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Associated PressFebruary 1, 2017

A Florida golf course owned by President Donald Trump must immediately repay $5.7 million to 65 former members who had been denied membership refunds after he bought the club in 2012, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter violated contracts the members had signed with […]

Associated PressFebruary 1, 2017

Republicans jammed two of President Donald Trump‘s top Cabinet picks through the Senate Finance Committee with no Democrats in the room Wednesday after suspending a rule that would have otherwise barred them from taking the vote. The tactic seemed a warning shot that they might deploy brute political muscle in the upcoming fight over the […]

Associated PressFebruary 1, 2017

Days into an administration that promised to govern by upheaval, Donald Trump‘s White House has been the target of massive protests, defied reporters who questioned fact-challenged statements and issued a blur of lightning-rod executive actions. The speed and depth of it all have left many Americans apprehensive: Even some who longed for a shake-up are […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 1, 2017

Activists who traveled to D.C. for the historicWomen’s March, or participated in one of the several protests held on January 21 in Florida, will be holding meetings up and down the Sunshine State this Saturday to strategize on what happens next in the burgeoning movement against the Trump administration. Officials with the Women’s March on Washington Florida Chapter […]

Gary FineoutFebruary 1, 2017

Beyonce, Tim Tebow or the Norse god Thor for prez? Those were some of Florida’s more unusual picks for president this past election. And the number of Florida voters who didn’t cast a vote for either Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton or any other valid contender spiked in 2016, apparently in protest over the ballot choices. […]

Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2017

Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson broke the suspense Wednesday afternoon when he announced he intends to vote against President Donald Trump‘s pick to be Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, whose family has strong ties in Nelson’s Orlando hometown. With defections of two Republican U.S. senators who announced earlier that they would vote against DeVos, the […]

Michael MolineFebruary 1, 2017

Gov. Rick Scott announced 34 grant awards Wednesday to research Zika virus and seek a vaccine. He said the money, from $25 million in state funds Scott earmarked in September, would pay for efforts to develop a vaccine, understand and mitigate Zika’s effects on children, and research testing methods. “While we are currently in winter months […]

Kenny PerryFebruary 1, 2017

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Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 1, 2017

Denise Grimsley has made it official, announcing she filed to run for Agriculture Commissioner in 2018. Grimsley, who told FloridaPolitics.com in January she was eyeing a run, filed her statement of candidacy with the Division of Elections. She is vying to replace Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who can’t run again because of term limits. “Florida […]

Associated PressFebruary 1, 2017

A man who President Donald Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, the Associated Press has learned. Gregg Phillips, whose unsubstantiated claim that the election was marred by 3 million illegal votes was tweeted by the president, was listed on the […]

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A businesswoman putting coin into piggy bank and a light bulb over coins stack on the table for saving money and financial concept

Trump golf course ordered to pay $5.7 million to ex-members

GOP pushes 2 top Cabinet picks through to full Senate

Amid Donald Trump’s shake-up, many wondering ‘what’s coming next’

Women’s March activists to hold meetings throughout Florida this weekend

Beyonce, Tim Tebow for prez? Invalid votes spiked in Florida

Bill Nelson declares he’ll vote against Betsy DeVos; vote may come down to Mike Pence

Rick Scott announces grants to research and combat Zika virus

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Denise Grimsley running for Agriculture Commissioner in 2018

Donald Trump’s voter fraud expert registered in 3 states