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Despite being cleared of wrongdoing without charges filed against him, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is still under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, to which he recently issued his final response, calling the whole affair "a political payback exercise, devoid of adequate due process, riddled with leaks, and now seeking deeply personal information that is […]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. - Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link's Canvassing Board Chair Thursday ordered the removal of a Palm Beach County woman for questioning the different types of ballots being used for November's upcoming election. "I've been trying to ask these same questions since 2022. There are two totally different […]
TALLAHASSEE—Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced that new models for the ever-strengthening Hurricane Helene have it tracking more east, which would help spare Florida's capital city the massive damage that some residents are preparing for. Though most predictions have Helene, which is now a Category 2, slamming into the Panhandle just southwest of Tallahassee, newer […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) filed new legislation to sanction China a few days after filing a different sanctions proposal earlier this week. The new sanctions proposal seeks to counteract China’s role in the illegal fentanyl trade. Senator Rubio’s earlier sanctions proposal sought to sanction Chinese entities using slave labor to manufacture goods. In his […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has recently said she would support abolishing the Senate filibuster to codify Roe v. Wade into law. Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) and several House Republicans expressed their opposition to the scheme in remarks to The Floridian, with the Republicans deriding vice president Harris as exposing her radicalism and warning of a […]
TALLAHASSEE—As the Sunshine State battens down the hatches in preparation for the potentially major Hurricane Helene, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that Uber will provide free rides to shelters in counties under a state of emergency. Luckily—or perhaps unluckily—for Floridians, that offer extends to the 61 counties under a declared state of emergency. "I'm […]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke to The Floridian regarding news surrounding the filibuster and the southern border as Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D) has put herself in the spotlight on both accords. First, VP Harris told Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR) she supports ending the filibuster to restore Roe v. Wade federally. Axios […]
US Senator Rick Scott’s (R-FL) Enhanced Presidential Security Act, led by Representatives Mike Lawler and Ritchie Torres in the House of Representatives, unanimously passed the Senate after passing with a bipartisan and unanimous 405-0 vote in the House. The bill would provide presidential and vice presidential nominees the same level of Secret Service protections as […]
In recent years, the escalating threat of cyberattacks by Chinese-backed hackers has become a pressing concern. Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) has introduced bipartisan legislation in response to this urgent situation. This legislation intends to swiftly uncover and combat these hackers through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Rep. Lee's Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored […]
The Destruction Initiative for Stored Precursors Overseas and Safe Enforcement (DISPOSE) Act will create fentanyl and precursor chemical destruction facilities in three drug trafficking choke points: Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.
Florida Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (R), María Elvira Salazar (R), and Carlos A. Giménez (R) are now sharing their concern over the second Cuban official to allegedly seek refuge in the United States.
By Bryan Leib Last week in Miami at FIU’s campus, Senator Rick Scott organized a roundtable discussion with Jewish and non-Jewish leaders to facilitate a conversation about the dangerous rise of Antisemitism in Florida, calling the coalition “Floridians Against Antisemitism”. The event was attended by State Rep. Randy Fine, local mayors, prominent Rabbis and Pastors. […]
A day out from what is predicted to be a major hurricane, Gov. Ron DeSantis warned Floridians to heed local evacuation warnings and to finalize preparations in anticipation of Hurricane Helene. Currently a tropical storm, Gov. DeSantis fretted that it could be even more intense than Hurricane Idalia in 2023, a near-Category 4 storm that […]
Republican U.S. Representatives from Florida, Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Texas, Chip Roy (R-TX) spoke to The Floridian regarding Vice President Kamala Harris’ (D) plans to visit the southern border for the first time since becoming the Democrat nominee for President. Illegal immigration, once again, has become a major topic of discussion this election cycle and […]
Republican U.S. Representatives from the states of Texas and Florida spoke to The Floridian regarding the Democrat’s strategy to link the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 to former President Donald Trump (R). The former president has repeatedly disavowed the plan. For instance, Representative August Pfluger (R-TX) told The Floridian that the media is colluding with the […]
By pointing to Republican fear, volunteer numbers, and call volumes, Florida Democrats are swearing that even though the Sunshine State has experienced a massive year-over-year Republican shift in voter registration, the state is "in play" for them in November. While the state Democrats have long maintained the "in play" mantra, momentum from their two controversial […]
Vice President Kamala Harris upcoming visit to the southern border in Arizona was mocked by Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Kudlow, where she said, "she is simply using this as a talking point." Republicans have repeatedly called out Harris's flip-flop on the ongoing border crisis, which has evidently been motivated […]
With less than 2 months before the 2024 presidential election cycle comes to a close, the ever-embattle Broward Republican Executive Committee (BREC) has endorsed Imtiaz “Andy” Mohammad (pictured with Andrew Gillum) over centrist State Senate Senator Jason Pizzo (D). If you are a Republican voter in East Broward County and have never heard of Mr. […]
