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TALLAHASSEE, FL—Just one week after Florida's Supreme Court allowed a 6-week abortion ban to take hold of the state, Arizona's Supreme Court has upheld a 123-year-old law barring all abortions except to save the mother's life, showing abortion may be the biggest drive for turnout in the November General Election. Arizona's law, codified in 1901, […]
WASHINGTON—Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) spoke to reporters on Capitol Hill to discuss how he advises former President Donald Trump (R) and his campaign to address Black voters across the country. He started by mentioning that Black voters are looking to be able to pass a brighter future on to their children. “What I really tell […]
Juice?—4.10.2024—Rep. Luna's Right to Try IVF Bill to Head to Floor With Help From Moskowitz—More...
The Right to Try It appears as if Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s recently introduced “Right to Try” IVF legislature is going to make it onto the House floor for a vote. Rep. Luna told The Floridian that Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) would be cosponsoring the measure and that she understood that leadership was going to push the […]
After recent reports surfaced of Hunter Biden’s legal team appearing at the White House two days before he failed to appear at the House Oversight Committee despite receiving a subpoena, Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) appeared on Newsmax to break down the situation from his point of view. The Florida congressman said President Joe Biden’s alleged […]
STUART, FL—Tuesday Morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed a retail theft bill into law, instituting a severe crackdown on the Sunshine State's high levels of shoplifting and porch piracy. "We're a law and order state. If you do the crime, you do the time," DeSantis said. He hosted his press conference at a Walgreens in Stuart, […]
As Venezuela's Presidential Elections draw closer in July, few in the United States expect the results to be legitimate, and a recent bill presented in the South American country's legislature only reinforces the notion. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued a bipartisan statement with Senators Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) condemning the regime of Nicolas Maduro […]
From the Never Trumpers to the stalwarts, conservatives are pushing back against President Trump’s abortion stance.
US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has requested Senate leadership hold a full impeachment trial for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The US House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas last February. Mayorkas’ impeachment is the first of its kind in the last 150 years. Specifically, House Republicans accuse Mayorkas of intentional […]
Well,. it was supposed to be a secret until all of the House Republicans were requalified to jump out of an airplane but leave it to Rep. Michael Waltz (R) to spill the beans about a historic jump that former military members will make on June 6 over Normandy. "In Palatka getting ready to jump […]
Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) is acknowledging what he believes to be a positive moment as the U.S. Army Corps has stopped importing “toxic discharges” from Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie Estuary. This comes after Rep. Mast called for the Army Corps to end the discharges. “The Corps has already dumped more than 50 billion […]
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen is visiting China this week on a diplomatic trip to strengthen economic ties between both nations. Via press conference in Beijing, Secretary Yellen underscored President Joe Biden’s desire to expand existing bilateral American-Chinese economic partnerships and forge new ones. Yellen suggested a US separation from China would be […]
Miami International Airport's Infrastructure Problems Persist MIAMI— Because the City of Miami is such a tourist destination, the Miami International Airport’s airline footprint is outpacing many American airports even as the aging point of entry continues to struggle with infrastructure woes. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Caval... READ MORE Rep. Anna Paulina Luna-If the federal government will aid […]
MIAMI— Because the City of Miami is such a tourist destination, the Miami International Airport’s airline footprint is outpacing many American airports even as the aging point of entry continues to struggle with infrastructure woes. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava has been trying to fix the airport's problems and recently announced that the broken […]
President Joe Biden has announced he is renewing his administration’s debt-cancellation efforts after the US Supreme Court rejected his last initiative. President Biden had previously attempted to exploit the HEROES act to execute his loan forgiveness plan. However, in Biden v Nebraska, the Supreme Court ruled President Biden’s loan forgiveness plan was unconstitutional. Biden’s new […]
Attorney General Merrick Garland was expected to hand over documents related to President Biden's keeping of classified documents Monday at noon or face contempt of Congress charges from House Republicans. Ahead of the deadline, Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) appeared on Fox and Friends First to discuss the scandal, blasting Special Counsel Robert Hur for not charging Biden when such […]
SANFORD, FL—During a press conference addressing Florida's fentanyl crisis, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo praised the Sunshine State's transgender sports ban in the wake of the Summer Olympics imposing new restrictions on transgender athletes. Who would have thought it would be controversial to allow girls to compete with other girls and not have to compete with […]
SANFORD, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis signed two fentanyl bills into law Monday morning, creating a second-degree felony for individuals who expose first responders to fentanyl, designating June 6th as Revival Awareness Day, and expanding a fentanyl-recovery program to a total of 29 Florida counties. "We have massive amounts of fentanyl pouring into the country from the […]
Over the weekend, Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) announced on X (formerly Twitter) that she will introduce legislation this week increasing the Federal minimum sentence for child sexual abuse to a capital offense or life in prison, saying, "You cannot cure predators." I am introducing a bill this Thursday that will raise the federal minimum […]
