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Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has reintroduced a bipartisan bill allowing the Secret Service to reimburse state and local law enforcement and fire departments for the assistance they’ve provided protecting President Trump at his residences in Florida, New Jersey and New York. Kean reintroduced the Presidential Security Resources Reimbursement Act a week before it appears Trump is scheduled to make the first visit of his second term to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. Since the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, state and local departments have provided services in cooperation with the...
Deputies say a man and his family were held at gunpoint in a terrifying home invasion in South Florida. The homeowner is a jewelry store owner with an active social media presence.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s Office of Statewide Prosecution secured a 20-year prison sentence for a fentanyl dealer who supplied other drug trafficking organizations. According to the investigation, law enforcement authorities identified Jazzmeen Underdue Montanez as the highest-ranking member of a Central Florida drug trafficking organization that trafficked in...
A relentless barrage of violent tornadoes, raging wildfires, and blinding dust storms has unleashed catastrophic destruction across the central and southern United States, leaving at least 33 people dead and communities shattered. Now, as the deadly storm system barrels eastward, Florida is bracing for impact. From Missouri to Mississippi, the...
A 71-year-old Cuban national has been arrested in Florida on charges of immigration fraud, with allegations of ties to Cuban intelligence. Tomas Emilio Hernandez Cruz was taken into custody Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in collaboration with the FBI. The arrest followed an investigation into fraudulent claims...
The Florida Legislature is once again trying to push through legislation that would take away the rights of area citizens and local government to have any voice in the management of rural and agricultural lands. It is crucial that citizens contact their legislative members and demand that these egregious measures be stopped immediately.
The news coming out of the Trump administration has been rapid-fire and shocking. Trade wars. Mass layoffs. Constant chaos. It’s designed to exhaust us — to make us so numb to the news that it starts to feel normal. It isn’t working. In fact, it’s backfiring. Americans are so ticked off about the direction Republicans are taking our country that the National Republican Congressional Committee is telling its members to stop hosting town halls in their districts — because Democrats, independents, and yes, even some Republicans, are turning out and speaking up about the damage that the Trump Administration...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently marked the groundbreaking of the I-75 expansion adding over 31 miles of new auxiliary lanes, from State Road 44 in Wildwood to State Road 326 in Ocala. This latest Moving Florida Forward project has been fully funded and is beginning 10-15 years ahead of schedule.
A Florida woman was recently arrested after committing two of the exact same crimes she was previously accused of and out on bond for, law enforcement in the Sunshine State say. Kristin Ann Mittelstadt, 35, stands accused of six charges including fleeing to elude, knowingly driving with a suspended or...
In nursing homes across Florida, elderly residents have much to lose from the spending cuts proposed in Washington, D.C. Medicaid is the primary payer for nursing-home care in Florida — and the only way that two-thirds of nursing-home residents can afford help with daily tasks such as eating, bathing and dressing.
Sunday is a FOX 35 Storm Alert Day as there is the potential for severe weather, including strong thunderstorms, across north- and north-central Florida. Timeline: The worst weather appears in late afternoon and overnight now, 4 p.m. - 4 a.m. Main threats: strong thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail and one or two tornadoes possible.
