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The U.S. federal government has imposed sanctions against Iran for decades.Presidential candidate and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will bring lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a Special session to impose [...]

State economists sound skeptical that they will be able to put a price tag on a proposed constitutional amendment to protect access to abortion by a November deadline if the [...]

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said he wants to restart the conversation for the city to buy the Pulse nightclub site. “Creating a memorial to the victims of the Pulse tragedy [...]

Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard has made a running start — raising more than $150,000 — in his first 117 days campaigning for a promotion to a Senate seat. [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rapid mobilization of state resources to evacuate Americans from Israel benefited many beyond the Sunshine State’s borders, leaving an impression sure to ripple from coast to coast [...]

YouTube took down a video from U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s channel that voiced support for Israel. The only stated reason? He called Hamas “savages.” The clip, later posted on X [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis is betting heavily on the Hawkeye State during his 2024 presidential run. As he continues campaigning through the state’s 99 counties, the Republican candidate is touting his caucus [...]

Republicans chose Rep. Jim Jordan as their new nominee for House Speaker on Friday during internal voting, putting the gavel within reach of the staunch ally of GOP presidential front-runner Donald [...]

Alfonso joins the AARP team with over 10 years of nonprofit experience.AARP Florida is welcoming Yazmin Alfonso as its new Associate State Director of Outreach. Alfonso joins AARP from EVHybridNoire, [...]

So far, incumbent Republican Rep. Chip LaMarca isn’t facing much of a contest from Democrat James Oaksun if the incumbent’s fundraising is any indication. Between his personal campaign account and [...]

Scotty Moore has collected more than $102,000 as he runs in House District 35. The former congressional candidate reported $25,235 in the third quarter. That’s on top of $77,105 raised [...]

It’s been just a week since the House ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But one Florida lawmaker said most Republicans want the gavel back in his hands. U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez, [...]

DeSantis was vocal and swift in expressing support for Israel upon news of the attacks.Gov. Ron DeSantis described as “abhorrent” two rallies taking place in Florida on Sunday in support [...]

War broke out in Israel Saturday, and Florida’s political leaders were quick to contextualize and condemn in a bi-partisan fashion the Hamas incursion that reportedly has taken 70 lives. Sen. Rick [...]

Who’s next? The U.S. House of Representatives remains largely in paralysis, without a Speaker and uncertain about leadership. But despite the unprecedented nature of filling a vacated Speaker’s Office, Florida [...]

Transitioning out of the military was difficult for me, like it is for many veterans. The nights were especially brutal. I’d shoot out of bed from a dead sleep, the [...]

Skepticism about Ron DeSantis’ chances of becoming the next American President abounds with oddsmakers. That’s one take from the aggregation site Election Betting Odds, which has a former First Lady as [...]

Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to hope that the field in Iowa clears, allowing a two-person race with Donald Trump in the 2024 caucuses. During a press conference, the Republican presidential candidate said [...]

Today’s tech landscape features endless frontiers for artificial intelligence, quantum computing and other technologies, as well as policy oases such as tech “sandboxes” and bipartisan measures to check authoritarian regimes [...]

Florida Democrats, alarmed at what they say is a startling number of youth getting knocked out of Medicaid, are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ administration to do something about children [...]

Ukraine aid remains a point of separation.On the brink of a federal government shutdown, the House on Saturday swiftly approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open as Speaker Kevin [...]

Two weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended him from the Miami City Commission, Alex Díaz de la Portilla got the heave-ho from his Republican Party leadership post. As first reported by [...]

Rick Scott was unable to secure a Senate majority for the GOP last year as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), despite predicting as many as 55 Republican [...]

Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. And the deep state is gonna deep state, state, state, state, state. That’s the take of Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, who has [...]

FIFA is moving more than 100 jobs from its Swiss headquarters to Florida, where a growing workforce is already working on organizing the 2026 World Cup. FIFA informed staff on [...]