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Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos is expected to make a push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary.
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Charter school advocate Betsy DeVos is expected to make a push for expanding school choice programs if confirmed as education secretary.
In a celebration of the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., close to a thousand people attended the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project 24th Annual MLK Scholarship Breakfast.
Security preparations and planning for Friday's inauguration have been underway for months.
Throngs of women from around the nation will converge on Washington for a march the day after Donald Trump's inauguration.
Days before taking the oath of office, President-elect Donald Trump has lashed out again at his critics in the intelligence community.
Actress Nicole Kidman says her comments that Americans should support President-elect Donald Trump were merely a statement of her belief in democracy, not an endorsement of the incoming president.
The outgoing CIA director charged on Sunday that Donald Trump lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States, delivering a public lecture to the president-elect that further highlighted the bitter state of Trump's relations with American intelligence agencies.
America is just days away from having its first new president in eight years.
The President-elect tore into civil rights legend John Lewis for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire's White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black congressman days before the national holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. and as the first African-American president prepares to leave office.
A top fundraiser for President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, and a colorful surrogate, is set to be named a top White House adviser.
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA took a tough stance against Russia as he faced lawmakers Thursday - staying at a distance from Trump's warming approach to Moscow.
The Senate Armed Services Committee has overwhelmingly passed legislation allowing retired Marine Gen. James Mattis to run the Pentagon.
Ben Carson would not guarantee that, if confirmed as housing secretary, no money from his department will benefit President-elect Donald Trump or his family.
For the first time since the election, President-elect Donald Trump will hold a news conference on Wednesday.
Former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is facing a grilling from the Senate Wednesday as he aims to be the next secretary of state, nominated by President-elect Donald Trump.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio challenged President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state over his relationship with Russia.
Black lawmakers say Sen. Jeff Sessions has shown hostility toward civil rights - something they think makes him unfit to be attorney general.
As of now, U.S. intelligence agencies have been unable to verify the details
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to be his Senior White House Adviser, a move which will test a 1967 anti-nepotism law.
The legal community has not come to a consensus over whether Donald Trump's decision to hire his son-in-law as a White House senior adviser violates a decades-old federal law.
Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has been tapped for a top spot in his administration - as senior adviser to the president.
It looks like Hollywood is turning out in full force for the women's march on Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks will likely be approved despite delays in submitting their background paperwork.
President-elect Donald Trump and his aides are entering a critical week in his presidential transition as he and his Cabinet nominees undergo public questioning about their approach to Russia and potential conflicts of interests.
Republicans are defending their party against Democratic complaints that Congress is being forced to consider nominees for Donald Trump's administration without completed ethics reviews.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions "restrict the Cuban regime's ability to suppress the will of the Cuban people."
Alex Carabes said he saw something in Anthony Cruse that others may have overlooked.
Sana Yousaf's murder in June drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety.
The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions "restrict the Cuban regime's ability to suppress the will of the Cuban people."
Alex Carabes said he saw something in Anthony Cruse that others may have overlooked.
Sana Yousaf's murder in June drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety.
The Burmese python is one of the largest snakes in the world.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.
The Trump administration announced it's restricting people who don't have U.S. passports from entering the country if they have been in Congo, South Sudan or Uganda amid the Ebola outbreak.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.