June 24, 2013 - 6:00pm
150 Years After Gettysburg, A Look at Florida's Role in Civil War Battle
June 24, 2013 - 6:00pm
Florida Counties No Longer Need Federal Preclearance to Change Voting Laws
June 24, 2013 - 6:00pm
Snowden Still in Moscow; Russia Won't Back Down to Pressure from U.S. Government
Submitted by Anonymous on June 25, 2013 - 11:40am
National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has been playing hide-and-seek with the U.S. government, has been reported to be in a transit zone at the Moscow Airport, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russia said they had no plans to extradite Snowden to the United States earlier on Tuesday.
The Obama administration has been pressuring the Russian government to send Snowden back to the United States. But Sergey Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, said Russia has no intentions of backing down to pressure from the U.S. government.
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James Carville Goes to Bat for Joe Garcia
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 25, 2013 - 11:02am
U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., is facing major heat from an election scandal which even led to the resignation of his chief of staff. But Garcia still has allies among top national Democrats, as was seen on Tuesday when political strategist and pundit James Carville went to bat for him.
Carville sent out an email to supporters on Tuesday, urging them to contribute to Garcias campaign.
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Overturning Florida's 'Liberal' Justices, U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Property Rights
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 25, 2013 - 10:59am
In a landmark ruling that strengthens Americans' property rights protections, the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a 2011 decision by the five Florida Supreme Court justices commonly accused of being liberal activists.
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John Bolton Mulling Over 2016 Presidential Bid
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 25, 2013 - 10:50am
John Bolton, whom former President George W. Bush appointed as ambassador to the United Nations for 16 months (despite never winning confirmation in the U.S. Senate), is considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, according to a report from Robert Costa over at National Review.
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U.S. Supreme Court: Five Florida Counties No Longer Need Federal Preclearance for Voting Law Changes
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 25, 2013 - 10:42am
The U.S. Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional Section 4 of theVoting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965; five Florida counties --Collier, Hardee, Hendry, Hillsborough, and Monroe -- will no longer need to receive federal preclearance before implementing new voting laws.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Sounds the Alarm on Haitian Relief
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 25, 2013 - 10:26am
During her tenure as chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., joined ranking Democrat U.S. Rep. Howard Berman of California to ask the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate relief efforts in Haiti which is still recovering from a major earthquake in 2010. On Tuesday, after the GAO released a critical report of efforts led by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Ros-Lehtinen released a statement on the lack of progress.
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Ander Crenshaw: 'Time for the IRS to Come Clean'
Submitted by Kevin Derby on June 25, 2013 - 9:08am
U.S. Rep. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Financial Services and General Government, weighed in on Monday after receiving the IRSs 30-day report on targeting conservative and tea party groups. Crenshaw also spoke with IRS Principal Deputy Commissioner Daniel Werfel on Monday.
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