A Florida judge blocked a new state law on Tuesday which would require Florida women to wait 24 hours before getting an abortion, and Attorney General Pam Bondi was quick to fire back saying she plans to appeal the ruling.
In the aftermath of last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision making same-sex marriage the law of the land and with the 2016 elections looming, social conservatives will be headed to Orlando in July to plan their next steps.
On Tuesday, prominent social and religious conservative leader John Stemberger announced the “Florida Renewal Project Pastors Conference” and a campaign training session will be held in Orlando on July 9-10.
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday made Florida the 17th state to join in a bipartisan lawsuit challenging the federal government’s attempt to seize regulatory control over large categories of state waters.
This year marks the 152nd anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg, the pivotal conflict in the Civil War which was fought from July 1 through July 3, 1863. Dramatized in Michael Shaaras Pulitzer Prize winning novel "The Killer Angels" and the Ron Maxwell film "Gettysburg" based on that book, the battle continues to resound in American culture.
The latest deadline on the Western powers and Iran’s negotiations over that Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear program came on Tuesday and the talks in Vienna are expected to extend into July. In the meantime, members of the Florida congressional delegation continue to offer warnings about the threat Iran poses.
From her perch as chairwoman of the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., insisted Iran was stalling for time and trying to get more concessions.
The Republican leadership is after U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., but the North Florida congressman is trying to use that opposition to rally conservatives in his district.
Yoho made national headlines earlier this year when he challenged U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to lead the House. While Yoho did not garner much support, other challengers to Boehner -- namely U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla. .-- received more votes but the speaker retained the gavel.
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is sounding the alarm about the future of U.S. space flights but industry officials in Florida remained calm after the latest explosion of a cargo rocket on Sunday.
Nelson met with SpaceX and NASA officials on Monday to discuss why the resupply rocket exploded. The disaster was the third in the past year involving a cargo ship headed to the International Space Station.
Every year, in every state, students’ academic progress is measured by standardized assessment tests. While the goal of statewide and national assessment tests can vary widely, how are parents and educators supposed to know if their children and students are really prepared for what lies beyond the classroom?
A Florida Democrat who is running for the U.S. Senate announced on Monday that he is backing a bill from a Republican presidential hopeful.
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, D-Fla., who is running for the Senate in 2016, said on Monday that he is backing the Police Creating Accountability by Making Effective Recording Available (Police CAMERA) Act.
With the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) scrambling to boost its security after a data breach compromised 4.2 million Americans’ personal information, a key congressman from Florida said he will consider increasing its funds for cybersecurity. Federal authorities insist the breach came from China.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, said he was open to increasing funding for additional security measures. Crenshaw’s subcommittee oversees the OPM’s budget.
