JUICE🍊—7.9.2025—Key West Commission Caves Under Pressure, Backs Agreement With ICE—Rubio, DeSantis, Castor—Much More...

Key West in the Crosshairs: Commissioners Vote to Keep Agreement With ICE Following Uthmeier Warning

Key West City Commissioners voted 4-2 on Tuesday in favor of keeping the city's 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...READ MORE

 

Secretary Marco Rubio—"We've prevented and ended a war between India and Pakistan, NATO is now at 5% for the first time ever... a peace deal between the [DRC] and Rwanda, a 12-day war that ended with an American operation that we're the only country in the world that could have done, hopefully pretty soon a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The entire Middle East and the infrastructure of it has the potential now to change because of Syria and Lebanon. And it hasn't even been 6 months"

Steube Says Impact of Big Beautiful Bill Will be Felt by Next Year, Affect Midterms—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich

Key West Commissioners Vote to Keep Agreement With ICE Following Uthmeier Warning—By The Floridian's Michael Costeines

Castor Urges Reinstatement of Assistant Attorney Prosecuting St. Pete Embezzler—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich

DeSantis Says 'No' to Trump's New Plan Protecting Undocumented Farmers—By The Floridian's Liv Caputo—Gov. Ron DeSantis amplified a podcast Tuesday criticizing President Donald Trump's new plan to shield undocumented farm workers from deportation...

DeSantis Floats Suspending Miami Commissioners After City Cancels 2025 Mayoral Election—By The Floridian's Michael Costeines—Gov. Ron DeSantis recently stated that he's keeping all options on the table, including possible suspensions, after Miami...

TSA Removes Policy Requiring Travelers to Remove Shoes at Some Airports—By The Floridian's Michael Costeines—Travelers at some U.S. airports may not have to remove their shoes during routine Transportation Security Administration checks anymore, according...

Salazar Keeps Pressure on Petro in US-Colombia Diplomatic Spat—By The Floridian's Mateo Guillamont—Representative Maria Elvira-Salazar continues condemning Colombian President Gustavo Petro for his threats against the US. The US recently recalled its...

Scott Continues Campaign Against China With Bill Targeting U.S. Tax Credits—By The Floridian's Adrian Morgade—Florida Senator Rick Scott continues his campaign against China, focusing on preventing the country from accessing and utilizing assets and...

Buchanan Pushes for Passage of Thin Blue Line Act After Texas Anti-ICE Shooting—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich—Representative Vern Buchanan urged the passage of his Thin Blue Line Act in a post to X (formerly Twitter) responding to news of...

Key West to Introduce Resolution Taking Legal Action Against DeSantis Over ICE Partnership—By The Floridian's Liv Caputo—The Key West city commission will consider a Tuesday motion to take legal action against Gov. Ron DeSantis for requiring local police...

Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate David Jolly Suggests Tax Increases on Insurers —By The Floridian's Michael Costeines—Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly is floating a proposal to increase taxes on insurance companies and visitors to the Sunshine State as a solution to the state's affordability crisis. Jolly outlined his potential plan in an interview with NBC 6 South Florida Host Jackie Nespral.

Florida Gas Prices Rise 13 Cents From Last Week, Still Lowest Since 2021 Despite Uptick —By The Floridian's Michael Costeines—Drivers in Florida are feeling a bit more heat at the pump in July, as gas prices rose 13 cents per gallon from last week, according to AAA.

DeSantis Deploys Four Boats, 15 People to Respond to Historic Texas Floods—By The Floridian's Liv Caputo—Gov. Ron DeSantis deployed three rescue teams to Kerrville, Texas over the weekend to help respond to historic flooding that killed at least 89 people and...

Donalds Rips Democrats' 'People Will Die' Rhetoric Surrounding 'Big Beautiful Bill'—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich—Representative Byron Donalds was having none of the Democrats' claims that "people will die" surrounding the Big Beautiful Bill's...

Republican Toby Overdorf Announces SD 31 Election Bid—By The Floridian's Michael Costeines—Rep. Toby Overdorf announced on Monday that he filed paperwork to run for Senate District 31, as first reported by Florida Politics. Overdorf will look to succeed Sen...

Johnson Teases Two More Big Beautiful Bills—By The Floridian's Mateo Guillamont—House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed plans to draft two additional bills similar to the recently passed ‘One, Big, Beautiful’ Bill. Republicans codified BBB during the 4th of...

McCormick Calls for 'Bipartisan Solutions, Not Cuts Disguised as Reform' in Regards to the Big Beautiful Bill—By The Floridian's Adrain Morgade—Florida Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick appeared in an MSNBC interview to discuss the long-term...

Florida Republicans Celebrate Final House Passage of Big Beautiful Bill—By The Floridian's Grayson Bakich—With the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" finally ready to be signed into law after a final House of Representatives vote, several Florida Republicans issued...

DeSantis Asks Elon Musk for Political Help—By The Floridian's Liv Caputo—Though Gov. Ron DeSantis doesn't like Elon Musk's new political party, he hopes the tech billionaire will throw his weight behind two potential constitutional amendments limiting congressional...

Gruters vs. Ingoglia: Rumble in Florida's Political Candyland —By The Floridian's Javier Manjarres

 

The Juice is published by  by Javier Manjarres, Liv Caputo,  and Daniel Molina