From FoxNews.com WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices' first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history. The court's 5...

From FoxNews.com he foreign policy fight between John McCain and Barack Obama flared up again Monday when the candidates jabbed one another over over how to address the threat posed by Iran. While the two have been feuding since...

BY JOHN A. TORRES • FLORIDA TODAY • May 13, 2008 floridatoday.com Saying she was not “a shrinking violet,” the wife of former State Rep. Bob Allen is running for supervisor of elections. Beth Allen announced her candidacy this w...

About 8,000 people in the Palm Bay and Malabar areas are still without power as of 4 p.m. today, according to Sharon Bennett, a spokeswoman with Florida Power and Light. Monday night more than 12,000 residents in South Brevard were without...

Schools closed in Palm Bay on Wednesday VIERA – Brevard Public Schools has announced that all schools in Palm Bay will remain closed Wednesday, May 14, due to smoke and fire, and emergency response and recovery efforts in the community. In...

By JIM KUHNHENN- Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emp...

By H. JOSEF HEBERT- Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve....

by Mosheh Oinounou-FoxNews.com COLUMBIA, SC — Asked if he is prepared to take on Barack Obama today, John McCain didn’t pause. “Oh I’m ready,” he told reporters at a press conference in South Carolina. “I’m ready to take to the ...

by Mosheh Oinounou-FoxNews.com During his press conference in Jersey City today, Sen. McCain indicated that he is on the verge of getting behind the Lieberman-Warner climate change legislation: “I’m pleased in negotiations and d...

FloridaToday.com BY BETTY PARKER • FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU • April 30, 2008 TALLAHASSEE -- The anti-bullying bill, inspired and named for Jeffrey Johnston, the Cape Coral student who committed suicide after being bullied at school, pas...

orlandosentinel.com TALLAHASSEE -- Over the objections of legislators from Miami-Dade, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, R-Melbourne, successfully removed the sales tax exemption on Super Bowl tickets Wednesday. Advertisement Haridopo...

Dave Weber | Sentinel Staff Writer April 28, 2008 The economy is down, sales-tax collections have fallen and the state has reduced funding for education -- and school districts across Central Florida are slashing budgets for ne...

From floridatoday.com Forty years ago today, civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by a sniper's bullet in Memphis. For some in Brevard County, memories of King and the tumultuous days that foll...

From floridatoday.com Insurance regulators have the power to shut down Allstate in Florida to force the company to cooperate with rate investigations, a court ruled Friday. The 1st District Court of Appeal decision -- which coul...

TALLAHASSEE - In the face of multibillion-dollar spending cuts contemplated for health care and schools, House Speaker Marco Rubio is pushing a plan that could curtail state and local government spending even more. Rubio, R-West Miam...

From orlandosentinel.com TALLAHASSEE - The Florida House on Wednesday mounted what critics called a two-pronged assault on abortion rights, passing legislation that would require pregnant women to undergo ultrasound exams before getting an...

From FoxNews.com As Barack Obama continues to criticize John McCain for saying he’s willing to keep a 100-year troop presence in Iraq, another Obama adviser has suggested U.S. forces could stay in Iraq longer than the Democratic candidate ...

Republican front-runner John McCain received three endorsements Monday — each from a different segment of the Republican establishment — indicating a growing coalescence around the candidate by a much needed but reluctant group of voters: conservativ...

WASHINGTON — A letter sent to Rush Limbaugh's boss demanding he be chastised for comments he made on the air about "phony soldiers" is now on the auction block, and the latest bid is a cool $45,000. One hundred percent of t...

WASHINGTON — Republican Rudy Giuliani spent $13 million between July and September, his biggest spending quarter yet as he positioned himself as his party's presidential front-runner. Giuliani raised $11.4 million during the quarter,...

MANCHESTER, N.H. - Presidential hopeful John McCain scoffed Saturday at rival Mitt Romney's claim of being the truest Republican in the race, pointing to Romney's past support for Democratic candidates and moderate politics as Massachusetts...