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The Saturday assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, tragically took the life of former fire chief Corey Comperatore, who died protecting his wife and daughter from the gunfire. In a touching display of bipartisanship, Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) introduced a resolution honoring Comperatore and his heroic sacrifice. […]
Just days after former President Donald Trump escaped an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed his classified documents case. Several Florida and Arizona Republicans took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the news, praising Cannon's decision. Cannon's 93-page decision cites the lack of Presidential or Senate approval of Special Counsel Jack Smith […]
The attempt on former President Donald Trump's life on Saturday has left America reeling, with Congress demanding answers and accountability. Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) discussed the opening of investigations in a recent appearance on Fox and Friends First, suggesting House Republicans established a "J13" select committee to determine how much anti-Trump rhetoric from Democratic officials incited […]
US Representatives Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Sean Casten (D-IL) have jointly submitted a bill to boost sustainable fashion. Together, Representatives Salazar and Casten drafted the Voluntary Sustainable Apparel Labeling Act to spur the sustainable clothing industry. The bill would enable customers to identify sustainable apparel brands through an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved tag. If […]
Judge Dismisses Documents Case Against President Donald Trump Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed Prosecutor Jack Smith's documents case against former President Donald Trump. The 93-page dismissal cites that Smith was not appointed by the President, nor was...READ MORE Donald Trump, Jr: "Biden is stuck with the worst VP in the history of our […]
Scott and Senate Republicans Waste No Time After SCOTUS Ruling, Form Group to Scale Back Bureaucracy
Conservative Senators are hurriedly capitalizing on the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling curtailing bureaucratic rule making authority in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Loper overruled Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council, a keystone case for the expansion of federal agencies’ authority subsequently known as Chevron deference. Chevron created legal precedent dictating that federal agencies had […]
U.S. Representative and potential VP pick Byron Donalds (R-FL) appeared on Fox News in Milwaukee just hours before the commencement of the Republican National Convention and less than 48 hours removed from the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump’s (R) life. On Saturday a gunman shot and nearly killed the former president at his […]
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 […]
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 […]
President Joe Biden's press conference after the NATO summit seemed only to validate recent concerns for his health and wellbeing, which Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL) warned could only mean that America's adversaries such as China, Russia, and Iran are emboldened further in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Varney & Co., further suggesting that none of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
