designating a new “Trump Highway” in the Sunshine State.

A viral TikTok proposal is pushing to nationalize the defunct airline, though a certain Florida political candidate wants to take it a step further.

President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way.

A majority of Republican Indiana state senators whose opponents were endorsed by President Donald Trump have lost.

Vice President JD Vance has visited Iowa to promote the administration's tax and tariff policies while campaigning on behalf of Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn.

Democrat Chedrick Greene has won a special election in Michigan, securing the party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term.

Recent court rulings on abortion pill access have reignited a contentious political issue in a midterm year.

Ohio's primary election set up two marquee matchups in November.

In a story published May 5, 2026, about congressional redistricting, The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of Louisiana’s governor.

Republicans have gained an advantage in a national congressional redistricting battle among states ahead of the midterm elections.

Florida’s new congressional map is now official. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on X.com that he signed the redistricting bill lawmakers passed last week with a simple post showing the map, with the words “Signed, Sealed, and Delivered.” A few hours later, the first lawsuit was announced.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is breathing on his own after being hospitalized with pneumonia and placed on a ventilator.

U.S. forces are guiding commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began.

President Donald Trump is waging a retribution campaign against some fellow Republicans in the primary in Indiana.