Last weeks media bombshell that wed infiltrated the Iranian nuclear program with a super-secret computer virus made it undeniable: Theres been way too much aired about sensitive U.S. operations over the last year or so.
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Floridas construction industry is watching intently as the final agreement on the federal transportation bill is being reached.
In pushing for U.S. military intervention in Syria -- arming the insurgents and using U.S. air power to "create safe zones" for anti-regime forces "inside Syria's borders" -- The Washington Post invokes "vital U.S. interests" that are somehow imperiled there.
Demographic forecasts generally take the form of predicting more of the same.
Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente may have gotten a bit more than she bargained for at Temple Emeth last month.
Its one of the clearest, easiest-to-understand provisions in the Constitution. And Harry Reids Senate flouts it routinely.
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When Hillary Rosen said that Ann Romney had "never worked a day in her life," it was among the better days of the Romney campaign.
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By Kevin Derby
Over the weekend, a group chaired by former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, doubled down on its opposition to President Barack Obamas nomination of Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve. The Campaign for Liberty continued its efforts to promote U.S. Sen. Rand Paul's, R-Ky., opposition to the Yeller nomination as well as his bill to audit the Fed.
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Activists are looking to apply a little pressure of their own on the immigration issue.
A diverse group will rally and march in downtown Orlando Tuesday to put the squeeze on Speaker John Boehner and his Republican colleagues in the U.S. House -- including Florida Reps. Daniel Webster, Dennis Ross and Tom Rooney -- to stop delaying immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
By Kevin Derby
The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is hitting back at former Gov. Charlie Crist, the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
After Crist released a video on Friday insisting Gov. Rick Scotts efforts to improve Floridas economy are not working, the RPOF fired back with a video showing Crist agreeing last week that the economy was improving.
By Kevin Derby
On Friday, the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) announced Kristin Kanner, a veteran Broward County prosecutor, will head up the state Sexually Violent Predator Program starting on Nov. 4. For more than two decades, Kanner has been an assistant state attorney and led her divisions Sexually Violent Predator Unit for almost a decade.
By Kevin Derby
On Friday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., released a letter he sent to President Barack Obama to delay imposing the individual mandate included in the federal health-care law due to website problems and other issues. As of now, the mandate will start on Jan. 1.
By Kevin Derby
As Democrats prepare for their state convention in Central Florida this weekend, former Gov. Charlie Crist appears ready to run for his old job. After spending most of his political career selling himself as a conservative Republican, after being overtaken by Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate primary in 2010, Crist left the GOP to run with no party affiliation. After endorsing President Barack Obama for a second term, Crist joined the Democrats at the end of 2012.
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With bipartisan support and hard work from the Florida congressional delegation, the U.S. House passed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRDA) in a 417-3 vote. The Florida delegation and Rules Committee members, Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Winter Garden, and Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fort Lauderdale, led the discussion for the House on this necessary bill -- HR 3080.
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On Thursday, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the prudence of Florida Power & Light Co.s (FPL) contracts for a planned 600-mile pipeline system to bring more natural gas into the state.
The $3.5 billion project will join Floridas two existing pipelines, the larger one owned by Florida Gas Transmission Co. LLC, and the other owned by Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC.
By Kevin Derby
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi filed a response with the state Supreme Court against a proposed constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana in the Sunshine State.Trial attorney John Morgan has been leading the charge for the proposed amendment. If Morgans petitions make the ballot, 60 percent of voters will have to approve the amendment for it to be law.
By Kevin Derby
National pundit Larry Sabato peered through his Crystal Ball and offered his analysis on two congressional races in Florida. Sabato made the open contest for the seat which had been held by the late U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., a tossup while moving U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphys, D-Fla., bid for a second term from tossup to leans Democratic. Sabato noted former Florida House Majority Leader Adam Hasner appears less likely to enter the GOP primary against Murphy:
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