National Politics

Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was nominated Thursday by Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general.

Without providing names, Ron DeSantis said he’s “already received strong interest from several possible candidates.”

Rubio’s Senate term is scheduled to expire in 2028, but DeSantis’ appointee would serve until an election is held in 2026.

Community Speaks WMNF with Patró Mabíli host a postscript on the U.S. election.

Moments after Steve Kornacki paused slightly then continued reeling off percentages in whatever county in whichever swing state had just committed to Trump my iPhone and media feeds started going berserk. “We are doomed!” screamed...

Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th president. AP called the race on Wednesday morning after Trump won the key state of Wisconsin.

A dormant political action committee recently received $2.5 million from two prominent GOP mega-donors to help finance a campaign to prevent suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren from regaining his seat in the 2024 general...

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...

Clearwater pleads for visitors and tourists to return to beaches WMNF’s Chris Young reports, officials plead for tourists who might be second-guessing their beach vacations to come back. Losses from Milton top $2.8 billion The...

A majority of voters nationally are not satisfied with how democracy is working in the U.S. but are open to a dictator who reflects their views, according to a new survey by the Center for...

Norman Solomon – War Made Invisible: How America Hides The Human Toll Of Its Military Machine The paperback edition of War Made Invisible is now available, Norman Solomon has written an Afterword about the Gaza...

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried spoke to nearly 500 people in a virtual town hall on Wednesday.  Fried didn’t even let a lightning strike setting fire to her home’s attic stop her from participating...