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Florida Congressional Delegation holds hearing on hurricane recovery

Florida’s Congressional Delegation held a bipartisan hearing about hurricane recovery efforts and preparing for future storms.

Trump’s Executive Orders Attack Big Law Firms

Trump attacks Big Law firms to settle his political grievances. Some firms capitulate and others go on the defensive.

DOGE lists two Tampa federal properties for sale

The federal workforce has been on the chopping block since President Donald Trump took office again in January. Now, federal real estate may be next.  The Trump administration published a list of 443 federal properties...

Questions On Racism & Sexism. A Catastrophic Final Year.

Betsy Leondar Wright – Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas Is It Racist? Is It Sexist? Two questions that seem...

Is Trump Karmic Payback? The Unlikely Record Label

Before and during the first Trump presidency, scholars, experts and commentators were all eager to share their opinions on the most unlikely of candidates. Now Trump has retuned to the White House we are going...
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Backroom Briefing: Chatter surrounds reports of Ron DeSantis as Secretary of Defense

Reports have swirled that President-elect Donald Trump will replace his nominee for defense secretary with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Trump picks former Florida member of Congress Dave Weldon to head the CDC

Former Congress member Dave Weldon is the latest Floridian named to President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
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Donald Trump selects Matt Gaetz for Attorney General and Marco Rubio for Secretary of State

Gaetz has identified himself as a “libertarian populist” and has been at the center of several controversies in Florida and on Capitol Hill.

Local Democrats In Competitive Races for U.S. Congress

Two local Democrats, Whitney Fox and Pat Kemp, are running for Congress in competitive races in Pinellas and Northeast Hillsborough, parts of Polk and Pasco Counties. They joined us on MidPoint one week...

The Scoop: Mon. Sep. 16th, 2024, Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Trump safe after another attempted assassination Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI is calling an “attempted assassination.” State asks federal judge to toss law banning strippers under 21 Florida Attorney General...

The Scoop: Weds. July 24th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

Trump will attend first Rally since Biden stepped down. Meanwhile, DeSantis went to a conference where he said marijuana should not be legal.
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Florida Congress member calls for perjury, inherent contempt charges after Secret Service director testifies

Listen: UPDATE: Kimberly Cheatle announced her resignation the day after this story was published US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle faced intense questioning Monday from Congress over Trump’s assassination attempt.  Now one Florida congress member...
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