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 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....

A quarter-horse racetrack proposed for DeBary would have an upscale hotel, a restaurant row and even space for a farmers market, developers said at a city workshop on Wednesday night. It would also have a "card club" with 25 tabl...

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...

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...

Steven D. Barnes | Sentinel Staff Writer April 29, 2008 The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development filed discrimination charges Monday against the owner of Fountain View Apartments in Orange City after investigating c...

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...

From orlandosentinel.com SEMINOLE COUNTY - -Time got away from congressional hopeful Faye Armitage on Monday morning as she rushed to turn in her petition in Seminole County. Armitage is running for the District 7 congressional seat held b...

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...

SORRENTO - The stakes are high in the war over where to put a one-mile stretch of county road in east Lake County that would feed the planned Wekiva Parkway. The reconfigured path of County Road 46A could change the fate of the pristine Se...

DELTONA -- In Volusia County's largest and youngest city, military veteran Paul Treusch won the District 4 commission seat easily with 60 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results. Treusch, who campaigned to stop annexa...

Hello to All: The GOP Picnic at DeLeon Springs Park was a great event and provided an opportunity to spread the word about the RRRA of Volusia County. I am hopeful that several prospective new members will be with us on the 15th....