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With the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) licking their chops in hopes to defeat Rep. Charlie Crist in the 2020 presidential election cycle, and with a small group of Republican congressional candidates taking aim at Crist over his every move, you would think that the former Governor of Florida would be shaking in his loafers, right?
The Republican congressional primary race in Florida’s 21st district is over before it really began as conservative activist Laura Loomer has absolutely crushed the entire field of wannabee primary opponents in fundraising.
In just a couple of month , Urologist Wiliam Figlesthaler has raised over $125K for his congressional race in Florida’s 19th district and poured another $400k of his own cash to catapult him to the very top of the field of Republican candidates.
The match is set for Florida’s 27th congressional district. With Florida Rep. Donna Shalala (D) having one-term as an example for Floridians to decide whether she deserves to be reelected, her opponent Maria Elvira Salazar (R) has her popularity of being a television personality to boost her campaign. However, being on television isn’t the only […]
"The House of Representatives is not above the law."
Democrats were hoping to get three Republican Senators to vote in favor of calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, but those hopes were dashed when Sen. Lamar Alexander (D-TN) flatly dismissed the impeachment trial as being nothing more than a “shallow, hurried and wholly bipartisan” effort by House Democrats.
Days after Sen. Rick Scott (R) threaten the lobbying firm of Foley & Lardner to blackball them for accepting Venezuelan Inspector General Reinaldo Munoz as a client, the partners at the firm quickly heeded Scott’s warning/threat.
Just as President Donald Trump announced that he had created a Coronavirus task force to combat the recent break out of that deadly disease in China, the administration submitted statements after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their 2018 mortality statistics that showed a decrease in drug overdose deaths.
Even with scores of sanctions levied against the Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela, the Trump administration can’t seem to catch a break from its detractors over their handling of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.
By Mona Salama President Trump unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace vision Tuesday, calling for the creation of an independent Palestine state with its capital in East Jerusalem, while recognizing Israeli sovereignty over West Bank settlements. "My vision provides a win win solution for both sides," Trump said, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
In case you were wondering why you didn’t see former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi argument against Joe and Hunter Biden on the three major networks, all you have to know is that ABC, CBS, and NBC did not air her remarks.
2020 presidential candidates and House Democrats continue to pound President Donald Trump over his remark that U.S. soldiers only suffered “headaches” after an Iranian missile strike in Iraq. "I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things, but I would say, and I can report, it's not very serious," Trump told reporters […]
After Rep. Adam Schiff (D) concluded his opening argument before the U.S. Senate as to why he and fellow House Democrats voted to impeach President Donald Trump, it was the White House counsel's turn to rebut Schiff and his case for impeachment. When asked about what he thought about the White House attorney’s response to […]
After demanding that the Pentagon look into the visa approval process of the Saudi national that shot and killed several U.S. military personnel at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott are now pressing the Pentagon to award the Purple Heart to those wounded in the attack and to award valor medals to the...
President Donald Trump has decided to enter the Republican primary race in Florida's 26th district on Thursday and endorsed Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez over restauranteur Irina Vilarino, who has been pushing the America First Agenda since before entering the race.
“Despite my lifetime of service to our country, Hillary Clinton has essentially tried to portray me as a traitor to our country.”
The bitter 2016 Democratic presidential primary between Secretary Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders appears to have grown another pair of legs, as Clinton ripped open the past campaign cycles slow-healing wound by taking a huge swipe at Sanders during an interview with The Reporter.
