Less than a week after a House committee questioned social media companies about censorship on their platforms, reports surfaced Wednesday that Twitter was "shadow banning" prominent Republicans. Published July 25, 2018
Sen. Bill Nelson heads into his re-election bid this year with the backing of the Florida chapter of the International Association of Fire Fighters. Gov. Rick Scott, his Republican opponent, counters with the backing of 55 of his state's 67 sheriffs and the endorsement of the Florida Police Chiefs Association, which publicly favored a Senate candidate for the first time ever last month. In a state familiar with disasters, whether from man or Mother Nature, public safety officials are prominent figures, so these endorsements could play significant roles. Published July 18, 2018
Executives from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube told Congress Tuesday that while they had identified accounts and posts linked to Russian internet operatives, their activity during the 2016 election was but a drop in the social media ocean. Published July 17, 2018
A House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on monitoring social media content immediately broke down into partisan bickering and theater Tuesday, with minority Democrats highlighting instead President Trump's Monday press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Published July 17, 2018
A House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on monitoring social media content immediately broke down into partisan bickering and theater Tuesday, with minority Democrats and some spectators trying to jerk the proceedings back to President Trump's press conference in Helsinki. Published July 17, 2018
A House committee plans a second hearing this week on the filtering practices of social media companies, amid concerns that some users have been "shadow banned," blocked or otherwise marginalized. Published July 15, 2018
People who refuse to answer the citizenship question on the 2020 census are breaking the law -- but there is little chance they will be fined, much less sent to jail, for their obstinacy. Published July 4, 2018
Charles Krauthammer, the erudite conservative columnist and bestselling author who became a television star and one of the most cogent critics of the Obama administration, died Thursday of cancer. He was 68 years old. Published June 21, 2018
House members sent a letter Wednesday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seeking more information about the social media giant's new rules for political ad buys. Published June 13, 2018
The USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned ship in the Navy, sits in Boston, revered by sailors and history buffs. The second-oldest ship, the USS Pueblo, floats at a river dock in Pyongyang, still a hostage more than 50 years after North Korea seized it in a January 1968 raid in the frigid waters of the East Sea off the Hermit Kingdom's northeastern coast. Published June 11, 2018
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, is not backing down in his support for gun rights as he tries to unseat longtime Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, who is signaling plans to make guns an issue. Published June 10, 2018
This spit of land in the Gulf of Mexico doesn't have mansions or any other outward trappings of wealth; indeed, it doesn't even boast much land anymore. But that makes it a remarkably pricey piece of real estate. Published June 5, 2018
For nearly three-quarters of a century, Burton Madison has spent Memorial Day at his hometown Kansas City's monument to American soldiers in World War I. Published May 27, 2018
Political conversations have grown increasingly nasty in recent years, and it may be spawning something even worse: a growing number of people taking their vitriol to another level by threatening members of Congress. Published May 24, 2018
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson styles himself as "a moderate voice on major issues," but his asserted independence is being questioned as the Democrat seeks a fourth term this November. Published May 20, 2018
A Colorado man who fancied himself a "sovereign citizen" outside the reach of U.S. law instead finds himself a convicted felon facing time behind bars after a federal judge last week sentenced him to 70 months in prison. Published May 17, 2018
Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, fighting to keep his seat in November, hopes a part-time state resident will end up making the difference. Published May 13, 2018
Flush with their success prying billions of dollars out of BP in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Louisiana trial lawyers have their scopes trained on new prey: the oil and gas industry as a whole. In the process, the state's famous fishing grounds are turning increasingly off-limits. Published May 10, 2018
It's hard enough for consumers to find the "Made in the USA" label in a market saturated with foreign goods. Turns out the government has the same problem. Published April 29, 2018
The collapse of the catfish industry did not go unnoticed by elected officials in Deep South states and efforts to support the industry in the U.S. have raised trade hackles in Vietnam. Published April 18, 2018
