This weekend the national media managed to embarrass themselves on a wide scale by over-dramatizing the confrontation between an Indian elder and a group of Kentucky high school students in Washington D.C. The episode was blown up to hysterical proportions, and a number of politicians, pundits, and professional harpies joined in. And who joined the fray but former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced in Marianna Thursday the White House is extending the number of days debris cleanup from Hurricane Michael will be fully reimbursed by the federal government.

Sen. Rick Scott filed an amendment to the Republican leadership’s government funding bill Thursday to provide an additional $600 million in disaster recovery funding for Puerto Rico, according to Scott's office. The funding was included in a House version of the funding bill but not in the Senate version.

This week, now in his second term on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, D-Fla., is pushing bills to adjust the immigration status of illegal aliens who are military spouses that are facing deportation.