Tag: Florida

The University of Florida has denied a request from the National Policy Institute to rent space on campus for an event featuring white nationalist leader Richard Spencer, citing safety concerns following the violence in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

University of Florida blocks white nationalist leader Richard Spencer from hosting event

Melissa Quinn · August 16, 2017 1:45 pm

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., demanded on Tuesday that the Florida government hold a special session on whether to replace a statue of a Confederate general at the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz demands action against Floridian Confederate general statue at US Capitol

Matthew Trunko · August 15, 2017 7:27 pm

People's opinions are highly correlated with partisan loyalty, but few feel particularly strongly about it. (AP Photo/John Antczak)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Barone: Lukewarm and partisan on global warming

Michael Barone · August 9, 2017 3:29 pm

Former Vice President Al Gore said he was surprised that President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement.

Energy and Environment

Bill Maher to Al Gore’s face: ‘Who would know better about losing Florida?’

Josh Siegel · August 5, 2017 3:07 am

Each year in the U.S., over 5.4 million cases of nonmelanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. In 2017, an estimated 87,110 new cases of invasive melanoma will be diagnosed in the U.S. (Larry Steagall/Kitsap Sun via AP)

States begin to allow sunscreen in schools

Ariella Phillips · July 22, 2017 4:01 am

"You have Republicans who run against Obamacare but actually like Obamacare," DeSantis said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Ron DeSantis says Republicans in Congress ‘actually like’ Obamacare

Philip Wegmann · July 18, 2017 7:45 pm

When a clearly aggravated Ayala ask the officers to explain why she was pulled over, they offer good reason. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)

Beltway Confidential

The police officers who stopped Aramis Ayala are not racists

Tom Rogan · July 12, 2017 9:07 pm

Pitbull is joining Bush, CNBC star Marcus Lemonis and Tagg Romney, the son of Mitt Romney, in their bid to buy the Florida baseball team. (AP)

Pitbull joining Jeb Bush’s bid to buy Miami Marlins

Caitlin Yilek · July 11, 2017 4:20 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., likened a potential partnership with Russia to cooperating with Syrian President Bashar Assad to reduce chemical weapons. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

False prophets and fake news: Yale Divinity professor attacks Marco Rubio for tweeting Bible verses from Proverbs

Philip Wegmann · July 10, 2017 5:08 pm

Vice President Mike Pence vowed to make space exploration a priority for the U.S. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

Mike Pence tells NASA: ‘We will put American boots on the face of Mars’

Anna Giaritelli · July 6, 2017 6:32 pm

Controversy over campus events featuring conservative speakers rocked higher education last year and it's easy to imagine this process is designed to justify greater university control over lectures and events with the potential to irritate progressive campus activists. (AP Photo/The Gainesville Sun, Tracy Wilcox)

Beltway Confidential

University of Florida asks students to evaluate ’emotional risk’ of campus events

Emily Jashinsky · June 23, 2017 3:34 pm

Rep. Alan Grayson's ad campaign is headlined "Make Trump Angry, Support Jon Ossoff," and the online ad includes a small disclaimer stating that the money will be divided evenly between efforts for both Ossoff and Grayson. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Former Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson uses Jon Ossoff’s campaign to raise money for himself

Josh Siegel · June 19, 2017 10:22 pm