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MIAMI—Convicted South Florida Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, a disbarred attorney who ran a $1.2 billion investment scheme out of his Fort Lauderdale law firm, will not be receiving a reduction in his 50-year prison sentence because he lied to federal prosecutors, authorities said Tuesday. Prosecutors withdrew their pending motion to reduce Rothstein’s sentence based on […]

WASHINGTON — Former state Chief Justice Roy Moore won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in Alabama on Tuesday as voters brushed aside pleas from President Donald Trump and millions in ads from establishment Republicans and chose a brash and controversial conservative. Moore defeated Sen. Luther Strange, who had been appointed to the seat

Air Force One WASHINGTON: Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the White House had decided not to include aerial refueling as a capability for the next Air Force One fleet. Why? To save money. President Donald Trump has apparently made the decision, reflected by this

Donald Trump had been mum about the situation in Puerto Rico, but shortly after Marc Anthony called him out for focusing on the NFL and not on the devastation left by Hurricane Maria, he took to Twitter to address the issue. Only problem is that he threw in a bit of shade and reminded everyone

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s top uniformed officer said Tuesday that he believes gender identity is not a credible reason to discharge transgender service members from the military, an opinion that puts him odds with President Donald Trump. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services

Amid a national controversy about athletes who “take a knee” in silent protest at sporting events, a Democratic lawmaker from Texas says he’s making good on his promise to put into motion articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, a Republican. “I rise today as a proud American, a person who believes in his country,

Sen. Susan M. Collins said Monday that she will vote against the latest Obamacare repeal effort, dealing what appears to be a fatal blow to Republican leaders’ last-ditch attempt to rewrite the bill and sway holdouts. Ms. Collins, who also helped sink repeal efforts in July, joined Republican Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky and John

Disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner bawled in court Monday as he received a 21-month prison sentence for sexting a 15-year-old girl — an online relationship that contributed to the demise of his marriage and his hopes for a political comeback. Weiner, a former New York representative who was forced to resign in an earlier sexting scandal,

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has postponed a decision on the legality of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, announcing Monday it will not hear arguments on the issue Oct. 10 as planned. The justices were set to hear an appeal from Trump’s lawyers who had urged the high court to reject a series of rulings