Florida leaders are offering their words of support after a mass shooting at an Orlando gay club late Saturday night. 

UPDATED: The Islamic State has taken credit for the nation's deadliest mass shooting in Orlando which left 50 people dead and over 50 injured.

"The armed attack that targeted a gay night club in the city of Orlando in the American state of Florida which left over 100 people dead or injured was carried out by an Islamic State fighter," the Islamic State's news agency Amaq said, according to Reuters.

City officials identified Omar Mateen, 29, from Port St. Lucie, as the killer of 49 people early Sunday inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. 

Florida might not have been on a train bound for nowhere this week, but there were still times when the state's government and political news felt a lot like "The Gambler.

"You've got to know when to hold 'em," Kenny Rogers sings in the country music classic. "Know when to fold 'em. Know when to walk away. And know when to run."

Nearly 8,000 people have emailed Gov. Rick Scott to oppose Rep. Charles McBurney’s judgeship appointment after the National Rifle Association’s called on its members to tell the governor McBurney is “unfit” to be a circuit court judge. 

This week, the U.S. House passed the “Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act” (PROMESA) with the Florida delegation splitting on odd lines. The bill from U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., would let Puerto Rico restructure its $72 billion debt in return for more federal oversight of local affairs.

Florida students performed slightly better on this year’s mathematics portion of the Florida Standards Assessment than they did last year, but the passing percentage remained the same for the English Language Arts section of the test, according to results released Friday.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was one of the highest-profile Republicans in the state to endorse Donald Trump before his primary win in the state, is now catching heat for her ties to the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

The most tangible furor facing Bondi concerns an Associated Press report about a donation she received from Trump "around the same time" her office was considering joining an investigation against the businessman's namesake university. Bondi eventually decided not to join the case against Trump's venture.

The state of Florida’s workers’ compensation system suffered another blow Thursday when the Florida Supreme Court ruled another part of the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system is unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law limiting payments to injured workers for two years, instead ordering that the payments for injured workers should last five years. 

President Barack Obama endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President Thursday afternoon -- a big boost to Clinton’s presidential ambitions as the presumptive Democratic candidate.

In a video released Thursday, Obama praises Clinton for becoming the first woman to lock up the presidential nomination in any major party.

Obama also says he is confident Clinton can get the job done.

“I know how hard this job can be,” Obama says in the video. “That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it.”

Florida Republican Gus Bilirakis’ proposal to help the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tackle fraud targeting seniors picked up steam on Capitol Hill on Thursday. 

The House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee approved the Florida congressman’s “FTC Robust Elderly Protections and Organizational Requirements to Track Scams Act (FTC REPORTS) Act.” The bill would require the FTC to be more transparent and draw up annual plans to to fight fraud targeting seniors.