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The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) controversy surrounding apparent political discrimination during Hurricanes Helene and Milton did not end with the Congressional Oversight hearing last week, for Representative Greg Steube (R-FL) has written a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell with follow-up questions unanswered during the hearing. Rep. Steube had previously written a November 15th […]
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) – a founding member of the Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus – confirmed the caucus will take a look at "locking the clock," making Daylight Savings Time permanent around the country. In a social media post on X responding to Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Elon Musk, Sen. Scott […]
The idea has now gained bipartisan support as Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R) believes that FEMA should be a stand-alone agency that reports to the White House.
MIAMI - The Miami-Dade County Police Department expressed their condolences on Monday after the passing of Palm Beach County Sheriff Deputy Ignacio "Dan" Diaz following a traffic crash last week. "We express our deepest condolences to our brothers and sisters at @PBCountySheriff. Our thoughts and prayers are with family, friends, and colleagues of Deputy Ignacio […]
'Never Be Scared To Be Jewish': Fine Calls Omar, Tlaib 'Antisemites' Ahead of Congressional Run After Donald Trump poached Rep. Mike Waltz for his next administration, Florida Republicans plan to send the state Legislature's most pro-Israel hardliner to Congress where he will sit alongside...READ MORE Gov. Ron DeSantis: "We are on the eve of Thanksgiving […]
Special counsel Jack Smith has dismissed the last charges remaining against President-elect Donald Trump for allegedly seeking to overturn the 2020 election and wrongfully retaining classified documents. Special counsel Smith had been appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to prosecute Trump for these alleged crimes. Such charges have all been dropped, given the Department of […]
Mexican and Canadian officials are reacting to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement he will be imposing 25% tariffs on all Canadian and Mexican goods until the flow of illegal immigrants and fentanyl ceases. President-elect Trump promised he would “sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the […]
Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez (R) backs the sweeping tariffs, applauding the "bold action" from the president.
HIALEAH, Fla. - Hialeah is the second safest city in Florida and 53rd safest in the United States, according to a recent study released by WalletHub. “When people think about safety in a city, their minds probably immediately go to things like the crime rate, auto fatality rate or risk of natural disasters. The safest […]
After Donald Trump poached Rep. Mike Waltz for his next administration, Florida Republicans plan to send the state Legislature's most pro-Israel hardliner to Congress where he will sit alongside Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who he calls "antisemites." So is state Sen. Randy Fine, Florida's sole Jewish Republican lawmaker, worried about antisemitism in Congress? […]
Trump World wants Gov. Ron DeSantis to appoint state Sen. Joe Gruters, one of the few Florida Republicans who has clashed with and even called out the Governor, to the soon-to-be vacant Chief Financial Officer position. But DeSantis has stayed quiet, even as speculation swirls that he may appoint one of his allies, like state […]
Federal Jan 6 Charges Dropped Against Trump Special Counsel Jack Smith dropped his charges against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, a move which several Florida Republicans, including Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mike Waltz (R-FL), and Senator Rick Scott...MUST READ Debbie Wasserman Schultz-Extremist censors will only weaken our state’s strong universities. Educators and […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith has dropped his charges against President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, a move which several Florida Republicans, including Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Mike Waltz (R-FL), and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) celebrated on X (formerly Twitter), deriding the case Smith made as "lawfare" that was finally ending. Forbes detailed […]
Late last week, Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a resolution prohibiting transgender individuals at the Capitol from using single-sex facilities opposite of their assigned gender at birth, which was met with death threats. Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has introduced a resolution condemning the threats, calling them "awful and completely unacceptable." Rep. Mace's resolution was […]
During an appearance on Fox News, Florida Rep. Byron Donalds (R) slammed Democrats for allegedly using kids “as pawns.”
Newly elected state Sen. Randy Fine will only be a Senator until Mar. 31, he revealed in his Tuesday resignation letter, because he will run for a congressional seat vacated by President-elect Donald Trump's future national security adviser. Fine, 50, submitted his resignation letter Tuesday morning announcing that Mar. 31 will be his last day […]
The expected avalanche of support for State Senator Randy Fine’s newly-announced congressional campaign has begun with Sen. Rick Scott and House Leadership following President-elect Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement of the outspoken “Hebrew Hammer.” The Floridian first reported that Senator Fine would only run for the open congressional seat if he received the highly-coveted Trump endorsement. "President Trump has made clear, even […]
With President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence being dubbed the “Winter White House” after he was first elected in 2016, not only did the residence become the center of the political universe outside of Washington, D.C., Florida become the state where Americans around the country began to migrate to. Florida has become ground zero for recruitment […]
