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An aerial view of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Democrat flips seat in special election for Florida district that includes Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort​

By JONATHAN J. COOPER
Updated 8:25 PM CDT, March 24, 2026

Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election on Tuesday, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach estate that President Donald Trump counts as his residence.

The president had endorsed Gregory’s rival, Jon Maples. In a social media post Monday, he urged voters to turn out, saying Maples was backed “by so many of my Palm Beach County friends.”

Democrats celebrated the victory as the latest sign voters are turning against Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm elections in November. Tuesday was the latest in a series of lopsided or improbable victories in special elections across the country since Trump returned to the White House more than a year ago.

The district was previously represented by Mike Caruso, a Republican who resigned to become Palm Beach County’s clerk. Caruso won by 19 percentage points in 2024.

“If Mar-a-Lago is vulnerable, imagine what’s possible this November,” said Heather Williams, president of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. She said Tuesday’s race was the 29th seat that Democrats have flipped from Republican control since Trump took office. ...

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North Carolina Senate leader, conservative architect Phil Berger concedes primary loss

North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger has conceded the March 3 Republican primary for his legislative seat to Sam Page.
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Senate Republicans believe they have a solution to reopen DHS and end airport chaos

The proposal would fund almost all of DHS while leaving ICE and deportation operations for a separate filibuster-proof bill, in which Republicans would also try to pass pieces of the SAVE America Act.
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Some of Trump's Iran war objectives remain unfulfilled as he looks to wind down the conflict

President Donald Trump has laid out five objectives for the U.S. in its war with Iran that he said the U.S. is close to achieving as he considers “winding down” the operation.
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Justice Department found no evidence of a crime in Federal Reserve renovation project, prosecutor admits

The Justice Department's investigation of a $2.5 billion renovation project at the Federal Reserve found no evidence of a crime, a federal prosecutor privately conceded under questioning by a judge.
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Trump says Iran gave US 'big present' related to oil as evidence talks progressing

Strikes continued across the Middle East on Tuesday amid uncertainty over the state of talks between the U.S. and Iran.
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Senate Democrats continue push for ICE reforms in emerging DHS shutdown deal

Democrats are pushing for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the Senate appeared to be closing in on a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Senate Republicans move to reopen DHS with new plan, wait for Democratic buy-in

A new Senate Republican framework would fund most of DHS but leave ICE enforcement unfunded, as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, DpN.Y., says Democrats need to review the proposal.
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Taxpayers spent thousands on hair, makeup and horses for Noem's DHS ad

Democratic Sens. Peter Welch and Richard Blumenthal are investigating the spending of Noem's DHS ad campaign as possible "waste, fraud, and abuse."
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Trump sinks to record low approval rating due to Iran war in new poll

President Donald Trump's approval rating dropped to 36%, its lowest level since his return to the White House, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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At least 1,000 US troops from 82nd Airborne set to deploy to Mideast, AP sources say

The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days.
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Iran says 'non-hostile vessels' may pass through Strait of Hormuz as oil price falls

US President Donald Trump says Tehran wants a deal to end war “so badly” and negotiations are happening "right now".
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Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good

Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently probe three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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We asked every lawmaker in Congress what they're doing to end the DHS shutdown

Lawmakers and President Trump appear to be edging closer to a framework to wrap up the Department of Homeland Security shutdown — but a breakthrough has remained out of reach. CBS News contacted every House and Senate office to ask what they're doing to end the shutdown.
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Democrats throw cold water on shutdown deal, call for more ICE reforms

Senate Democrats are cautiously optimistic about a potential agreement to fund the Department of Homeland Security. But it's far from a done deal.
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Rubio testifies in trial of ex-Florida congressman allegedly hired by Maduro government to lobby for Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying on Tuesday in Miami, Florida, in the federal trial of former Miami congressman and roommate David Rivera.
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NATO scrambles jets as Russia fires nearly 400 drones toward Ukraine, signaling new spring offensive

Russia launched nearly 400 drones and missiles at Ukraine, prompting Poland and Romania to scramble NATO fighter jets as strikes neared their airspace.
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'I drank the Kool Aid': House Oversight releases deposition videos of 2 key Epstein associates

Jeffrey Epstein's longtime attorney and accountant told lawmakers they were never questioned by authorities about their work for him, according to deposition videos.
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Melania Trump pitches robots as potential educators for schoolchildren

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Washington — For the first time in history, a robot, not a person, escorted the first lady of the United States Wednesday at the White House.

Escorted by a walking, talking humanoid system, first lady Melania Trump pitched the Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit on AI robots as potential, "personalized" educators for America's children in their homes. Not only can AI share a depth and breadth of knowledge, she said, but it can also patiently help children develop "deep critical thinking and independent reasoning abilities," achieve...
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Biden political priorities impeded Iran negotiations, former secretary of state admits

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Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged that the Biden administration's political calculus, including the 2022 midterm elections, complicated its push for a tougher nuclear agreement with Iran, lamenting that "sometimes politics gets in the way."

Blinken admitted Biden gave into the pull of midterm politics.

"You have midterm elections: It shouldn't be, but it is too often a factor," Blinken told The New York Times' David Sanger at a Harvard forum Tuesday.

As President Donald Trump and Israel have pounded Iran's nuclear and ballistic...
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Machado tells US oil giants Venezuela will become beacon of wealth creation after Trump ousted Maduro

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Venezuelan political leader María Corina Machado is pitching her country as a top U.S. oil partner and "beacon of hope and wealth creation for this hemisphere" after she said the Trump administration’s arrest of former dictator Nicolás Maduro has opened up a "new era" of free markets.

Addressing several thousand oil and energy executives at the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Machado, who until recently lived in the U.S. as a political exile, predicted that Venezuela will soon be a critical contributor to U.S. prosperity.

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Your internet router could be China-linked: FCC cracks down on ‘unacceptable’ security risks

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is moving to block new foreign-made internet routers from entering the U.S. market, citing mounting concerns that overseas supply chains could expose American networks to cyber threats inside their own homes.

The move expands the agency’s "covered list," which bars equipment deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security and will effectively prevent new foreign-manufactured routers from being authorized for sale in the U.S.

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Soros-backed DA Krasner threatens ICE agents at Philly airport: ‘I will put you in handcuffs’

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Philadelphia County District Attorney Lawrence Krasner criticized the Trump administration for dispatching ICE agents to airports to assist TSA officers who have gone unpaid for weeks amid a Democrat-forced funding lapse at the Department of Homeland Security.

Krasner, a Democrat whose campaigns received funds tied to left-wing Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros, has criticized President Donald Trump and DHS for months over their immigration enforcement measures and previously threatened to "hunt down" ICE agents he believed violated city...
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Democrats seize on Trump-district flip as midterm signal — Republicans reject the narrative

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Democrats are ecstatic after flipping a Republican-controlled legislative seat in a right-leaning, Palm Beach, Florida-anchored district that includes Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's home turf.

"If Democrats can win in Trump’s own backyard, we can win anywhere. From now until November, Democrats are all gas and no brakes as we compete across every corner of Florida and the nation," Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin emphasized as he pointed to this year's midterm elections, when the GOP will be defending its narrow House and...
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'We are in agony' - Savannah Guthrie does first interview since mum's disappearance

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The US presenter says terrifying thoughts wake her at night as she imagines what happened.
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Marcos promises 'flow of oil' as Philippines declares energy emergency

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The President says the country will procure one million barrels of oil to add to the current stock.
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Democrats demand subpoena for Lewandowski over controversial $220M DHS ad campaign

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Congressional Democrats are pressing the Republican-controlled House to subpoena Corey Lewandowski — former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s top advisor — over his alleged role in a controversial border security ad campaign that prompted bipartisan criticism.

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Co., sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, on Wednesday demanding the committee launch an investigation and require Lewandowski to sit for a deposition...
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Alito blasts lawyer's word-salad blurring asylum law

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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito pushed back Tuesday on an attorney defending migrants seeking asylum, challenging the argument that those stopped at the border have "arrived in" the United States — a key issue in an immigration case.

The case stems from a Trump administration petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruling that found migrants remain eligible for asylum even if stopped at a port of entry on the Mexico side, concluding they had still "arrived" in the United States. The Supreme...
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'Men need to be perp-walked' after Epstein files release, US Congressman Massie tells BBC

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The US congressman responded to a BBC Newsnight interview with a group of survivors of the late financier's abuse.
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South Africa's police chief to appear in court over controversial health contract

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South African authorities declined to disclose the charges he will face when he stands in the dock.
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Supreme Court sides with internet provider in dispute over pirated music

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Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that internet service provider Cox Communications cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by its subscribers in a closely watched dispute over pirated music.

The high court ruled unanimously in favor of Cox, finding that the company cannot be held liable for infringement that occurred on its network. The decision reverses a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.

The case, Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, was brought in 2018 by Sony and other major...
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Democrats rip Trump’s ICE airport move as shutdown nears 40 days: ‘no reason’

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Democrats blasted President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to airports across the country on Monday as travel centers struggle to maintain a security presence amid a partial government shutdown, which is now nearing the 40-day mark.

"There’s absolutely no reason for him to do that," said Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas. "[Trump] has put a stop to it."

Instead of using ICE to meet security needs at airports, Escobar said that Congress should pass a proposal that separates funding for the Transportation...
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DHS deal in limbo as Democrats demand tougher ICE crackdown despite GOP compromise

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Senate Democrats rejected Republicans’ latest offer to reopen Homeland Security, despite the deal giving them much of what they asked for.

Senate Republicans crafted a framework to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after meeting with President
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Left-wing influencer downplays Cuba blackouts, worsening shortages: ‘People are partying’

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Hasan Piker, a progressive media personality and streamer, downplayed the severity of rolling blackouts in Cuba while on a recent trip to the communist island, telling viewers that the population was "partying."

"There are rolling blackouts that take place throughout the day, every day, all around the country. But today is a beautiful day out here. People are partying. People are partying in the f------ streets. I don’t know if it’s an island mindset," Piker said.

The remarks come as U.S. officials warn the island faces a deepening energy crisis...
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Bipartisan Senate bill to cap insulin for Americans at $35 has new momentum

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A bipartisan group of senators is resurfacing legislation to cap many American patients’ insulin costs at $35 a month — the INSULIN Act of 2026 — reviving a push that previously stalled.

The bill co-authored by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and John Kennedy, R-La., would bar group and individual health plans from imposing deductibles on selected insulin products and could not charge more than $35 for a 30-day supply starting in plan year 2027.

Beginning in 2028, patients would pay the lesser of $35 or...
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Khanna urges King Charles to meet Epstein victims during Capitol visit

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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., tells Fox News he wants King Charles to meet with Jeffrey Epstein's victims and others when he comes to
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Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church

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D'Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalised in the stories of Alexandre Dumas.
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Danish PM fails to secure majority in party's weakest election showing since 1903

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The party, which has been in power since 2019, gained the most votes but faces tough talks on forming a new government.
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Estonia and Latvia say territories hit by stray Ukrainian drones

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The incidents occurred on the same night that Ukraine launched a massive attack on Russia's port of Ust-Luga, near the Estonian border.
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A security warning, buried: How a classified TSA report stalled inside DHS

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An internal watchdog report in the Department of Homeland Security identified serious vulnerabilities in TSA's screenings at airports nationwide — and the agency has yet to respond five months later, according to internal communications provided to House Homeland Security Committee staff and reviewed by CBS News.

Airports nationwide are in disarray amid Congress' failure to approve DHS funding, with TSA agents having gone without pay for 40 days.

After a classified inspector general audit deployed "red team" testing of airport checkpoints —...
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SEE IT: Travelers sound off as ICE agents deployed to airports as shutdown drags past 40 days

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Estonia and Latvia say territories hit by stray Ukrainian drones

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The incidents occurred on the same night that Ukraine launched a massive attack on Russia's port of Ust-Luga, near the Estonian border.
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Fate of Senate funding deal looks uncertain as DHS shutdown grinds on

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Senate Democrats are still pushing for reforms to ICE on Day 40 of the DHS shutdown and plan to put forward a counteroffer. Follow live updates.
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