A blast of the season's first frigid air was bearing down on much of the U.S., bringing the prospect of snow to parts of the country and plunging temperatures in Florida — though it may not get cold enough there for iguanas to tumble from the treetops.

Democratic Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson penned a scathing op-ed in the Miami Herald, condemning recent Republican actions and detailing what she calls the devastating consequences of a major new law President Donald Trump dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” She calls it the "Big, Ugly Law."

The Justice Department moved an inquiry that appeared initially focused on the former C.I.A. director John O. Brennan to South Florida and is beginning to recruit line prosecutors.