Blake Burman joined the FOX Business Network (FBN) as a Washington correspondent in April 2015. But even before that, Burman was well known in Florida for his work at WBBH in Fort Myers and WSVN in Miami where he covered politics.
Donald Trump received a major victory Thursday as delegates overwhelmingly opposed last-ditch efforts to derail his nomination.
In the wonky Rules Committee meeting in Cleveland ahead of the Republican National Convention next week, a whip team assembled by the Trump campaign worked closely with officials at the Republican National Convention to defeat anti-Trump delegates' efforts.
The RNC and Trump whip teams erupted into applause behind a sectioned-off portion of the cavernous hall when the committee adjourned, according to NBC News.
When it came to news, it was hard for Florida to get a word in edgewise this week.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump selected Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate. There was a brutal terror attack in the French city of Nice. And on Friday, an attempted coup in Turkey threw into grave doubt the future of one of America's NATO allies.
They may all be Florida Republicans, but each delegate representing the Sunshine State at the Republican National Convention is far from identical.
The fleet of blue jet planes of the Blue Angels will once again grace Florida skies in Pensacola this weekend, after a brief hiatus following the death of one of their pilots in a plane crash during a practice in Tennessee last month.
Florida lawmakers have greeted the return of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s flight demonstration squadron, with heaps of praise, commending the pilots for their commitment to patriotism in a time of tragedy.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., praised the pilots earlier this week on the Senate floor.
While Quinnipiac University released a poll on Wednesday showing Donald Trump ahead in Florida, two new polls find Hillary Clinton ahead in the Sunshine State.
A Marist poll taken for NBC News and the Wall Street Journal released on Friday has Clinton ahead in Florida. Clinton takes 44 percent while Trump garners 37 percent.
Next week’s Republican convention in Cleveland will have a Florida flavor as the GOP gets ready to nominate Donald Trump for president.
By selecting Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump has once again put an Indiana politician on center stage in a presidential race and the Hoosier State could be producing yet another vice president.
"Indiana is the mother of vice presidents; home of more second-class men than any other state,” said Thomas Marshall. Having been Woodrow Wilson’s understudy, Marshall, who served as governor of Indiana, knew of what he spoke.
Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy, the White House-backed candidate for U.S.
President Barack Obama is underwater in Florida, a state he carried twice, a new poll shows but officials holding statewide officer are in better shape.
Quinnipiac University released a poll on Thursday morning showing a majority of those surveyed--53 percent--disapprove of Obama while 44 percent approve of him. Obama creates a partisan divide with 89 percent of Democrats approving of him and 91 percent of Republicans disapproving of him. A majority of voters outside the major parties--56 percent--disapprove of Obama while 40 percent approve of him.
