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The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) announced they've filed a motion this week in defense of Florida's SAVE Act through multiple releases this week. The SAVE Act, or HB 991, would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in the state and keep noncitizens off voter rolls. […]

President Donald Trump has released a short video encouraging voters in Florida's 16th Congressional District to vote for Sydney Gruters as the Republican nominee in the upcoming August primary. The Video "A very special hello to Florida," President Trump began. "There's an incredibly important primary election coming up in your state on Tuesday, August 18th, […]

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart believes that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has a strong chance to prevail against any Democratic challenger should he decide to run for president in 2028. The South Florida Representative told The Floridian that despite rumors and hopes that the Secretary and former Florida Senator will run for president, he knows that […]

In a coalition with two other Republican colleagues, Sen. Rick Scott has introduced a bill to establish posts for a Secretary of the Coast Guard and an Undersecretary to lead the 43,000-member maritime service. The “Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act,” cosponsored by Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), will reportedly assign the Secretary […]

President Donald Trump has imposed a retaliatory 50% tariff on several Canadian goods “in response to Canada’s discriminatory treatment of American products,” such as cars, alcohol, and dairy. Through three presidential Proclamations, President Trump imposed the 50% tariffs under Section 338 of the 1930 Trade Act. The tariffs, set to take effect on Aug. 19, […]

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega recently announced that the country will not hold any future elections to prevent the opposition from potentially taking his position. “They should forget about it. Here in Nicaragua, there will never again be elections that they can use to try to seize the government and take power,” the authoritarian leader said […]

A new poll by the Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) at the University of North Florida shows Congressman and Florida gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds (R-FL) with a five-point edge over presumptive Democratic nominee David Jolly in the governor's race. Byron Donalds: 46% David Jolly: 41% Other: 5% The results come after another PORL poll found […]

Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) have teamed up to introduce a bipartisan bill to modernize the federal Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) to meet changing needs rather than remain a fixed allotment system. Context for What the Bill Does The Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) is a joint federal and […]

Former Marine and write-in Republican candidate for Florida’s 5th Congressional District (FL CD 5), William Upham, has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump. Upham’s arrest comes after he published a video statement on X, claiming President Trump is the “Anti-Christ” and “must be killed.” “We are at war with evil. […]

During a primetime televised address, President Donald Trump announced the release of declassified intelligence reports that allegedly reveal “shocking vulnerabilities” in the American election infrastructure. According to the president, the documents – now accessible on the White House website – indicate that the U.S.’s election system is “dangerously exposed” to “hacking, exploitation, and foreign intelligence.” […]

Federal regulators have launched an investigation into President Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator after allegedly earning more than $100,000 by placing bets on the president’s speeches on a prediction market. Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant to the president who has been operating Trump's teleprompter since 2016, is reportedly in talks with the Commodity Futures Trading […]

U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has co-sponsored a bipartisan bill cracking down on both foreign influence and control in U.S. pharmaceutical supply chains. Alongside Minority Ranking Member Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and committee member Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Scott introduced the Pharmaceutical Investment Oversight and Accountability Act. The legislation aims […]

Shusha, Azerbaijan— During the 4th Annual Shusha Global Media Forum, where several hundred media outlets around the world were invited to attend, including The Floridian, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev praised President Donald Trump and his administration over their efforts to broker peace between his country and the country of Armenia. Breitbart News senior investigative reporter […]

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs announced it will impose additional sanctions on the Cuban Regime’s “Instruments of Repression” and “Source of Funding” as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to end the communist-led government’s “malign activities.” In a press release issued this week, the Department of State unveiled the designations […]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has fired back at the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) “illegitimate interventions” on American military and law enforcement, announcing a “diplomatic campaign” against the intergovernmental organization. In a statement issued on X, Secretary Rubio accused the ICC of wanting to take away the U.S.’s “essential and indispensable feature of our form […]

When Republican billionaire donor Ken Griffin recently acknowledged that he would be open to back Secretary of State Marco Rubio if he ran of president in 2028 over Vice President JD Vance, the shot across the political was not made against VP Vance or President Donald Trump, but to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Griffin, who […]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked the legal status of a Laotian national “convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in the state of Minnesota” after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz pardoned the sexual offender as he was set to be deported. According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on June 11, 2026, the […]

President Donald Trump has discharged the remaining members of the U.S. Election Assistance Committee (EAC) just a few months before the 2026 Midterm elections, effectively leaving the four-person independent bipartisan committee vacant ahead of the congressional races. “The President, and head of the Executive Branch, reserves the right to remove individuals that may not be […]