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Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) joined Mornings with Maria to discuss the threat that China poses amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an issue that the Florida lawmaker has long commented on, and it has even resulted in him being sanctioned by China.
As states continue to battle with the idea of fully opening up or leaving certain aspects closed, the conversation has now shifted to the idea of whether or not there should be a vaccine mandate if a vaccine should be created.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) announced today that he’s endorsing Dr. Leo Valentin (R) in his bid against Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D) to represent the sunshine state’s 7th Congressional District.
Florida Rep. Donna Shalala (D), who now faces a 2018 rematch against her GOP opponent Maria Elvira Salazar, has just released a new advertisement titled “Leadership.”
With tension continuing to rise between Republicans and Democrats regarding the upcoming 2020 election and mail-in voting, Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) is now alleging that she was denied access to two U.S. Postal Service mail sorting facilities on Friday.
President Trump (R) and Republicans are touting the new jobs report, arguing “that the Great American Comeback continues.”
In a recent Quinnipiac poll regarding Florida hispanic voters, former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is lagging behind President Donald Trump (R). Moreover, Biden is also underperforming compared to exit polls that for Hillary Clinton (D) that showed her outperforming President Trump.
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D) is calling attention to a recent concern involving disinfectants and the current COVID-19 pandemic.
The sunshine state has made an effort to allow Floridians to make use of solar energy. However, over the weekend, two organizations that support the continued access to home solar power in the sunshine state released a report that signals the threat of utility monopolies that are looking to remove Floridian’s rights to solar use.
Florida Senator Rick Scott (R) announced today that he is pledging to support law enforcement during this time, and he also announced that he’s done so by signing the Heritage Action’s Police Pledge.
As Americans continue to struggle with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health of Americans has been a grave concern for state governments.
With the 2020 election just 3 months away, key battleground states are up for grabs as Vice President Joe Biden (D) plans to hit the campaign trail.
With the continued threat of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting Floridians throughout the state, a new poll issued. By MoneyWise Florida indicates that “nearly three in four Floridians continue too suffer from high levels of stress relating to their personal and family financial situation as they struggle through the ongoing” crisis.
A bipartisan effort by Florida Reps. Michael Waltz (R), Stephanie Murphy (D), and Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) announced that U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper had agreed to honor U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Alwyn Cashe with a Medal of Honor, which is the highest award for combat valor in the United States.
After losing the 2016 presidential election, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) has been supporting Vice President Joe Biden’s (D) candidacy for the presidency in the upcoming 2020 election.
Ahead of President Trump's (R) speech at the Republican National Convention, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (D), has released a statement slamming President Trump for his response to the COVID-19 crisis.
Shortly after news reached the airwaves that President Erdogan of Turkey had met with leaders of Hamas, which the United States and the European Union have both designated as terrorist organizations, Erdogan received criticism from the State Department.
Whether or not Puerto Rico will achieve statehood is an issue that the United States has been debating for years, and it seems that Democrats want the question to be answered sooner than later.
