Leroy Gonzalez was your classic car nut. The Tampa-area man became a tire shop owner after serving in the Navy during the 1950s, eventually expanding his business to eight stores. He also owned the now-defunct Twin City Dragway from 1964 to 1970, where racing legends like Don Garlits and Shirley …

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva accepted defeat in his pursuit for a second four-year term in the top law enforcement spot to Robert Luna on Tuesday. Villanueva, who had a reputation for defying police defunders and vaccine mandates, conceded to his opponent during a press conference where he faulted …

The four University of Idaho students who became the targets of what police are now calling an “isolated, targeted” attack over the weekend were apparently stabbed to death, according to authorities. Police in Moscow, Idaho, on Sunday initially responded to reports of an unconscious person on King Road around noon …

Hunter Biden’s interview on a Twitter Spaces live broadcast devolved into chaos after he was apparently disconnected from the line, and the host launched into a rant about his hands being “tied” on what he was allowed to ask the president’s son. Hunter Biden appeared on “The Crypto Roundtable Show” …

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Former President Trump Tuesday announced his 2024 candidacy for president in a speech that punched hard at Democrats but skipped over his GOP rivals – staying on message in a way strikingly different from his traditional rallies.  Trump spoke at a moment when many Republicans …

ORLANDO – Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida received a hero’s welcome on Tuesday night, as he addressed an audience of leading Republicans minutes before former President Donald Trump announced he was launching a 2024 White House bid. DeSantis, who last week won a landside re-election victory for a second term …

One week after the 2022 midterm elections, Republicans want to know: what happened? Why were expectations about the midterms so completely wrong? How could a deeply dishonest and unpopular president score one of the best midterm outcomes in recent history?   Like a great many Republicans, I am deeply disappointed, …

Republican senators say Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has strong odds of keeping his post atop the conference despite simmering discontent among some members and a push to delay leadership elections. “Heavens, yes. Yes,” Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. – who supports moving back Republican leadership elections – said when asked …

Preparations have been underway for the annual tradition of honoring America’s fallen veterans at holiday time — with National Wreaths Across America Day coming up fast already, on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. The nonprofit Wreaths Across America helps family members, friends, neighbors and volunteers all across the country lay wreaths …

Former President Donald Trump’s expected to make what he’s advertising as a “special announcement” on Tuesday night, which will likely ignite the 2024 White House race. Trump, nearly two years since his 2020 presidential election defeat at the hands of President Biden, remains the most popular and influential politician in …