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Backroom Briefing: Trump Causes Heartburn for Bondi

June 9, 2016 - 7:45pm
Pam Bondi and Donald Trump

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was one of the highest-profile Republicans in the state to endorse Donald Trump before his primary win in the state, is now catching heat for her ties to the presumptive GOP presidential nominee.

The most tangible furor facing Bondi concerns an Associated Press report about a donation she received from Trump "around the same time" her office was considering joining an investigation against the businessman's namesake university. Bondi eventually decided not to join the case against Trump's venture.

Press Sec Confirms: President Obama Backs Debbie Wasserman Schultz's Reelection

During Thursday's White House press briefing a reporter asked Obama Press Secretary Josh Earnest, "Does POTUS have confidence in DWS to retain her position at the end of this cycle?"

Earnest said this in reply:

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Florida Supreme Court Rules Part of State's Workers' Comp Limit is Unconstitutional

June 9, 2016 - 5:30pm

The state of Florida’s workers’ compensation system suffered another blow Thursday when the Florida Supreme Court ruled another part of the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system is unconstitutional.

In a 5-2 decision, the Florida Supreme Court struck down a law limiting payments to injured workers for two years, instead ordering that the payments for injured workers should last five years. 

Barack Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton

June 9, 2016 - 3:15pm
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

President Barack Obama endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for President Thursday afternoon -- a big boost to Clinton’s presidential ambitions as the presumptive Democratic candidate.

In a video released Thursday, Obama praises Clinton for becoming the first woman to lock up the presidential nomination in any major party.

Obama also says he is confident Clinton can get the job done.

“I know how hard this job can be,” Obama says in the video. “That’s why I know Hillary will be so good at it.”

Bilirakis Wants FTC to Battle Senior Fraud

June 9, 2016 - 12:30pm
Gus Bilirakis

Florida Republican Gus Bilirakis’ proposal to help the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tackle fraud targeting seniors picked up steam on Capitol Hill on Thursday. 

The House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee approved the Florida congressman’s “FTC Robust Elderly Protections and Organizational Requirements to Track Scams Act (FTC REPORTS) Act.” The bill would require the FTC to be more transparent and draw up annual plans to to fight fraud targeting seniors.

Gwen Margolis Will Retire from the Florida Senate

June 9, 2016 - 11:15am

After a distinguished 40-year career in public service, Sen. Gwen Margolis, D-Aventura, has announced she will retire from the Senate when her term is up in November.

The announcement came abruptly in a press release Thursday morning, less than four days after Margolis, 81, came under fire in media reports across the state for disparaging and racist references she made particularly about three of her five competitors in the SD 38 race.

The British Will Choose Their Destiny

June 9, 2016 - 7:00am

Sitting on the sun-dappled terrace of the House of Lords, watching the Thames flow, Lord Nigel Lawson explains that the June 23 referendum, which he hopes will withdraw Britain from the European Union, was never supposed to happen. It is, he says, the fulfillment of a promise Prime Minister David Cameron expected to be prevented from keeping.

Justices Weigh Challenge to Open-Carry Ban

June 8, 2016 - 6:30pm

Law-abiding Floridians should be allowed to openly carry firearms in public, a gun-rights groups argued Wednesday to the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of a man arrested four years ago while strolling with a visibly holstered weapon in Fort Pierce.

Dwight Bullard Calls for U.S. Attorney General to Investigate Pam Bondi's Conduct

District 39 state Sen. Dwight Bullard called on United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Wednesday to launch an investigation into the conduct of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi relating to campaign donations solicited from presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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