The U.S. Air Force announced on Tuesday that Tyndall Air Force Base in Northwest Florida will host the new MQ-9 Reaper Wing as 24 drones will be based there starting in 2022 though airmen could be there as early as 2020.  

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who is running for governor in 2018 when Rick Scott faces term limits, wants the federal government to offer disaster relief for agriculture in the Sunshine State.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it would send $616 million in grants to help Florida recover from Hurricane Irma using funds from its Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program.

With Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague last week, the Florida congressman who leads House Democrats on the  Helsinki Commission applauded the decision. 

Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., toured Port Everglades as that port continues its expansion efforts. 

Gas prices in Florida dipped slightly last week even as they remain 46 cents higher than they were this time last year.

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., is keeping the pressure up on President Donald Trump to fulfill his campaign promise and move the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

A resolution from two members of the Florida congressional delegation calling for an end to the global dog meat and cat meat trade is gaining momentum in the House with more than 100 co-sponsors and moving through a key committee earlier this month. 

While Thanksgiving conjures up images of Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims sharing turkey and corn with Native Americans, Florida had its own role in America's earliest Thanksgiving celebrations.

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., whose name continues to gain attention as a possible gubernatorial candidate, called on the U.S. Treasury Department to ramp up its efforts against Hamas.