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Rick Scott defends Pete Hegseth, who is accused of mistreating women and getting drunk on the job
The Florida lawmaker said Wednesday morning that he’s standing by Hegseth to lead the Pentagon
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Florida lawmakers, activists weigh in on what Trump’s ‘mass deportations’ would look like
President-elect Donald Trump has promised the largest deportation effort in American history
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Florida lawmaker wants state to clarify medical exceptions in six-week abortion ban
‘I am focusing purely on medical exceptions. Because we don’t want women in Florida dying’
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‘Conditions that no human should live in’: Orlando’s Maxwell Frost seeks closure of Florida detention center
The center, a county jail near Jacksonville, operates in part as a federal immigration detention facility
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‘Serious allegations of sex parties and drugs’: Florida conservative group blasts Trump for Matt Gaetz AG pick
‘President-elect Donald Trump has quickly named many good choices to serve in his cabinet. But Matt Gaetz is not one of them’
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Trump received 56% of the Hispanic vote in Florida, new exit poll finds
Out of 10 states polled, only in Florida did Trump best Harris among Latinos
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‘It was a reaction to the pregnant pigs’: Florida lawmakers recall what led to 60% threshold to pass amendments
Why did the state even create such a high standard?
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Donald Trump, Kamala Harris featured in new ad touting Florida’s Amendment 3
Trump announced on his Truth Social page last month that ‘[a]s a Floridian, I will be voting YES on Amendment 3 this November’
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Bipartisan group blasts DeSantis for using taxpayer money to fight Florida’s Amendment 3
‘This is undemocratic and a violation of Florida laws to spend taxpayer funds on political ads. Period.’
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Trulieve CEO tours Florida to ‘set the record straight’ on Amendment 3
The company has invested more than $80 million to get Amendment 3 passed in Florida this fall
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‘Republican politicians have gone too far’: Florida Democrats make final pitch to NPA voters with new ad
More than 3.5 million NPA voters are registered in Florida, more than a quarter of the electorate
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Florida activists call out DeSantis for ignoring climate crisis
Activists in Jacksonville, Orlando and St. Petersburg on Tuesday blasted the governor’s stance on climate change
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Rick Scott is ‘Florida’s biggest snake’ in new Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ad
‘Scott slid into the Senate, where he wrote the plan to end Social Security, raise your taxes, and ban abortion’
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DeSantis, Florida officials debunk rumors FEMA won’t have resources for Hurricane Milton
‘You’re not seeing me out there carping or complaining about anything,’ DeSantis said
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DeSantis OKs voting changes in wake of hurricane, but NAACP, ACLU and others want more
Representatives of civil rights and voting rights groups said Friday that he needs to go further
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As mail ballots go out, Florida Democrats get more money from DNC
The Democratic National Committee is making a $400,000 contribution to the state party
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In the wake of Hurricane Helene, even Rick Scott says climate is ‘clearly changing’
Scott travelled through parts of the state speaking to law enforcement and first responders a day after Hurricane Helene hit Florida
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‘Dangerous and xenophobic’: Florida’s Haitian lawmakers denounce false pet-eating allegations from Trump campaign
Vance and Trump have repeatedly alleged over the past two weeks that Haitian immigrants in Springfield have stolen and eaten dogs and cats
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DeSantis continues to complain about Florida Republicans not publicly opposing abortion amendment
DeSantis has been passionate in advocating against the proposal, which would repeal Florida’s existing ban on most abortions after six weeks
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Florida defends decision to send election police to question those who signed abortion ballot petition
‘Those initiative petitions change or have the potential to change our state constitution.’