Florida

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Governor DeSantis took part in a townhall, directing political jabs at his opponents while affirming that he will "turn the country around" as president.
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) began the New Year with an ad for his 2024 reelection campaign, invoking former President Ronald Reagan and saying America must "cowboy up and fight like hell" to reclaim its values. "We’re losing our country because of Democrats’ radical agenda. Prices and crime are soaring. The border is wide open. Millions […]
Florida Rep. Cory Mills (R) is sounding the alarm on a geopolitical alliance between China, North Korea, and Russia.
Harvard President Claudine Gay as resigned from her position.  Her resignation comes just weeks after failing to share whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate university standards. The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution condemning their testimonies. The measure also called for the remaining university presidents to resign (UPenn’s Elizabeth Magill stepped down […]
State Senator Joe Gruters (R-FL) has introduced legislation labeled SB 1168 – relating to forms of identification. While one of the main focuses of the bill is to expand the acceptable forms of ID for voter registration to include “United States passport cards, identification cards issued by a federally recognized tribal nation or Indian tribe, […]
Florida Republican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler’s legal troubles have worsened as he is now being investigated for possibly violating video voyeurism laws.
President Donald Trump (R) is looking to aggressively compete in Democrat strongholds like New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Minnesota, and New Mexico.
US Representative Cory Mills (R-Fl) expressed his commitment to either "shutdown the border or shutdown the government." Representative Mills' comments are representative of many Republican lawmakers' willingness to compel Democrats to compromise on immigration reform and tighter border enforcement. Mills outlined his legislative priority via X as passing "the 12 single-point Appropriation Bills with necessary […]
State Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book (D-FL) has made another announcement regarding the progress of abortion getting on the ballot in the state of Florida in 2024. On Dec. 22, she declared that the issue is “on track” for voters to decide on in November. Initially, the Florida state senator showcased the abortion coalition’s progress […]
Conservative lawmakers have rung in the new year by emphasizing the holidays' financial toll on Americans and the expected continuation of rising costs in 2024. A study by the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) Republicans recently published reveals an average increase of $10 thousand dollars per US household in inflationary costs. According to the report, Floridians […]
As 2024 Republican primary candidates scramble to take down former President Donald Trump (R), the road ahead just got a lot steeper as US Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) has just endorsed the former president's campaign. Scalise is currently the House Majority Leader for Republicans and was a favorite to replace US Rep. Kevin McCarthy after […]
Not only does President Trump argue that his own time in office was more effective, but he also believes that President Biden has wasted too much time vacationing.
President Joe Biden (D) and his challenger, former President Donald Trump (R) exchanged jabs with each other on New Year's Eve through their respective celebrations. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden spent the New Year at St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, the host of this year's Dick […]
One of the few things people dislike about traveling in Florida are the infamous highway tolls put on travelers. Although toll relief was given to travelers in Florida, this expired on Monday, meaning tolls will now be reversed to their usual rate in 2024. This state toll relief program was brought into effect in Florida […]
President-elect Donald Trump (R) is calling on congressional Republicans to "be smart and tough" as his inauguration day and Senate confirmation hearings approach. But with probable Democrat blockades to Trump's agenda and his appointments, prominent GOP member Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) is also asking those in the GOP to take advantage of the "mandate" given […]
The US is ramping up pressure against Venezuelan Dictator Nicolas Maduro as he prepares to pronounce himself as the next Venezuelan President on January 10th. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke to President-elect Edmundo Gonzalez and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado to express the US’ support in their efforts to uphold their electoral victory […]
Last year, I anticipated heightened violence and conflict in 2024. Regrettably, the year’s defining moments for me were the realization of those predictions. In the Middle East, I claimed President Joe Biden’s lukewarm support for Israel and his nonconfrontational foreign-policy strategy will further destabilize the Middle East by emboldening Hamas, Iran, and peripheral groups such as […]
Former State Representative and State Senate candidate Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-FL) shared his frustration with a recent gun bill that was filed in the state’s upper chamber that loosens restrictions on "weapons of war." According to Smith, the bill HB 1124 – filed by State Senator Jonathan Martin (R-FL) – relaxes existing gun legislation by […]
