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Meta Platforms faces heavy scrutiny after Democratic candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, Angie Nixon, revealed it suspended one of her campaign’s social media accounts just a week ahead of the 2026 Midterm election. The page in question was Nixon's LatinosConAngie Instagram account, a campaign page focused on building support among the nation's Latino community. […]
David Jolly, the Democratic challenger for Florida’s gubernatorial seat, recently criticized his opponent, Congressman Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), over conflict-of-interest concerns tied to reports about his wife’s private companies. “Today’s reporting makes it clear that Byron and Erika Donalds have an obvious conflict of interest in how taxpayer money is used to benefit for-profit charter school […]
Reps. Maxwell Alejandro Frost (D-Fla.) & Laurel Lee (R-Fla.) have teamed up to introduce a bipartisan bill shutting down the importation of sloths into the U.S. The SLOTHS Act The Stopping Legalized Organized Trafficking and Harm to Sloths (SLOTHS) Act, announced on International Sloth Day, seeks to ban imports of wild sloths used for purposes […]
President Donald Trump recently announced a new fuel relief program that will provide farmers with $8 billion in aid to help offset diesel costs during the harvest season. Through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Trump Administration will allocate $8 billion in one-time payments to American producers economically harmed by the ongoing fuel crisis […]
By GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — More than 100,000 people from Ukraine and Sudan can stay in the United States without immediate risk of deportation, the Department of Homeland Security said, in what amounts to a temporary reprieve after their right to stay in the country was set to expire Monday. Temporary Protected […]
Florida secured a big legal win Wednesday when the court ruled to allow the state to enforce its social media ban for kids. NEW: The 11th Circuit allowed Florida to enforce its ban on social media accounts for children under 14 and its parental consent requirement for ages 14–15, ruling that the restrictions likely do […]
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities investigating Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar seized the Democratic lawmaker's phone and have issued more than a dozen grand jury subpoenas, including to some of her relatives, according to a person briefed on the probe. The subpoenas were issued for a grand jury collecting evidence […]
Congressman Greg Steube (R-Fla.) is calling on Congress to pass his citizenship reform legislation amid recent reports claiming that birthright citizenship costs taxpayers over $150 billion annually. “Illegal aliens and their children are costing American taxpayers $150.7 BILLION every year!!” Congressman Steube wrote on X. “American taxpayers should not be forced to bankroll this broken […]
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud are cracking down on improper healthcare subsidy payments, canceling government assistance for 189,000 individuals. HHS & the Anti-Fraud Task Force have cancelled Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies for individuals already enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid, including some people […]
The Florida Planned Parenthood political action committee endorsed several Florida candidates Monday, including Democrats David Jolly and Gwen Graham for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively. The PAC also announced its backing of Democrat José Javier Rodríguez for attorney general. The three candidates were joined by a long list of endorsements for Democratic candidates for state […]
Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) reaffirmed her support for the Trump administration’s efforts to bring peace to the Russia-Ukraine war amid criticism and backlash over President Donald Trump’s recently announced oil deal with Russia and purported energy ceasefire between the two nations. Few elected officials currently speaking out on President Trump’s efforts regarding a peace […]
The Trump administration has announced a more than $6 billion investment across the Federal Government, industry, academia, and philanthropy as part of “the most ambitious set of science initiatives in decades.” “Under President Trump’s leadership, we are ushering in a New Golden Age of Science powered by super intelligence, a return to merit, and bold […]
Vice President JD Vance, the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, and the Trump Administration are suspending visa programs for foreign workers from Information Technology (IT) corporations and universities in their effort to crack down on visa fraud. The administration is targeting giants like Microsoft and Adobe, as well as higher-education institutions like Harvard […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier joined the attorneys general of three other Republican states, including Nebraska, Montana and Iowa, to file a lawsuit against TP-Link for allegedly lying to customers about its connections to China. In March, the Federal Communications Commission announced a ban on consumer-grade routers produced wholly or partly outside the U.S., citing […]
Amid the recent disturbing allegations involving seven fraternity brothers from Cornell University against a female classmate, Congresswoman Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) has reintroduced a bipartisan bill to combat sexual abuse on college campuses. “The horrifying allegations recently brought to light at Cornell University are a disturbing example of the dangers students can face and underscore the […]
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to lower record-high fuel costs to provide relief for truckers and farmers nationwide. “For many years, farm vehicles, construction equipment, and other off-road vehicles have used what is known as ‘red dye’ diesel… which is exactly the same as normal diesel, but is sold tax-free for off-road vehicles […]
By Stephanie Murphy No one voted on it. No one debated it. Last year, a state agency changed a payment formula, and hundreds of millions of dollars quietly moved out of children’s primary care. Many of Florida’s pediatricians felt it right away. Florida’s children will feel it longer. Governor DeSantis refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable […]
Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-25), Scott Franklin (R-18), Darren Soto (D-09), and Kat Cammack (R-03) have banded together to introduce the bipartisan Restore Agricultural Investment, Stability and Expansion (RAISE) Act of 2026 to help American farmers and growers recover from natural disasters. The Bill's Function The bill seeks to amend the 2014 Agricultural Act by […]
