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Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) have reintroduced a bill to curb the sale of fentanyl online. The legislation is known as the Stopping Online Confusion for Investigative Agencies and Law-enforcement by Maintaining Evidence Determined Interparty Arrangements (SOCIAL MEDIA) Act. The SOCIAL MEDIA Act aims to promote collaboration and improve comprehensive strategies between […]
Representatives Scott Franklin (R-FL) and Gerald Connolly (D-VA) have reintroduced the bipartisan Cardiac Arrest Survival Act, which establishes nationwide standards for legally protecting the usage of defibrillators outside of hospitals during cardiac emergencies. In other words, state-level Good Samaritan laws for using an automated external defibrillator (AED) outside of hospitals will be streamlined into a […]
DeSantis Takes on 'Bedwetting' Media Over Sympathy for Workers Fired by DOGE Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday excoriated "legacy media" for sympathizing with the scores of federal workers fired by a new department in Donald Trump's administration, but not with...READ MORE FL Sen. Jay Collins: "Under @GovRonDeSantis Florida has long led the way on responsible stewardship of tax […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday excoriated "legacy media" for sympathizing with the scores of federal workers fired by a new department in Donald Trump's administration, but not with the thousands of employees laid off for refusing the Covid vaccine. Media outlets are attacking the President and trying to preserve bureaucracy, DeSantis claimed at an Ocala […]
Florida Democratic Party Chairwoman Nikki Fried didn't mince words on Monday after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced a state version of Elon Musk's Department of Governmental Efficiency (DOGE). “Ron DeSantis needs to shut his damn mouth,” Fried said in a news release. “Republicans have been in total control of Florida’s government for nearly 30 years, and […]
Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy recently announced his candidacy for Ohio’s governorship. Ramaswamy's announcement comes as Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s term nears a close in January 2027. Ramaswamy claimed during his candidacy announcement that he would focus his agenda on economic prosperity, promising to bring “a hatchet to red tape, overregulation and bureaucracy.” President Donald Trump, […]
State Rep. Fabian Basabe (R) is now speaking out about his experience at Miami Beach Pride 2024, claiming he was excluded from the event due to political bias.
President Donald Trump joined heads of state in a recent Group of Seven (G7) summit that primarily focused on the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelenskyy was invited to join the summit and did so alongside traditional members Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the US. The G7 meeting was called […]
Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL) is reintroducing the bipartisan Charlotte Woodward Organ Transplant Discrimination Prevention Act with Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI), ending discrimination against people with disabilities in the organ transplant system. Rep. Cammack's legislation updates the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act by clarifying that organ transplants cannot be denied to disabled individuals and prohibits covered […]
WASHINGTON—With Democrats up in arms over the aggressive and transparent nature of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in support of President Donald Trump’s “America First Agenda” initiative, Republican lawmakers like Senator Ashley Moody and Rep. Byron Donalds continue to praise the efforts of a complete government agency overhaul. Shortly after votes on Monday, […]
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) recently praised U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for her work just weeks since taking the oath of office as the head of the Department of Justice under President Donald Trump (R). As a United States Senator, Ted Cruz mentioned that he had interviewed Bondi since becoming Attorney General and asked whether […]
Byron Donalds Responds to Ron DeSantis's 2026 Gubernatorial dig Against him Hours after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appeared to dismiss President Donald Trump’s 2026 gubernatorial endorsement of Rep. Byron Donalds, the MAGA favorite congressman spoke to The Floridian and shrugged off Gov. DeSantis’s dig against him...READ MORE Maxwell Alejandro Frost-U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United […]
President Donald Trump has congratulated Germany’s center-right party, the Christian Democrats (CDU), for their recent electoral victory in Germany’s parliamentary elections. Germany’s elections were held at the order of the former President Olaf Scholz from the Social Democratic Party (SPD) after his governmental coalition began to break down. President Trump called the CDU’s victory a […]
WASHINGTON—Hours after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appeared to dismiss President Donald Trump’s 2026 gubernatorial endorsement of Rep. Byron Donalds, the MAGA favorite congressman spoke to The Floridian and shrugged off Gov. DeSantis’s dig against him. When asked about Gov. DeSantis’s assertion that Rep. Donalds wasn’t doing much during his time in the House of Representatives […]
National Security Adviser Mike Waltz spoke with Fox and Friends about the continuing negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, saying President Donald Trump and the White House "expect to get this deal done." "We have been all hands on deck. Secretary [Scott] Bessent, our Treasury Secretary, has been leading the charge, and frustrations are high," Waltz began, […]
Florida Senate Democratic Leader Jason Pizzo recently joined The Katie Phang Show on MSNBC to talk about the state's recent green light on a package of anti-immigration measures, which among other things includes the death penalty for illegal immigrants who commit capital crimes. "The Supreme Court well settled in 1976 in Woodson vs State, it's […]
'Not Been Part of Victories': DeSantis Trashes Donalds for Gov, Touts First Lady Casey DeSantis Gov. Ron DeSantis weighed in on the 2026 governor's race on Monday by lashing out at Donald Trump's candidate, Byron Donalds, for failing to help defeat "the left" in Florida while...READ MORE FL Sen. Jay Collins: "Under @GovRonDeSantis Florida has long led the […]
Florida GOP Chairman Evan Power on Monday boasted a new addition to Florida highways with its 'Gulf of America' billboard after President Donald Trump ordered the name change of the former Gulf of Mexico on his first day in office. "Well it's a nice little billboard, I love the elephant that's reclining there on its […]
