Tag: Florida

First lady Melania Trump spent the first months of her husband's presidency living in New York City so their son, Barron, could finish his school year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Melania Trump’s military flights before move to White House cost more than $675,000: Report

Caitlin Yilek · January 29, 2018 1:56 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio said he traveled from Florida to Washington, D.C., and "terminated" the employment of his chief of staff "effective immediately." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Marco Rubio fires chief of staff amid ‘allegations of improper conduct’

Daniel Chaitin · January 28, 2018 5:06 am

Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., announced Friday evening DACA recipient Adrian Escarate, who was born in Chile, has accepted his invitation to attend President Trump's State of the Union speech on Jan. 30. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

This Republican is bringing a DACA recipient to Trump’s State of the Union

Anna Giaritelli · January 26, 2018 11:43 pm

First lady Melania Trump had planned to travel to Davos with the president, but pulled out of the trip last minute, citing scheduling conflicts. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Melania Trump travels to Florida after skipping Davos trip: Report

Caitlin Yilek · January 25, 2018 7:22 pm

The CDC found that areas with local transmission of Zika saw a 21 percent increase in births with outcomes linked to the mosquito-borne virus in the last half of 2016 from the first half of 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

CDC finds more birth defects in areas affected by Zika

Robert King · January 25, 2018 6:36 pm

National School Choice Week this week celebrates a parents' right to choose their children's school. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

National School Choice Week: A celebration for all children to get the opportunities they need and deserve

Jeanne Allen · January 24, 2018 11:16 pm

Koch Industries is helping to promote and bankroll a new criminal justice reform initiative aimed at prioritizing rehabilitation over punishment. (AP Photo/Larry W. Smith)

Koch brothers introducing new criminal justice reform initiative

David M. Drucker · January 24, 2018 11:00 am

The video, posted on Twitter by the Florida Immigrant Coalition, an immigrant advocacy group, shows the border agents conducting a routine inspection on Friday and asking passengers for "a U.S. identification or a passport with a stamp of entrance." It went viral over the weekend during the federal government shutdown as Congress debated over immigration policy. (Screenshot via Twitter)

Video of agents arresting woman on Greyhound bus goes viral

Katie Leach · January 24, 2018 12:59 am

Florida State University's speech code policies restrict where and when students can exercise their First Amendment rights and distribute advertisements for upcoming events. (via YAL)

Red Alert Politics

Code Red: Florida State University banishes speech to graveyard area

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2018 3:09 am

An unusually bitter cold snap has trapped the USS Little Rock up north since Christmas Eve, just over a week after its commissioning. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lockheed Martin/Released)

National Security

Navy ship trapped in frozen north, putting Florida cruise on ice

Jamie McIntyre · January 22, 2018 5:13 pm

Florida police have confirmed two improvised explosive devices were detonated at the Eagle Ridge Mall in Lake Wales, Fla., late Sunday, but no one was injured in the attempted attack. (Google Maps)

National Security

Two IEDs detonated at mall in Lake Wales, Florida

Anna Giaritelli · January 22, 2018 12:30 pm

According to multiple reports, President Trump is not expected to attend his one-year anniversary gala at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, which will double as a fundraiser, as was originally planned. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump won’t attend Mar-a-Lago gala to mark one-year inauguration anniversary

Kelly Cohen · January 20, 2018 3:56 pm