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In an interview with Fox New on Friday, Republican Party Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida praised Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for holding a fiery press conference, Mediaite reported. Greene held the conference in response to House Democrats voting to remove her from House Education and Labor and Budget committees. She was ousted for repeatedly […]

In a Saturday evening interview with Fox News, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida expressed support for President Donald Trump’s hypothetical comeback, Raw Story reported. “I am here to endorse the Trump 2024 movement, whenever the president wants to ignite it,” Gaetz declared. Trump has not yet conceded the 2020 presidential election to Democratic candidate […]

Joe Biden may be preparing for a repeat of the 2000 presidential election. A new report from New York Magazine claimed that he has a team of 4,000 lawyers on standby to address legal challenges in the key battleground state of Florida. The former vice president has invested a significant amount of resources in the […]

Melania Trump earned some high marks for her fashion as she took to the campaign trail to help her husband during a steamy rally in Florida. As the New York Post reported, the first lady joined Donald Trump at a rally in Tampa on Thursday, one that took place during a heatwave that left several […]

Former President Barack Obama hit the campaign trail on Saturday, encouraging voters to support Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, Vox journalist Aaron Rupar reported via Twitter. During an event in North Miami, Florida, Obama ripped into President Donald Trump, casting him as incompetent and unfit for office. “Listen, if [Trump] cannot answer a tough question […]

A Donald Trump supporter has been accused of flashing a “white power” sign at the president’s rally in Florida on Friday. The alleged incident took place just a day after he was accused of racism by Democratic opponent Joe Biden. As The Independent reported, a person who was sitting behind the president while he spoke […]

Tiffany Trump is facing growing criticism for holding a series of lavish parties in Miami to celebrate her 27th birthday, events where there were reportedly little efforts taken to observe social distancing. As People magazine reported on Friday, witnesses who saw the daughter of President Donald Trump celebrating with pals said that she and a […]

In a tweet published on Tuesday, President Donald Trump took aim at former presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. “Mini Mike Bloomberg, who made a fool of himself on the Dems debate stage when Elizabeth Warren & the others simply took him apart, is going ‘crazy’ trying to buy his way back into the Liberal Democrat’s hearts,” […]

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vowed to spend $100 million to help Joe Biden defeat U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida, The Washington Post reported. The Sunshine State’s 29 highly coveted electoral votes could be the advantage the Democrat needs to defeat the 45th president in November. According to FiveThirtyEight, Biden has […]

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz does not have any children of his own, having never married and not, as far as anyone knows, having fathered any children out of wedlock. He does, however, have a relationship with a young Cuban man, Nestor Galban, whom the Florida lawmaker has treated as his own son. He’s The Younger […]

The Sprouls, a Black family from Florida, were shocked and disturbed after reportedly receiving a racist letter from a neighbor. The message was received after they put up signs in their yard celebrating their twin daughters’ high school graduation. Not only did the neighbor insult the girls’ appearances, but they allegedly told the family to […]

A Friday report from The Hill detailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s struggles to defend Florida — which he won in 2016 — against Joe Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee. Trump’s reelection team is reportedly spending more money on advertising in Florida than in any other state. The Trump campaign apparently plans on spending […]

Victoria Price is a news reporter from Tampa, Florida, for NBC affiliate WFLA. Price is incredibly grateful for a thoughtful viewer who reached out to her regarding a lump she noticed on her neck. Because of the viewer’s comment, Price went to get it checked out and was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, according to Today. […]

LeBron James wants to help Florida felons get the right to vote, and the NBA star is putting his money where his mouth is to get it done. James has helped to start a voting rights group that is raising funds to pay the outstanding court debts of people in Florida convicted of felonies. These […]

A CBS News poll released on Sunday found that President Donald Trump is trailing the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden in Florida, also establishing that the two candidates are virtually tied in Texas and Arizona. The poll found that Biden has a six-point advantage over Trump in Florida, while Trump is ahead of […]

Inmates in one Florida jail will be spending part of Saturday evening — the Fourth of July — at an animal shelter, comforting dogs who are frightened by the sounds of fireworks exploding outside. As Space Coast Daily reported, the days leading up to Independence Day can be pure hell for some dogs and cats. […]

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Monday that President Donald Trump shared a video of a man shouting “white power” because he wanted to stand with his “demonized” supporters. McEnany appeared on Fox & Friends, according to Brett Samuels of The Hill, in order to offer up a defense for why the president […]

U.S. President Donald Trump posted a video of some of his supporters clashing with protesters at The Villages in Florida, where one of the pro-Trump demonstrators could be heard shouting “white power.” The video showed a series of Trump supporters traveling by golf cart past protesters advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement and holding […]

According to a Fox News poll released on Thursday, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden has increased his lead over President Donald Trump in the state of Florida. Forty-nine percent of respondents said that they would vote for Biden if the election was held today, while 40 percent said they would back Trump. […]

Donald Trump announced this week that he will deliver his Republican National Convention speech in Jacksonville, Florida, on August 27 — a date that critics point out is the 60th anniversary of a brutal KKK attack on black residents in that city. As the New York Times reported, the president’s nomination acceptance speech, which had […]

According to a new survey from the Republican polling firm Cygnal released on Thursday, former Vice President Joe Biden is ahead of President Donald Trump in the state of Florida. Forty-seven percent of Florida voters said that they support the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, while roughly 43 percent expressed support for Trump. The vast […]

Priorities USA, the largest Democratic super PAC, has released a new advertisement attacking President Donald Trump, The Hill reported on Friday. In the 30-second video clip, Trump is likened to Latin American dictators Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez. The ad begins with the narrator pointing to Trump’s mishandling of the public health crisis caused by […]

Charles Negy, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Central Florida, is under fire for tweeting controversial remarks about “black privilege” amid the nationwide outcry for police reform after George Floyd’s death, reported NBC News. He became very active on his Twitter account after Floyd’s death and the subsequent nationwide protests. Many of […]

Fort Lauderdale police officer Steven Pohorence, who has been suspended after video reportedly showed him pushing a 19-year-old woman who was taking a knee during a protest in the city over the weekend, had 71 use of force cases on his file, a new report shows. Pohorence drew national controversy over the weekend after video […]

Video from Fort Lauderdale appeared to show a black officer screaming at a white officer who pushed a kneeling black woman, setting off tensions and turning what had been a peaceful protest into a violent demonstration. Footage of the Florida incident went viral on Twitter on Sunday as protests continued for the fifth day following […]

Attorney General William Barr announced on Monday that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) had finally cracked the iPhone of the man who killed three American sailors in December 2019. Moreover, authorities found the device had evidence on it that linked the killer to the terrorist organization al-Qaida. According to Reuters, Barr claimed on a […]

According to a Sunday report from Politico, Florida Rep. Val Demings is being considered for Joe Biden’s running mate. In April, after Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, the former vice president became the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee. Since then, Biden’s team has been vetting potential running mate candidates. Biden has […]

The “ultra-rare blue calamintha bee” was rediscovered by a researcher at the Florida Museum of Natural History recently, according to a news release from the museum. The bee was first discovered in 2011 with scientists unsure whether the bee still existed. Previously, there were only four known locations where the bee has been known to […]

Tennis superstar Venus Williams has been keeping her 1.2 million Instagram followers updated on her activities during quarantine, and her most recent post is no different. In her latest update, Venus rocked a figure-hugging ensemble on the tennis court. Venus included the geotag of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and posed on a large court that […]

Joe Biden has taken a narrow lead over Donald Trump in the key battleground state of Florida, a newly released poll shows. The Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday shows that Biden has a four-point advantage over Trump in the Sunshine State, with 46 percent support to the president’s 42 percent. As The Hill wrote, […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is coming under fire for a decision to deem World Wrestling Entertainment an “essential business” in the state, allowing it to stay open while other non-essential businesses have closed during the coronavirus outbreak. The timing of that decision — coming the same day that WWE president and CEO Linda McMahon’s pro-Trump […]

Donald Trump pushed back against the idea of allowing mail-in ballots for the 2020 presidential election if the coronavirus is still impacting the nation — a stance that critics note comes just weeks after the president used his own mail-in ballot to vote in the Florida primary. As NPR noted, voting rights groups have been […]

Carole Baskin is speaking out about the hit Netflix documentary Tiger King, where she was extensively featured alongside longtime rival Joseph “Joe Exotic” Maldonado-Passage. The owner of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida, took to her website BigCatRescue.org on Monday to share a lengthy post where she addressed several things that were depicted in the […]

A new poll released Thursday brings potentially devastating news for Bernie Sanders. The former Democratic front-runner now trails former Vice President Joe Biden by a 45-delegate margin, according to a New York Times count as of Thursday morning. Sanders fell behind in delegates after a losing 10 of the 14 states that voted on Super […]

Two Democrats from Florida have taken the drastic step to sue Democratic presidential nominee frontrunner Bernie Sanders in the hopes of keeping him off the primary ballot, according to Politico. Plaintiffs Frank Bach and George Brown, both registered Democrats, argued that Sanders should not be on the ballot because he is a registered Independent. Accordingly, […]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ approval ratings remain exceptionally high. The governor is more popular in his state than President Donald Trump, according to a new University of North Florida/ First Coast News poll. Per The Hill, only 21 percent of Floridians disapprove of the job DeSantis is doing as governor. Sixty-five percent of those surveyed […]

A Florida family is accusing a Riviera Beach funeral home of allowing an 11-year-old girl’s body to rot for several days instead of properly refrigerating and embalming her, The Palm Beach Post reports. Re’Asia Washington, a fifth-grader at Everglades Elementary School in West Palm Beach, died on January 22 from an asthma attack while she […]

A Florida man who impersonated a prosecutor in order to attempt to drop the charges against himself has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. Christian Eugene Mosco’s latest crime spree reportedly began in May 2019. Mosco allegedly came across a list of customers’ records from a Daytona Beach Chevrolet […]

A Florida woman fought off a possibly rabid otter, saving her dog and her teenage daughter in the process, WIS-TV reports. Casina Ewert and her family were getting ready for their day last Tuesday morning when the incident occurred. The debacle began when Ewart’s 17-year-old daughter, Gwyn, let their family dog, Scooter, out the back […]

A Florida first-grade teacher has been arrested after she allegedly tried to purchase methamphetamine, or meth, at the school where she taught, Jacksonville’s WJAX-TV reports. Valerie Prince had been a teacher at Jacksonville Heights Elementary School since the 2018-2019 school season, as a first-grade teacher. However, she has since been removed from duty, pending an […]

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appear to have traded the cold Canadian winter for some sunshine in their first public outing since their departure from the British royal family. According to the New York Post, the redheaded prince and his former Suits actress wife were keynote speakers at a finance conference hosted by banking behemoth […]

Latin pop star Shakira is 43 years old and is 5 feet, two inches tall. The Colombian diva has sung on many stages around the world and will perform alongside Jennifer Lopez for the Super Bowl halftime show tonight in Miami, Florida, at the Hard Rock Stadium. In an interview, Lopez stated that they are […]

Heather Chisum is a single mother from Florida who got a disturbing shock recently after picking up her toddler from day care. When she pulled her son’s T-shirt up she saw that a day care worker had written on her child’s stomach in big bold letters with markers. The message was, “I’m out of diapers.” […]

An SUV embarked on a wild car chase earlier today after breaching two separate security checkpoints that protect President Donald Trump‘s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Police eventually stopped the vehicle after firing gunshots, per TMZ. According to reports, a large black SUV attempted to make its way towards the entrance of the villa, breaking through […]

The mystery over the disappearance of a 1-week-old baby has deepened after police found the body of the man who they believed had the boy with him. According to CNN, officials had earlier issued an Amber Alert across Florida to locate 1-week-old Andrew Caballeiro, who has been missing since Tuesday. According to officials from the […]

A Florida man was arrested on January 22 for allegedly pointing lasers at airplanes at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, reports CNN. According to the article, video footage caught Charlie James Chapman Jr. pointing a laser at multiple aircraft and attempting to throw objects at them as well. While a simple laser pointer may not seem […]

Just hours before he died while performing in concert in Florida, singer David Olney filmed an acoustic set where he talked about his desire to attend the festival that celebrated singer/songwriters. The Nashville music legend and influential singer said he wanted to make sure people had remembered him, which prompted him to return to the […]

David Olney was performing at a concert in Florida on Saturday when he paused in the middle of a song and told the audience “I’m sorry” before dropping his chin to his chest. The 71-year-old singer never regained consciousness, dying on stage after suffering an apparent heart attack, CNN reported. Olney, an accomplished singer/songwriter whose […]

Guy Thompson, the former mayor of a Northwest Florida town, has been sentenced to 51 months in prison for embezzling over half a million dollars from the United Way, Mobile’s WKRG-TV reports. He spent the money on a condo and a BMW, among other luxury purchases, prosecutors say. For decades, Thompson was a beloved and […]

On Friday night at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Donald Trump reportedly regaled a group of big-dollar campaign donors with a blow-by-blow account of the drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on January 3. On Saturday, it appeared that Trump was spending a quieter evening, live-tweeting Fox News. As seen in the […]