Florida News (Page 163)

(The Center Square) – Florida has sued U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for blocking a state investigation into the second assassination of former President Donald Trump that occurred in Florida. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody sued Garland in U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida Fort Pierce Division. Florida arguesContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Gov. Ron DeSantis cautioned Florida voters against passage of Amendment 3 that would make recreational marijuana legal in the Sunshine State. DeSantis made his remarks at a news conference in Fort Myers on Thursday as he continues a campaign against two well-funded ballot initiatives. “We’re aContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Citing fall harvest losses at the top of a list, respective state House of Representatives leaders from North Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama have petitioned Congress for fiscal assistance. The Monday letter to U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell and U.S. Reps.Continue Reading

(The Center Square) – The man prosecutors accuse of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump during a round of golf raised further questions about the judge in the case. Prosecutors charged Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii, with possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of aContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Florida Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio have introduced the Preventing Antisemitic Harassment on Campus Act. Antisemitism on college campuses has risen since the harrowing Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-backed attack on Israel. War has raged in Gaza since. The legislation aims to hold Institutes ofContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, has called on the Department of Justice to open a domestic terrorism investigation into Unity of Fields, a pro-Hamas group encouraging its followers to commit acts of targeted violence against Americans, especially those who support Israel and the police, according toContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – The 58-year-old man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump wants a new judge that the alleged victim didn’t appoint to the bench. Ryan Wesley Routh, of Hawaii, asked U.S. Judge Aileen Cannon to recuse herself from the case because Trump appointed her toContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Vote by mail numbers are down in Florida compared to the 2016 election when former President Donald Trump won his first term in office. Florida county elections officials have mailed 2.03 million ballots to those who requested them, down from 2016, when there were 3.35 millionContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Florida’s multi-year hurricane thumping means unique struggles for farmers and ranchers that federal support has been slow to fix. That’s why Florida Republican U.S. Senator Rick Scott sent a letter on Oct. 17 to President Joe Biden urging him to direct immediate distribution of relief fundsContinue Reading