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Senate Republicans Request Garland Investigate ICC Prosecutor for Potential Links to Hamas A group of Republican Senators have requested Attorney General Merrick Garland investigate International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan. The request follows Khan’s announcement of seeking...READ MORE Rep. Mike Waltz: "Biden thinks that climate change is the top threat to our national […]
The US House of Representatives approved legislation earlier this week to end the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) prohibition on assisting veterans in accessing medical marijuana. According to current law, VA healthcare providers may not recommind, refer, or facilitate veterans’ access to marijuana, regardless of a patient’s state of residence. US Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) […]
A group of Republican Senators have requested Attorney General Merrick Garland investigate International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan. The request follows Khan’s announcement of seeking arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leadership for alleged war crimes. Khan’s arrest warrants for Israeli officials were met bipartisan rejection in the US. President Joe Biden, along with […]
Mucarsel-Powell Blames 'Extremist' Rick Scott for Failed Contraception Bill, Expected-to-Fail IVF Bill In her bid to unseat incumbent Senator Rick Scott, Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell delivers a biting response to the "extremist" lawmaker after he voted down a bill promising nationwide...READ MORE Attorney General Ashley Moody: "We are providing access to free naloxone […]
Thursday, June 6th, marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, a pivotal event in World War II. During the commemoration ceremony, President Joe Biden's actions, which some perceived as awkward, sparked a significant online discussion. Representatives Cory Mills (R-FL) and Ronny Jackson (R-TX) shared their views on these instances during a […]
Early in May, Representative Aaron Bean (R-FL) savaged Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the impact of illegal immigration on our nation's K-12 public school system. After a more recent hearing, the Florida Congressman made a series of comments to Fox News Digital, describing the effect the border crisis has had on schools, to the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In her bid to unseat incumbent Senator Rick Scott, Democratic candidate Debbie Mucarsel-Powell delivers a biting response to the "extremist" lawmaker after he voted down a bill promising nationwide contraception access. "Keeping Radical Rick in the Senate for six more years will put access to contraception on the line for decades to come – […]
As the Israel-Hamas War continues, the Biden Administration has considered allowing the entrance of Palestinian refugees into the United States, a move met with hostility by Republicans. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has taken it a step further by introducing a bill imposing a moratorium on immigration from the Palestinian Authority for two years. Named the […]
Rapper 50 Cent, Congressional Republicans Say Black and Hispanic Voters Leaning Towards Trump With a recent Pew Research poll showing that President Joe Biden's support has slipped among Black voters, Congressional Republicans, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, and rapper 50 Cent...READ MORE Kat Cammack-As we mark 80 years since D-Day, let us […]
The gross human rights violations the Chinese government continues to inflict upon the Uyghur people and other ethnic and religious minorities have continued to garner condemnation from the United States. In the latest effort to hold the CCP accountable, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) called for the reauthorization of the bipartisan […]
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Carlos Giménez (R-FL), have filed legislation in response to reports of Cuban government officials touring Miami International Airport’s (MIA) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) facilities. The visit by Cuban officials to MIA, who were led through secure areas unauthorized for the general public, caused uproar amongst the South […]
US Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) commemorated the 80th anniversary of D-Day by filing a resolution outlining the sacrifices borne by American and Allies’ forces on that fateful day. Senator Scott’s resolution, coauthored by Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Chris Coons (D-DE), was unanimously passed in the Senate. Scott highlighted the bravery and selflessness of the […]
WASHINGTON— With a recent Pew Research poll showing that President Joe Biden's support has slipped among Black voters, Congressional Republicans, including Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, and Rapper 50 Cent, continue to assert that Hispanic and Black communities across the nation are leaning to vote for former President Donald Trump. The latest poll shows […]
The House of Representatives recently passed Representative Brian Mast's (R-FL) bill sanctioning members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting Israel as the Jewish State destroys Hamas by a vote of 247 in favor to 155 opposed. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), together with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and others, praised the bill's passage in […]
US Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and 20 other Senators have jointly criticized a renewed push in the US Senate by Democrats to revive the ‘Right to Contraception’ Act, and now have blocked when the voted it down during a procedural vote by final count of 51 to 39. The Right to Contraception […]
Florida Representatives in the U.S. House, Mario Diaz-Balart (R) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) – both Co-Chairs of the Latino-Jewish Caucus – have sponsored a resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The resolution demands justice and accountability for those responsible for the attack as […]
Representative Brian Mast (R-FL) recently introduced the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, a bill designed to sanction any individual engaged in an effort by the International Criminal Court (ICC) working to “investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute American citizens or an official from an allied U.S. country, including Israel.” The legislation passed in the House of Representatives […]
House Republicans continue torching the recent decision by the Biden Administration to take executive action on the border crisis, slamming it as both ineffective and something he could have done all along. Among them was Representative Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who discussed the messaging and narratives surrounding the executive action, which she called "infuriating" and […]
