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  • In a pre-trial brief released on Tuesday, House impeachment managers argue former President Donald Trump whipped a crowd of supporters into a "frenzy" on Jan. 6 and incited the ensuing riot at the U.S. Capitol.
    Impeachment Managers Argue Trump Is 'Singularly Responsible' For Capitol Attack
    In a separate filing due ahead of next week's trial, former President Donald Trump's defense team calls the impeachment effort unconstitutional and denies he incited the crowd on Jan. 6.
  • NYPD Officer Tasked With Investigating The Rap And Hip-Hop Community
    Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was recently arrested on racketeering and firearm charges. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Derrick Parker, a former NYPD detective.
  • House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, convened a meeting of top House Democrats on Sunday as the party continues to grapple with serious questions about President Biden's future as the party's nominee for president.
    Amid growing calls for Biden to pull out, congressional Democrats remain split
    Democrats continue to grapple with serious questions about President Biden's future as the party's nominee for president.
  • COVID-19 Morning Report
    The Florida Department of Health reported 3,615 COVID-19 infections, Monday, marking the lowest single-day increase in cases since the end of October. COVID-19 hospitalizations in Southwest Florida are also down, in line with a national trend. However, COVID-19 deaths in Florida remain high, averaging more than 153 fatalities a day over the past week.Severe winter weather across much of the U.S. is delaying shipments of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Florida. The delays have prompted the Department of Health in Collier County to only be providing second-dose shots this week. Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz is stepping down from his post. He has been a top state official leading Florida’s response to the pandemic.A pop-up vaccination clinic is coming to Lakewood Ranch in Manatee County later this week.
  • Kash Patel, facing questions about his independence, says FBI reform is his focus
    Kash Patel, President Trump's pick to run the FBI, answered questions Thursday in a public hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  • Fertilizer Plant’s Toxic Water Tank Could Overflow in Isaac
    The likelihood of heavy rainfall from Isaac could lead to toxic water overflowing from a reservoir at the now defunct Piney Point fertilizer plant in…
  • Changes Coming in U.S. Military Command for Iraq
    Reports say President Bush's new Iraq strategy is likely to be carried out by new commanders. Media reports say the president will replace the two top generals in the region.
  • Morning news brief
    General Services Administration staff face huge cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance, top Trump administration officials visit Europe, and how Trump and Musk may impact future U.S. space missions.
  • Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, in New York.
    The Veepstakes is on. Here are 10 Republicans Trump could pick to be his running mate
    A lot hangs in the balance on who former President Donald Trump chooses as his running mate: the vice presidential nominee might shape the MAGA movement or could woo voters who lean moderate.
  • Left to right, Kim Works of Key West, Fla., and event M.C. Landon Barbary, watch as Works’ entry, “A Pie in Plain Sight,” hurls into space from the observation deck of the historic Key West Lighthouse during the July 6, 2025 Key Lime Pie Drop in Key West, Fla. An annual Key Lime Festival event, the gravity-defying competition challenges participants to advance-create a device or container to protect a 5” pie and keep it from splattering on impact when dropped from the observation deck of the historic Key West Lighthouse to a targeted area 88-feet below. Works and partner Yvonne Jefferson crafted their first-prize-winning entry using a plastic tub, tissue paper, plastic bags and ribbon.
    Pie in the sky gets the drop in final day of Key Lime Festival in Key West
    Key Lime pies can’t fly. That was amply demonstrated Sunday, July 6, during the Key Lime Pie Drop that highlighted the final day of Key West’s annual Key Lime Festival.Entrants in the quirky competition were required to launch miniature Key lime pies —encased in protective contraptions they made in advance — from atop the Key West Lighthouse.Their goal? To land an undamaged pie on a ground-level target beside the light, now open for tours as the historic Key West Lighthouse & Keeper’s Quarters.
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