Congress comes back from its Thanksgiving recess this week to what could result in one of the most jam-packed three weeks of congressional session in recent years.
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According to some historians, the first feast of thanks took place in St. Augustine in 1565, more than 50 years before what most of us were taught was the first Thanksgiving.
Newt Gingrich wants to keep illegal aliens in this country so their children can work as school janitors.
Our frailties as a nation come in large part due to our penchant to seek to lop off the beauty of the tallest flower in the garden, often done by plucking one petal at a time.
WASHINGTON -- Another debate, another installment of "The Dating Game." Will the eventual winner be contestant Number One, Two ... Eight?
"Alice in Wonderland" was written by a professor who also wrote a book on symbolic logic. So it is not surprising that Alice encountered not only strange behavior in Wonderland, but also strange and illogical reasoning -- of a sort too often found in the real world, and which a logician would be very much aware of.
The supercommittee apparently wasn't so super. The members announced Monday they would not be able to meet the deadline of Nov. 23 for finding $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion in savings in our federal government over the next 10 years.
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By Kevin Derby
Higher education leaders from across the state have signed off on a letter urging members of the Florida congressional delegation to support immigration reform. The U.S. Senate passed an immigration reform bill at the end of June but the bill has made little progress in the U.S. House
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The State Board of Education will meet in West Palm Beach on Tuesday, and one of the items on their agenda is approving the next steps to appoint a new commissioner of education.
Pam Stewart has been filling in as interim commissioner of education since Tony Bennett resigned from the position in August after reports surfaced that he had changed the grades of a charter school in Indiana.
By Kevin Derby
Enterprise Florida (EFI) announced on Monday that Gov. Rick Scott will lead a trade mission to the Dominican Republic in late February. The Dominican Republic is Floridas ninth-leading trade partner with more than $5.5 billion in exports.
By Kevin Derby
On Monday afternoon, disgruntled Jacksonville Jaguars fans will be rallying at EverBank Fields parking lot demanding the team -- increasingly appearing to be the worst in the National Football League -- sign former Florida Gator quarterback Tim Tebow.
After winning the Heisman Trophy and leading the Gators to the national title, Tebow was drafted by the Denver Broncos and led that team to a playoff run before garnering mixed results since then. Tebow was cut by the New England Patriots at the end of preseason last month after stints with the Broncos and the New York Jets.
By Kevin Derby
With news breaking that Russia and America reached a diplomatic agreement on Syria, U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., said on Sunday that the American people should get the credit as they stood against attacking that Middle Eastern nation.
"Democracy worked," Buchanan insisted. "The people's voice was heard by the politicians in Washington and we avoided a unilateral American military assault that could have had dangerous consequences."
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West weighed in over the weekend on the one-year anniversary of a Taliban attack on a Marine base in Afghanistan. As he has in his various statements on the Benghazi attack, West accused the Obama administration of ignoring the real danger of Islamic terrorism and doing nothing.
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The United Nations is expected to be releasing an investigators' report addressing the chemical weapons attack on Aug. 31 in Damascus, Syria.
Two diplomats told CNN that the report will likely be released to the public after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon briefs the U.N. Security Council Monday morning.
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Still reeling from a year of bad publicity, Carnival Cruise Lines is offering a new money-back guarantee in order to win back the trust of its customers.
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When outlining the major legislative priorities for its 2014 agenda, the Sarasota City Commission voted to support a repeal of Florida's Stand Your Ground laws.
The repeal was listed in the City Commission's document titled Revised Final 2014 Legislative Priorities.
By Kevin Derby
Former U.S. Rep. Allen West continued to pound President Barack Obama on Friday, comparing him to former President Jimmy Carter. West, a favorite of the tea party who lost his congressional seat in 2012, has opened the door to a political comeback in 2016.
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