After fierce — and expensive — political battles last year about abortion rights and recreational marijuana, Florida lawmakers Thursday began moving forward with a proposal that would place additional restrictions on the ballot-initiative process.

They spoke in favor of park and residential utility protections, along with changes to the state's citizens' initiative process.

The Justice Department has concluded that a military veteran’s presidential pardon for charges that he stormed the U.S.

The Justice Department said the president’s Jan. 6 blanket pardon extends to firearms and explosives recovered far from the Capitol.