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Florida Sen. Rick Scott on Saturday slammed President Joe Biden and those in the Senate, including his fellow Republicans, who seek to green-light a deal on illegal immigration that would make federal law out of the administration’s disastrous open-border policy. In an email to constituents,…
Read More Florida Sen. Scott Slams Senate’s So-Called Immigration Deal, Lawless Open-Border Agenda
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Republican state lawmakers have proposed a variety of pro-life laws, with three states placing a new focus on abortion “trafficking.” Following the Dobbs decision, Idaho became the first state in 2023 to pass a bill enforcing criminal…
Read More Tennessee, Texas, And Idaho Lawmakers Set Their Sights On Abortion ‘Trafficking’ Post-Dobbs
Former University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) swimmer Lia Thomas is looking to overturn rules requiring transgender swimmers to have started transitioning at the age of 12 to be eligible to compete at the highest levels of the sport, according to an International Court of Arbitration for…
Read More Former University Of Pennsylvania Trans Swimmer Lia Thomas Waging Olympic Legal Battle
Florida Rep. Greg Steube ripped the verdict in the defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll against former President Trump Friday. A Manhattan jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages Friday for Trump criticizing while appearing on a CNN Town Hall…
Read More “Outrage” Florida Rep. Greg Steube Slams Trump Verdict In New York Defamation Case
Republicans blasted the verdict in a defamation case against former President Donald Trump Friday. A Manhattan jury awarded E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in compensatory and punitive damages Friday after he criticized her during a May 2023 town hall on CNN, after he was found liable for defamation and sexual battery…
Read More Republicans Rip Verdict In Trump Defamation Case
Why is Governor Abbot so intent on having a toe-to-toe confrontation with the Biden Administration? The United States Constitution gives authority to the Federal Government to control Naturalization. Federal Law gives the Federal Government the authority to control Immigration. While Abbot has a valid complaint…
Read More Op-Ed: Texas Vs. Biden
As the death toll continues to rise in the war between Israel and Hamas, a federal judge heard arguments Friday in a challenge to Florida officials’ efforts to disband pro-Palestinian student groups at two universities. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker spent more than two…
Read More Federal Judge Weighs Florida Officials’ Efforts To Disband Pro-Palestinian Student Groups
President Joe Biden will travel to South Florida on Tuesday as part of his re-election campaign. A news release Friday from the White House said he will take part in two “campaign receptions” in the Palm Beach and Miami areas. It did not provide additional…
Read More President Joe Biden To Make Campaign Stop In Florida
Border Patrol agents apprehended 50 illegal aliens on the terror watchlist between October and December, according to federal data updated Friday. The total number of migrant crossings at the southern border between October and December surpassed 785,000, more than 629,000 of them being illegal entries, according to…
Read More Border Agents Nabbed 50 Illegal Aliens On Terror Watchlist In Last 3 Months
A top Chinese official blamed the United States for the fentanyl crisis prior to high-level talks with American officials, NBC News reported. Overdoses killed over 100,000 Americans in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yu Haibin, deputy secretary-general of the National…
Read More China Dodges Responsibility For Supplying Fentanyl Crisis Ahead Talks With US