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Scott PowersSeptember 19, 2016

The Trans-Pacific Partnership may be getting little political love this election season, but the administration of President Barack Obama still is quietly pushing it, as at a meeting of small business leaders organized Monday by Business Forward. Terri Robl, director of regional economic policy and summit coordination for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton is focusing on families in a new campaign ad. The 30-second spot — called “Families Together” and released Monday morning — is meant to highlight what is at stake for Latino families across the country, according to the Clinton campaign. The ad, the campaign says, is meant to contrast Clinton’s record with Donald Trump’s […]

Phil AmmannSeptember 18, 2016

Francis Suarez comes from a long line of civic and political leaders who have formed the Republican bedrock in south Florida’s Cuban community for a half century. Yet the 38-year-old Miami city commissioner hasn’t decided whether he will vote for his party’s presidential nominee. He’s not alone. Many Cuban-Americans are expressing solidarity with other Latin-Americans […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 16, 2016

Oliver Stone’s “Snowden” arrives in theaters today, and with it comes a campaign to have the former NSA contractor receive a pardon from the commander in chief. At a press conference Wednesday, representatives from the ACLU, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International spoke out in support of getting President Barack Obama to pardon Snowden. “Cases like […]

A.G. GancarskiSeptember 15, 2016

The signature image of the presidential campaign right now came from the 9/11 memorial event last weekend: An “overheated” Hillary Clinton’s knees buckling, auguring a collapse while her entourage was placing her in a SUV to rush her for unspecified medical treatment at her daughter’s apartment. Some have questioned her stamina and health in the days since. […]

Martin DyckmanSeptember 15, 2016

“I do not like thee, Doctor Fell, “The reason why — I cannot tell; “But this I know and know full well, “I do not like thee, Doctor Fell.” Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both have their liabilities, but his are so much more numerous and serious than hers that the race should not be nearly […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 15, 2016

#NeverTrump conservatives in Florida have one less option to choose for president in November now. Evan McMullin, a 40-year-old former CIA official from Utah, has been proposed as a conservative alternative to Trump. He was the nominee of the Independent Party in Florida, but has been removed from the ballot by the Florida Division of […]

Associated PressSeptember 14, 2016

For Donald Trump, the fight for Florida begins and ends with mass appeal: signature rallies and direct social media contact with voters who believe he can “make America great again.” Add some 30 Florida Trump employees to about 80 Republican Party field workers deployed around the state, and that pretty much covers the GOP nominee’s […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterSeptember 14, 2016

Mike Pence will address Florida Republicans in October. The Republican Party of Florida announced Wednesday that Pence, the Republican vice presidential nominee and the governor of Indiana, is scheduled to speak at the 2016 Victory Dinner Oct. 15 at the Hilton Downtown Tampa. “We eagerly await the powerful conservative message of victory to more than […]

Scott PowersSeptember 14, 2016

A new Hillary Clinton commercial being released on the internet Wednesday highlights the donation Donald Trump‘s foundation made to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and calls it corrupt politics. The 2013 donation, made as Bondi’s office was reviewing a potential action against Trump University in Florida, has become big fodder for Democrats. On Tuesday, members […]

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U.S. Department of State officials push TPP at Orlando small business meeting

New Hillary Clinton ad focuses on her work with children, families

In Florida, a shifting Cuban vote could be the difference

Mitch Perry Report for 9.16.16 —What will become of Edward Snowden?

Hillary Clinton has the ‘endurance of a triathlete,’ says Michelle Kwan

Martin Dyckman: Thinking of voting for Donald Trump? Do yourself a favor and ask why

Mitch Perry Report for 9.15.16 — One less #NeverTrump option for president in Florida

In Florida, Donald Trump faces a Hillary Clinton campaign behemoth

Mike Pence to address Florida GOP Victory dinner in October

Hillary Clinton ad goes after Donald Trump-Pam Bondi money