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A Clearwater man was found guilty by a jury Wednesday on two counts of simple battery for assaulting U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna's (R-FL) campaign manager outside the Clearwater courthouse in Pinellas County. The guilty verdict follows an assault by Andrew Francis, then 32, on Olivia Carson in November 2024. Carson filed a police report […]
Florida Supreme Court Sides With DeSantis in Landmark Redistricting Decision The Florida Supreme Court sided with Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday in a landmark congressional redistricting case, ruling that the U.S. Constitution outweighs a citizen-led state amendment...READ MORE FL Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith: "My team attend the Orange County Drowning Prevention Action Plan Workshop, joining […]
Sen. Joe Gruters (R-Sarasota) has announced that two of President Donald Trump's top political advisors, Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio, will be joining his campaign as he seeks to become Florida's next chief financial officer (CFO). Both LaCivita, Trump's co-campaign manager during his 2024 presidential campaign, and Fabrizio, who referred to Sen. Gruters as a […]
TALLAHASSEE—The Florida Supreme Court sided with Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday in a landmark congressional redistricting case, ruling that the U.S. Constitution outweighs a citizen-led state amendment adopted in 2010. The 5 to 1 decision marks the latest chapter in a years-long debate over racial discrimination and racial gerrymandering stemming from a DeSantis-created congressional map in […]
Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) discussed how advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) could be used by law enforcement against those who would use it for criminal purposes in a recent House Judiciary hearing. "Today's hearing, among other things, highlights one of the most urgent of these threats [criminal use of AI], which is the exploitation of […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced a bill to ban immigration from countries with laws requiring their citizens to cooperate with foreign intelligence services. Senator Scott claimed the bill is motivated by reports that countries, like China, target the US through pernicious intelligence gathering efforts. “Communist China”, said Scott, “is not just our competitor, they are our […]
The US government is working to contain an escalating confrontation between Syria and Israel. Recently, the Syrian security forces clashed with the Druze minority in southern Syria. Syria is undergoing a political transition following President al-Assad’s forced departure from the country after rebel forces took control of the country. Since then, interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa […]
The US military is shifting its naval assets in the Middle East after months of confrontations with Iran and its proxies. Reports tracking the US’s deployed carrier strike groups (CSGs) reveal the recent departure of the Vinson CSG from the North Arabian Sea. Vinson had patrolled the North Arabian Sea for months to combat Houthi […]
Ralph Massullo, who previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022, announced he's running for Senate in District 11 on Wednesday. Massullo will look to replace Sen. Blaise Ingoglia (R-Spring Hill), who just became Florida's new chief financial officer. “Florida’s success is the result of Florida First leaders who championed common […]
Trump vs. DeSantis II (Ingoglia vs. Gruters) After a nasty 2024 presidential primary election that saw now-President Donald Trump crushing Gov. Ron DeSantis to win the Republican presidential nomination, the bad blood between the two men had somewhat calmed, until now—Enter Blaise Ingoglia and Joe Gruters. President Trump and Gov. DeSantis have been cordial since, […]
Florida GOP Chairman Evan Power congratulated Sen. Blaise Ingoglia (R-Spring Hill) after Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed him to be the state's next chief financial officer (CFO) on Wednesday. Sen. Ingoglia replaces former CFO Jimmy Patronis, who resigned to successfully run for Congress in the 1st Congressional District. “I want to congratulate Blaise Ingoglia on his […]
Congressional Republicans looking to hold onto their slim majority next fall should extend the Obamacare tax credits that expire at the end of the year or face a greater likelihood of losing the House to Democrats, according to a survey from pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward. "Republicans have an opportunity to overcome a current […]
Representative Mike Haridopolos (R-FL) described the idea of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) as "evil" in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Bottom Line during a discussion about the ongoing debate over cryptocurrency legislation. For additional context, twelve Republicans voted against a procedural vote for three bills related to cryptocurrency. Two key bills, the […]
Proxy War Begins: DeSantis Appoints Blaise Ingoglia Chief Financial Officer Gov. Ron DeSantis picked state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia on Thursday to be Florida's new chief financial officer, bypassing Donald Trump's endorsed candidate ahead of the 2026 race...READ MORE Sen. Ashley Moody: "The University of Michigan has received tens of millions of dollars in foreign […]
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-FL) recently criticized "Alligator Alcatraz" during an appearance on MSNBC, claiming officials behind the illegal alien detention facility in the Everglades are deliberately looking to jail more people and "ethnically cleanse" certain groups of immigrants. "They want more people behind bars. They want to incarcerate more people," Frost said. And […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday that no worldly—or unworldly—circumstances could convince him to make state Sen. Joe Gruters Florida's next chief financial officer. Not even undead George Washington. "If George Washington rose from the dead and came back and tapped me on the shoulder and said, 'Will you appoint Joe Gruters CFO?' My response would […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis picked state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia on Thursday to be Florida's new chief financial officer, bypassing Donald Trump's endorsed candidate ahead of the 2026 race. By elevating Ingoglia, 54, to the post instead of Trump candidate state Sen. Joe Gruters, the Florida governor has kicked off what will likely be a vicious proxy […]
Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) led a recent House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the continued advance of drone technology and how it could be weaponized against the United States, saying he fears a terror attack on the scale of September 11th, 2001, could be carried out by drones. "Drone technology has just gotten worse, and […]
