“People care about her. People understand the importance of her. She is a youth icon,” said one Florida Democrat. That Florida Democrats are pinning their hopes on Taylor Swift speaks volumes of the state of the party. | Toru Hanai/AP TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida Democrats don’t know why Taylor Swift is naming an upcoming song…
In a series of seven motions, he argued that the criminal charges against him in Florida are flawed. The filings underscore the crosscurrents and tension among Trump’s myriad legal cases, both criminal and civil. | Jon Cherry/Getty Images Donald Trump is asking a federal judge in Florida to throw out his criminal case for hoarding…
The measles outbreak shows the further polarization of vaccines. Joseph Ladapo (left) has faced backlash over his resistance to vaccines since Ron DeSantis (right) nominated him to be surgeon general two years ago. | Wilfredo Lee/AP TALLAHASSEE, Florida — In Florida, even measles is polarizing. An outbreak in Broward County has split the state, as…
Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter, Jaime, was killed in the Parkland shooting, spoke with POLITICO before Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Florida school. Fred Guttenberg, father of slain Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Jaime Guttenberg, speaks during a news conference, on Aug. 15, 2019, in Davie, Fla. | Wilfredo Lee/AP Vice President Kamala Harris walked through…
While the ship that felled the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore suffered a total blackout, such losses of engine power — including near bridges or ports — are hardly a one-off The APL Qingdao cargo ship floats near the Verrazzano Bridge in New York on April 6 after the ship lost propulsion the previous…
Chaim Otmazgin, 50, poses for a portrait in his home in Petah Tikva, Israel. Maya Levin for NPR Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of graphic violence and sexual assault. PETAH TIKVA, Israel — By the time first responders reached the site of the Nova rave, it was 10 p.m., and the rockets and gunfire were…
Rahima Banu had the last recorded case of naturally occurring variola major smallpox, a deadly strain of the virus, in 1975. At left: Banu in her mother’s arms as a small child. At right: Banu today, close to 50 years old, lives in a small village in Bangladesh with her husband, Rafiqul Islam, and their…
In a few weeks, Florida and Arizona are set to join most states in the southern U.S. in banning abortion. It’s a significant shake up to the abortion legal landscape, and data shared exclusively with NPR maps and quantifies what the changes will mean for millions of Americans. On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court cleared…
President Biden tours a Samsung plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea with South Korean President Yoon Suk-youl on May 20, 2022. The company is building a massive new campus in Texas. Kim Min-Hee/Pool/AFP via Getty Images The Biden administration is giving Samsung $6.4 billion to help build massive new semiconductor chip plants in central Texas, the latest in…
COVINGTON, KY – APRIL 8: Kathleen Malone works on tax returns at the Cincinnati Internal Revenue Service Center April 8, 2005 in Covington, Kentucky. The tax filing deadline is a week away. Mike Simons/Getty TikTok, and other apps like it, are filled with financial advice. Some of it is reliable, some… less so. There are…