Trump urges US to stay out of Syrian civil war, blaming Obama for failure as Islamists close in on capital

A community leader in Jacksonville defended Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Sunday amid boos at a prayer vigil held to memorialize shooting victims.  DeSantis, a GOP presidential candidate, canceled his planned campaign stops in South Carolina over the weekend to return to his home state after authorities said Ryan Christopher Palmeter, a 21-year-old White gunman, shot […]

The leader of the California Senate said Monday she will step down from her leadership post, ending an historic run as the first woman and first openly gay person to lead the upper legislative chamber of the nation’s most populous state. Toni Atkins, a Democrat from San Diego, said she will step down next year. […]