Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week suggested that a former ally he appointed as Palm Beach County clerk of court could face the death penalty if convicted of child sex abuse charges. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, DeSantis said that Michael Caruso could be in for a “world of hurt” if convicted. Caruso, 67, who has been suspended from his clerk duties following his arrest on Tuesday, is...

A Democratic prosecutor permitted a Tajik national held in a psychiatric hospital after his landlord’s killing to travel to Washington to obtain a passport, which he later used to leave the U.S. Abdulloi Doniyor Toshpulodzoda left the country after he was granted a second “community pass” in July from the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute (NVMHI) in Falls Church, went to nearby Dulles International Airport and flew to...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is catching heat for defying President Donald Trump on a key energy policy. The progressive Midwestern leader issued an executive order Tuesday blocking mining permits and leases near a swath of land in northeast Minnesota called the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a significant portion of which is under federal jurisdiction. That’s despite President Donald Trump signing legislation in April that reversed a Biden...