Associated Press, Author at Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections. Lobbying & Government.

Associated PressFebruary 7, 2017

The 2016 election is never far from President Donald Trump‘s mind. When Trump met Tuesday with a group of sheriffs from around the country, he saw not just lawmen but battleground states. Trump talked about his victories with officials from Pennsylvania and North Carolina. And when a sheriff from Minnesota introduced himself, Trump said if […]

Associated PressFebruary 7, 2017

Now that he’s left the White House, former Vice President Joe Biden will split his time between programs at the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania. Officials announced Tuesday that Biden will establish a new domestic policy institute at the University of Delaware and will head a foreign policy institute for the University […]

Associated PressFebruary 7, 2017

She tugged 13 envelopes from a cabinet above the stove, each one labeled with a different debt: the house payment, the student loans, the vacuum cleaner she bought on credit. Lydia Holt and her husband tuck money into these envelopes with each paycheck to whittle away at what they owe. They both earn about $10 […]

Associated PressFebruary 6, 2017

Attorneys for a Miami woman accused of playing a key role in the killing of a Florida State University law professor are trying once again to get her out of jail. An attorney for Katherine Magbanua on Monday requested that a Florida appeals court allow her to be released on bail. The motion with the […]

Associated PressFebruary 6, 2017

Airbnb is following up its Super Bowl ad calling for acceptance with a campaign to provide short-term housing over the next five years for 100,000 people in need. An announcement on the rental service’s website says it plans to start with refugees, disaster survivors and relief workers, but wants “to accommodate many more types of displaced people […]

Associated PressFebruary 6, 2017

Hotel tax revenue in Miami-Dade has dropped at a rate not seen since the Great Recession, a decline in public money some attribute to tourists afraid of the Zika virus. Hotel taxes in December fell from the amount generated the previous year — the fourth month in a row that happened. It is a slump […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017

Since President Donald Trump opened the gold-infused ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago resort almost 12 years ago, it has been a popular rental for the American Red Cross, hospitals, medical researchers and other charities for fundraising galas where the wealthiest donors are wined and dined, often netting $1 million or more. But Trump’s election puts charities […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017

Melissa McCarthy lampooned White House press secretary Sean Spicer in a “Saturday Night Live” sketch where she taunted reporters as “losers,” fired a water gun at the press corps and even used the lectern to ram a Wall Street Journal journalist. “SNL” opened with Alec Baldwin reprising his President Donald Trump and phoning foreign leaders […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017

A federal appeals court denied early Sunday the Justice Department’s request for an immediate reinstatement of President Donald Trump’s ban on accepting certain travelers and all refugees. The Trump administration appealed a temporary order restraining the ban nationwide, saying late Saturday night that the federal judge in Seattle overreached by “second-guessing” the president on a […]

Associated PressFebruary 5, 2017

About three thousand demonstrators marched Saturday near President Donald Trump‘s Florida estate to protest his now-blocked executive order temporarily limiting immigration. The protest began with a rally outside Trump Plaza in West Palm Beach. They marched two miles to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, where the International Red Cross was holding a fundraiser. Protesters shouted anti-Trump slogans […]

Associated Press

Donald Trump still fixated on 2016 election results

Post White House, Joe Biden collaborating with 2 universities

Voters await economic revival in a part of pro-Trump America

Woman tied to murder of FSU law professor wants out of jail

Airbnb follows Super Bowl ad with call to house 100K in need

Fueled by Zika fears, Miami’s hotel tax revenue sags

Activists: Charities must move galas from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

With Melissa McCarthy playing Sean Spicer, ‘SNL’ cranks up Donald Trump satire

Appeals court denies Trump request to immediately restore travel ban

Thousands march near Mar-a-Lago, protest Trump’s travel ban