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TALLAHASSEE, FL—After a bullet came within a "quarter of an inch" of killing former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt Friday evening, Governor Ron DeSantis has joined a chorus of congressional voices demanding an investigation into the Secret Service and its security protocols. "Biden tells us to trust the bureaucracy to investigate the assassin's […]
At the RNC, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz (R) introduced the Republican Party's Platform, calling on all to support the platform and to support President Trump.
US lawmakers are calling for full congressional investigations into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. As reported by The Floridian’s Javier Manjarres, President Trump was shot in the right ear during Saturday's rally. The shot came from the right side of the stage, and Secret Service whisked away the former president. Trump pumped […]
U.S. Representatives from the state of Florida shared their reactions to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s (R) life. On Saturday a gunman shot and nearly killed the former president at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. President Trump’s right ear was pierced by a bullet, millimeters from an even more catastrophic event. […]
Former President Donald Trump is claiming his surviving Saturday’s attempt against his life is due to either fateful fortune or divine intervention. In an exclusive interview with the New York Post (NYP), President Trump underscored his shock at having survived, stating he’s “supposed to be dead.” According to the NYP, President Trump recognized that a […]
Former President Donald Trump (R) dodged an assassination attempt on his life on Saturday after a gunman shot and nearly killed him at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The attempted assassination has brought the Secret Service's capabilities and bandwidth into question, but it also brought to light a recently filed legislative measure that specifically called for […]
Former President Donald Trump (R) dodged an assassination attempt on his life on Saturday after a gunman shot and nearly killed him at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. President Trump’s right ear was pierced by a bullet, millimeters from an even more catastrophic event. Sadly, an audience member was killed and two spectators were […]
Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL) has introduced two bipartisan bills to protect children in the digital space online. The two bills – the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Network (TAKE IT DOWN) Act and the Stop Crimes Against Children Act are designed to limit AI “deepfakes” and “revenge porn” […]
US Representative Neal Dunn (R-FL) is leading a bipartisan and bicameral bill to recognize North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Secretary General Stoltenberg has served NATO since 2014 and has guided the alliance through a tumultuous period plagued with international crises, wars, and internal disputes. Nonetheless, a bipartisan group of Representatives and […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—The fifth and final American detained for ammunition possession in the Turks and Caicos Islands has been released with a $1,500 fine; a far superior judgment to the 12-year mandatory sentence the native Floridian could have faced. "This outcome proves once again that under Governor DeSantis' leadership, Florida is looking out for its citizens […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has filed legislation aimed at improving military maternal healthcare vis-a-vis access and quality. The bill would statutorily redefine pregnancy and loss of pregnancy as ‘qualifying life events’ (QLE) under TRICARE to allow mothers to change their TRICARE plan. TRICARE is the military’s healthcare system. Under TRICARE, QLEs enable military personnel […]
Israel, Local South Florida Leaders Push Back Against Antisemitism Nine months after the horrific Hamas terror attack against Israel that led to a string of violent antisemitic riots and protests around the U.S., the movement to stop antisemitism is growing as leaders...READ MORE Florida Sen. Joe Gruters: "RNC Credentials Committee returned the slate […]
Delta Chat is a new phone application that will make sure the Cuban people retain Internet connection regardless of the Cuban regime’s attempt to shut off broad access like the July 11 protests in 2021.
A bipartisan effort to terminate China’s grip on the critical minerals sector is underway in the US Senate. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mark Warner (D-VA), and colleagues introduced the Global Strategy for Securing Critical Minerals Act of 2024 to combat China’s dominance in the field. Currently, China is the largest producer of processed critical minerals, […]
US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has submitted legislation that would crush China’s critical minerals exports with stiff tariffs. The move comes amidst growing concern for China’s critical mineral monopoly. Senator Rubio’s bill, the Critical Mineral Supply Chain Realignment Act of 2024, would impose astronomical tariffs on manufactured goods for which critical minerals are essential. Exports […]
Will it be Ohio Senator J.D. Vance (R)? Will it be Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R)? Come Monday when the Republican National Convention commences in Milwaukee, Republicans will know for certain who the vice president will be.
U.S. lawmakers have come together to commemorate the third anniversary of the historic pro-democracy "Patria y Vida" protests that took place in Cuba on July 11, 2021.
A recently introduced bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives would criminalize ‘deepfake’ pornographic s ‘revenge porn’ publications. Revenge porn, also known as non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), has grown since the popularization of generative artificial intelligence (AI). In response, a bipartisan group of legislators filed the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes […]
