U.S. Politics

Brian Mast, Maria Elvira Salazar Ask State Departments About Public Funds Used to Fund Drag Shows

Recently, two Republicans in the Florida delegation in the U.S. House joined U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Tex., the chairman of the U.S. House Foreign...

J. Peder Zane Opinion: Biden’s Defenders Are Blowing Smoke

I was expecting a lively exchange when Mike Gallagher invited me to debate the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James Risen on his “No Interruptions” podcast...

HUD Offers Almost 30 Waivers to Help State, Local Governments With Hurricane Idalia Recovery

This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a “package of 29 regulatory and administrative waivers aimed at helping communities...

Aaron Bean: ‘Chinese Communist Party Influence is Rampant in American Classrooms’

This week, the U.S. House Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee, which is led by U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., held a hearing...

Florida’s Senators Want to Stop Russia From Relying on American Capital

This week, Florida’s two U.S. senators championed a bill to “impose sweeping, sanctions on all Russian state-owned enterprises.” U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., reintroduced the...

Greg Orman Opinion: Trump and Biden Families Can’t Escape Corruption Accusations

Recent polling suggests that support for Donald Trump among Republican primary voters hasn’t wavered even after 91 felony indictments in four separate jurisdictions. Not...

Rick Scott, Anna Paulina Luna Team Up on the Flood Insurance Affordability Act

This week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Anna Paulia Luna, R-Fla., championed a proposal “which would require the Federal Emergency Management...

Florida’s Senators Continue to Back the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act

Florida’s two senators on Capitol Hill continue to push a bill to ensure victims of natural disasters aren’t penalized by one branch of the...

Carlos Giménez Takes to the House Floor to Praise the Next Speaker of the Florida House

This week, U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez, R-Fla., took to the floor of the U.S. House to praise incoming state House Speaker Daniel Pérez, R-Miami. Pérez...

Ron DeSantis Requests USDA Disaster Declaration to Support Florida Farmers Impacted by Hurricane Idalia

At the end of last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he has requested a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Disaster Declaration to support Florida’s...

Marco Rubio: Biden Needs to Put Tougher Sanctions on Huawei

Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Sec. Gina Raimondo, insisting that the Biden administration is following a...

John Tamny Opinion: Why Are Members of the Right So Fearful of Inequality?

The freer the society, the more wealth unequal it is. This is basic stuff, and it’s stuff that redounds to the genius of freedom. A...

Marco Rubio, Maria Elvira Salazar Champion the Access to Donor Milk Act

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., are championing the “Access to Donor Milk Act.” The proposal will “facilitate access...

Florida Delegation Splits on Party Lines on Impeachment Inquiry

Last week, the Florida delegation in the U.S. House divided on party lines over U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announcing his plans to...

Scott Franklin, Greg Steube: FEMA Needs to Stop Delaying Hurricane Ian Funds to DeSoto, Charlotte County Schools

Last week, U.S. Reps. Scott Franklin, R-Fla., and Greg Steube, R-Fla. sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell...

Aaron Bean Honors Jacksonville Shooting Victims on the House Floor

U.S. Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., and members of the Florida delegation held a moment of silence this week as the U.S. House reconvened from...

Steve Miller Opinion: Growing Maze of State and Local Laws Challenging Biden’s Energy Push

Grassroots resistance to the Biden administration’s ambitious push for a “zero-carbon” economy is coalescing in varied new state laws and local ordinances that threaten...

Florida Republicans Introduce Proposal to Add Osceola Camp to the Miccosukee Reserved Area

Florida Republicans on Capitol Hill are backing a proposal to add the Osceola Camp in Everglades National Park to the Miccosukee Reserved Area (MRA). U.S....

John Lott, Jr. Opinion: New Mexico Governor Flouts Second Amendment

After several road rage cases claimed the lives of children this summer, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspended the open and concealed carry...

Marco Rubio, House Members Back Rick Scott’s, Neal Dunn’s Proposal to Honor Bobby Bowden

Members of the Florida congressional delegation are throwing their support behind U.S. Sen. Rick Scott’s, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn’s, R-Fla., proposal to...