Tag: Florida

Scott has yet to say whether he is running. Nelson would be running for his fourth Senate term. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Bill Nelson leads Rick Scott by 1 point in 2018 Senate race: Florida poll

Ariella Phillips · October 25, 2017 1:49 am

The deal between Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., promises to stabilize Obamacare's insurance exchanges, but it can only do so by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars into a broken system. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Republicans, don’t forfeit the battle against Obamacare’s insurer bailouts

Sally Pipes · October 24, 2017 9:02 pm

Senators representing Texas and Florida say the bill does not provide enough money to help their states rebuild from hurricanes Harvey and Irma. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Senate sends $36.5 billion disaster relief bill to Trump’s desk

Susan Ferrechio · October 24, 2017 8:13 pm

Free speech zones, or limited public forums, are areas set aside by universities for expressive activity. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Beltway Confidential

End the madness that is free speech ‘zones’

alexander-staudt · October 24, 2017 5:46 pm

Award-winning pop star Lady Gaga posted a picture of herself on Twitter standing with the five living former presidents Saturday at the "One America Appeal" benefit concert to raise money for hurricane recovery efforts in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. (@ladygaga/Twitter)

Obama says he’ll let George H.W. Bush and Lady Gaga ‘handle the singing’ after viral photo

Katie Leach · October 23, 2017 11:10 pm

"Not sure abt 39, @BillClinton, 43 and @BarackObama, but I would have sung w @ladygaga if asked," former President George H.W. Bush tweeted. (@ladygaga/Twitter)

George H.W. Bush: ‘I would have sung’ with Lady Gaga

Kara Zupkus · October 23, 2017 4:29 pm

Myeshia Johnson, the wife of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, kisses her husband's casket during his funeral service in Hollywood, Fla. Sgt. Johnson was killed with three other colleagues in an ambush by extremists in Niger. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

National Security

Sgt. La David Johnson’s widow: Trump not remembering my husband’s name ‘hurt me the most’

Naomi Lim · October 23, 2017 12:26 pm

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump take a walking tour to survey hurricane damage and recovery efforts in a neighborhood in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Exclusive: Trump boosts hurricane relief fund, ‘we will come back stronger, better’

Paul Bedard · October 21, 2017 3:25 pm

In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, a view of the inside of President John F. Kennedy's bunker on Peanut Island in Riviera Beach, Fla. The once top-secret fallout shelter, code name "Hotel," and the retired Coast Guard station on Peanut Island are now a tourist attraction and the focal point of a long-running legal war between the port, which owns the island, and Palm Beach Maritime Museum, which leases the attraction. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

JFK bunker meant for use by president during Cold War to close indefinitely

Mandy Mayfield · October 21, 2017 2:14 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry has issued a fairly comprehensive report on the state of America's power sector. What he concluded is that the nation must necessarily continue to draw electricity from a diverse mix of sources. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Why coal and nuclear aren’t going anywhere

Terry Jarrett · October 21, 2017 4:01 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump: ‘Sickening’ that Frederica Wilson claimed John Kelly will say anything to keep his job

Diana Stancy Correll · October 20, 2017 11:54 pm

U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., hosts a town hall meeting in Miami. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)

Beltway Confidential

Hours after pledging not to talk about Trump’s call with soldier’s widow, Frederica Wilson goes on TV to talk about Trump’s call with soldier’s widow

Becket Adams · October 20, 2017 10:17 pm