1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (478+ words) Warning: This is a column about pearl clutching. I’m the one doing it. Like so many others, I hold Sept. 11 as a sacred day. My family is from the City. I lived in New York. I remember Sept. 12, when this…...

19+ hour ago   (201+ words) In late Friday night social media posts, President Donald Trump called on the Smithsonian to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump asked…...

23+ hour, 43+ min ago   (278+ words) U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody is on track to be elected in 2026, according to a survey taken this week by Quantus Insights. The Plant City Republican leads her Democratic challenger, Rep. Angie Nixon of Jacksonville, 50% to 43%. According to this data set, Nixon…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (287+ words) Individuals affected by natural disasters could soon enjoy tax relief courtesy of a law championed by Florida lawmakers. President Donald Trump just signed the Doug LaMalfa Federal Disaster Tax Relief Certainty Act (HR 5366). That’s a law that was sponsored by…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (220+ words) Gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds says it’s time for consolidation and not new legislation when it comes to the issue of abortion, one that has seen much movement under current Gov. Ron DeSantis. Addressing the University of Central Florida’s Turning Point…...

3+ day, 12+ min ago   (601+ words) President Donald Trump pledged to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost more…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (368+ words) U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna revved up the Republican National Convention with a call for an insider trading ban in Congress. “The American people elected a Republican Congress to fix Washington, not to profit off it or to tolerate its corruption,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (317+ words) Congressional candidate Sydney Gruters won’t attend an unprecedented Republican National Convention ahead of the Midterms. That’s despite her husband, Joe Gruters, organizing it. “I’m staying local,” Sydney Gruters said. The Sarasota Republican is running to succeed retiring U.S. Rep....

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (864+ words) Political conventions play a huge role in political outreach in presidential years. Now, Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters hopes an event in Dallas reshapes the political climate in 2026. The 2026 Republican National Convention, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, will gather…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (391+ words) U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody is on a mission to make sure President Donald Trump’s administration knows Florida should be the launchpad for the new Space Academy. The White House announced late last month that Trump wants to establish the academy “to…...