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Peter SchorschAugust 7, 2017

Democrat Gwen Graham announced Sunday that she raised another $350,000 in July for her bid to be Florida’s next governor. Graham raised $220,000 of that money through her campaign account, with the other $130,000 coming in through her political committee, “Our Florida.” The former congresswoman ended June with $1.6 million in her committee account and […]

Peter SchorschAugust 6, 2017

President Donald Trump has nominated a major campaign donor from Palm Beach County as the next U.S. Ambassador to Spain, the White House announced. Duke Buchan is a founder of private investment and management firm Hunter Global Investors. During Trump’s campaign for the White House, he and his wife Hannah Buchan gave nearly $900,000 to […]

Associated PressAugust 3, 2017

Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are moving to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s job, putting forth new legislation that aims to ensure the integrity of current and future independent investigations. Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware plan to introduce the legislation Thursday. The bill would […]

Associated PressAugust 2, 2017

Republican senators are bucking President Donald Trump’s calls to revive the health care debate. And Trump just ousted his only top White House aide with deep links to the Republican Party. But the president and his party won’t be calling it quits anytime soon. They remain tightly linked by a force more powerful than politics […]

A.G. GancarskiAugust 2, 2017

The Donald Trump era has created unique challenges for law enforcement, including in Jacksonville, where local activists have pressed Sheriff Mike Williams for his commentary on President Trump’s jarring comments last week that seemed to encourage police brutality. “When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see […]

Mitch PerryAugust 2, 2017

In front of the West Perrine Health Center in Miami, Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell officially announced her candidacy for Florida’s 26th Congressional District, where she hopes to take on Republican incumbent Carlos Curbelo next year. Although Curbelo is considered extremely vulnerable in the Democratic leaning district that stretches from Miami to Key West, Mucarsel-Powell is the first […]

Associated PressAugust 1, 2017

President Donald Trump may be trying for a reset in the West Wing, but he is making clear that he is not changing his Twitter habit. On Twitter Tuesday, Trump said: “Only the Fake News Media and Trump enemies want me to stop using Social Media (110 million people). Only way for me to get […]

Associated PressJuly 31, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job – and just hours after former Gen. John Kelly took over as President Donald Trump‘s new chief of staff. Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, Trump had insisted earlier Monday that there […]

Associated PressJuly 30, 2017

Six months into his presidency, Donald Trump is saddled with a stalled agenda, a West Wing that resembles a viper’s nest, a pile of investigations and a Republican Party that’s starting to break away. Trump on Friday indirectly acknowledged the troubled state of his unconventional White House when he abruptly replaced his chief of staff […]

Associated PressJuly 30, 2017

Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump, but some Republicans in Congress are intensifying their calls to investigate her and other Obama administration officials. As investigations into Russian meddling and possible links to Trump’s campaign have escalated on both sides of the Capitol, some Republicans argue that the investigations should have […]

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Kathleen King and Joe Gruters. Image via Max Goodman.

Gwen Graham has now raised $3 million for 2018 bid

Donald Trump taps Florida donor as next ambassador to Spain

Bipartisan Senate bill aims to protect special counsel’s job

Donald Trump’s fundraising prowess keeps Republican Party close

Jax Sheriff Mike Williams talks community policing in the Donald Trump era

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ready to take on Carlos Curbelo in CD 26

Donald Trump says he won’t stay off social media

Anthony Scaramucci out of White House job as John Kelly takes charge

Donald Trump’s six-month stall sparks a White House shake-up

Hillary Clinton lost, but Republicans still want to investigate her