Mike Schneider

Aerial view of structures, including gigantic tents built at the recently opened migrant detention center

Attorneys urge judge to visit Alligator Alcatraz to assess detainees’ access to lawyers

December 22, 2025 at 2:53 p.m.

Attorneys for detainees at Alligator Alcatraz want a federal judge to make an unscheduled, in-person visit to the facility to see if they are getting sufficient access to their lawyers.

Gov. Ron DeSantis last week designated a leading Muslim civil rights organization, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, known as CAIR, and the Muslim Brotherhood, a pan-Arab Islamist political movement, as “foreign terrorist organizations.” (Chris O'Meara/AP file)

Muslim rights group sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label

December 16, 2025 at 12:28 p.m.

A leading Muslim civil rights group in the U.S. has sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his order designating it and another organization as a “ foreign terrorist organization.”

Ryan Routh, who was arrested in Martin County and accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP, file)

Man who tried to assassinate Trump on golf course requests attorney for sentencing

December 15, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

Ryan Routh represented himself during most of his trial.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, seen at an Aug. 12 news conference in Tampa, shared an executive order Monday that designated a leading Muslim civil rights organization as a “foreign terrorist organization.” (Chris O’Meara/AP file)

Florida’s CAIR vows lawsuit against DeSantis over ‘foreign terrorist’ label

December 9, 2025 at 4:46 p.m.

A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis designated a leading Muslim civil rights organization as a “foreign terrorist organization,” leaders of the group's Florida chapter on Tuesday promised to sue.

FILE — Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference to announce charges against Ghislaine Maxwell for her alleged role in the sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple minor girls by Jeffrey Epstein, July 2, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Grand jury transcripts from abandoned Epstein investigation in Florida can be released, judge rules

December 5, 2025 at 3:09 p.m.

The Justice Department hasn’t set a timetable for when it plans to start releasing information.

FILE – Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Horizon cruise ship is shown docked at PortMiami, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee,File)

Father says ex-wife didn’t supervise son who’s the focus of a probe into stepsister’s cruise death

December 5, 2025 at 5:14 p.m.

A 16-year-old boy who is the subject of an FBI investigation into the death of his older stepsister on a Carnival cruise ship last month never had permission from his...

FILE – In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 file photo,People walk past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Retirees and students in Florida are seeking to defend 2020 census results against a GOP challenge

October 28, 2025 at 5:42 p.m.

Two UCF students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit filed by young Republican groups challenging the 2020 census...

FILE – Trucks come and go from the “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Collier County, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Appellate court pauses lawsuit over Alligator Alcatraz due to government shutdown

October 22, 2025 at 6:51 p.m.

A federal lawsuit that temporarily had interrupted operations at Alligator Alcatraz was paused Wednesday by an appellate court because of the government shutdown.

Florida officials didn’t disclose funding request for Alligator Alcatraz, lawsuit says

October 14, 2025 at 5:02 p.m.

Florida officials failed to disclose that they had applied for federal reimbursement for Alligator Alcatraz, leading to a false impression before an appellate court panel that put on hold a...

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