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Florida lawmakers are looking to children to fill low-wage jobs left open by the undocumented immigration crackdown, CNN reports.
Governors in several Republican-led states are pressing the Trump administration to cut the strings attached to their federal education aid, a goal conservatives have long dreamed of that now appears within reach as President Donald Trump moves to dismantle the Education Department.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants President Donald Trump to consider another Floridian to serve as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director.
A Florida man who killed an 8-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs has been executed.
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing a backlash from members of his own party after a series of podcasts that featured Steve Bannon and other supporters of President Donald Trump.
In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the Florida capitol Thursday to honor the life and legacy of Democratic state Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 76.
Russian news agencies say that Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow for high-level talks.
Gun rights advocates have been fighting to overturn a Florida law setting the minimum age to buy a gun at 21 since the day the measure was signed, in the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
Hialeah police will soon assist federal agents in cracking down on illegal immigration as part of a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Coral Gables Police Chief Ed Hudak is addressing concerns surrounding the city’s participation in the 287G agreements, which assist federal immigration authorities.
A man convicted of kidnapping a woman in Miami and later strangling her to death is set to be executed next month under a death warrant Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Monday.
Social media influencer brothers — and fervent supporters of President Donald Trump — Andrew and Tristan Tate appear to have left Florida after getting the cold shoulder from Gov. Ron DeSantis and becoming subjects of a state criminal investigation.
Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing to roll back key provisions of Florida’s gun laws, including reversing red flag laws and lowering the minimum age to purchase a long gun from 21 to 18.
Florida’s attorney general says his office has opened a criminal investigation into Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing for the use of artificial intelligence to audit local governments across Florida, an initiative he hopes will help ensure efficiency in taxpayer spending.
Andrew Tate says he was disappointed in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for saying he and his brother aren’t welcomed in Florida after they landed in Fort Lauderdale.
Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, have returned to the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis made a stop at Florida International University on Friday, where speculation continued to swirl about her potential run for governor in 2026.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that the state was making a $2 million investment in cancer research and said questions about the 2026 election should be left to the “imagination.”
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, arrived Thursday in South Florida after authorities lifted travel restrictions imposed as part of the case.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Starke with Florida State Guard Director Mark Thieme on Thursday morning.
Republican U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds announced Tuesday that he’s entering the 2026 race to succeed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is ineligible to seek another term after eight years in office.
The aspirations of Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis have long been a topic of discussion in Tallahassee.
The career change for Florida’s former lieutenant governor was sudden, and to most, surprising.
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis approaches the end of his term in office, he is talking up one potential heir to succeed him in 2026: his wife, Casey DeSantis.
Republican lawmakers in some states are threatening local officials with lawsuits, fines and jail time if they resist President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Florida’s new attorney general has filed a federal court lawsuit against Target, claiming the discount store chain “misled investors” by promoting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
It’s been a lingering question since the election: How long can a partnership between two billionaires who love being the center of attention last.
An architect of a controversial bid to fly migrants from Texas to a Massachusetts resort town in 2022 has been named to guide Florida's new state board of immigration enforcement.
A Florida man has been put to death for the 1997 killings of a husband and wife at a remote farm in an attack witnessed by the couple's toddler.
Florida lawmakers on Tuesday took a major step toward settling a weekslong standoff between term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis and fellow Republicans who control the Statehouse, as they gaveled in another special session on immigration aimed at leveraging state and local resources to carry out President Donald Trump ‘s mass deportation agenda.
Florida Atlantic University on Monday picked a former Republican lawmaker as its leader in what is the latest example of a public university in the state picking someone with a political background for such high-paying posts over experienced academic leaders.
Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis deputized Florida Highway Patrol to make immigration arrests, an order he does not need the state legislature to approve.
Gov. Ron DeSantis says Florida’s insurance market is seeing improvements, with more companies writing policies and increased competition driving rates down for many homeowners.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in announcing details of his $115.6 billion proposed state budget during a news conference at the Florida Capitol Monday, unveiled plans for a new sales tax holiday: “Second Amendment Summer.”
President Donald Trump-endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts.
Florida lawmakers gaveled in the special session Gov. DeSantis asked for on Monday, then quickly gaveled out of it and started their own.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially called a special session starting Monday to make tough state immigration law despite House and Senate leaders of his same party team defying the call as premature and calling it irresponsible.
As President Donald Trump cracks down on immigration, lawmakers in some Democratic-led states are proposing new ways to resist his efforts.
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
The winter storm spreading snow, sleet and freezing rain across the southern United States has broken records, treating the region to unaccustomed perils and seasonal joy.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference Tuesday morning in Tallahassee as freezing temperatures affect northern parts of the state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday in Orlando announcing Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as his pick to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.
Gov. Ron DeSantis stood behind a “Florida Leads: Let’s Get To Work” sign on a podium during a news conference on Wednesday in Winter Haven.
Florida lawmakers are rejecting Governor Ron DeSantis’ push for a special legislative session aimed at enforcing stricter immigration laws ahead of President- elect Donald Trump stepping into office.
A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban some of the state’s public colleges and universities from admitting students who are in the country without legal permission.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day.
U.S. flags at President-elect Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club are back to flying at full height.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling state lawmakers into a special session to help carry out President-elect Donald Trump’s promises for a swift crackdown on immigration.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference at a private school in Jacksonville Friday morning.
President-elect Donald Trump hosted 22 of the nation’s 27 Republican governors for dinner at his Florida club, looking to help drive the agenda in conservative-run states after he takes office in 11 days.
Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested a southwest Miami-Dade man on Monday after they said he made a social media post threatening Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A statewide grand jury convened at the request of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to investigate “any and all wrongdoing” concerning COVID-19 vaccines did not find any evidence of criminal activity, according to a report unsealed on Tuesday.
From balloon releases now banned in the state of Florida, to boaters busted for behaving badly and a big marine mystery with divesting consequences yet to be solved, big environmental stories dominated headlines in 2024.
Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, says she’s removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator.
Thirty years after Florida required schools to teach African American history, how the subject is taught remains inconsistent across Florida classrooms, a review by The Associated Press has found.
For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians.
Florida authorities say they're pursuing a criminal case against a man accused of trying to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump for a car crash that occurred after his arrest.
President-elect Donald Trump has held a wide-ranging news conference in which he took questions from reporters for the first time since winning the election.
President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s environmental agency faced bipartisan backlash over a proposal to develop golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at state parks. Now, a Republican lawmaker wants to make sure those ideas are squashed for good.
President-elect Donald Trump is offering a public show of support for Pete Hegseth, his embattled choice to lead the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth has spent the week on Capitol Hill trying to reassure Republican senators that he is fit to lead President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Defense in the wake of high-profile allegations about excessive drinking and sexual assault.
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s Pentagon pick, is fighting to hold on to his Cabinet nomination amid growing questions about his personal conduct as the president-elect’s team considers alternatives, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
