Politics & Government

A larger Census count of minority residents could reduce GOP representation.

Rubio has twice voted against iterations of the Violence Against Women Act.

Hunter Biden’s drug issues are not something Matt Gaetz has any right to criticize.

Rent-a-bank schemes are an age-old grift.

Attending your first Trump rally is a rite of passage of sorts.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren just picked up a major endorsement from the Sunshine State.

The secret to defeating Donald Trump? A big orange balloon, obviously.

Stone was found guilty on seven counts of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing the investigation into Russian interference of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Once again, money tied to Publix Supermarkets’ founding family is propping up a hard-line conservative campaign.

In 2013, then-Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she wouldn’t bring criminal or civil charges against Trump University, the online for-profit so-called college Donald Trump founded that did not actually offer university courses and was long accused of being a scam designed to defraud vulnerable people looking to get ahead.

The first day of Roger Stone’s criminal trial fittingly descended into a circus, cut short by health emergencies, protesters, and a 30-minute bathroom break by the defendant mere minutes into proceedings.

State Sen. Joe Gruters — a man who wants to protect hate speech online and has a racist poster hanging in his government office — just can’t stop himself. After pushing through a ban on so-called sanctuary cities earlier this year, Gruters vowed to introduce even more anti-immigrant legislation during the upcoming legislative session. Now, the leader of Florida’s GOP wants to check the immigration status of every new employee in the state.

When was the last time you stormed your parents’ bedroom in a fit of childish rage for not getting that thing you wanted? When you were a petulant little shit of a 6-year-old, maybe? So before diving into Rep. Matt Gaetz’s recent shenanigans, it’s worth noting he is 37 years old and, seemingly, a fully grown adult man.

The Broward Inspector General’s Office released a report alleging Pompano Beach Mayor Rex Hardin repeatedly broke campaign finance laws during his 2018 run for office.

We all know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is. Although she represents New York’s 14th congressional district, which includes the Bronx and part of Queens, in South Florida and across the country we even know her by her initials, AOC. But are our own elected leaders that well known, even to us?

Yesterday afternoon, Wall Street Journal politics reporter Tarini Parti was the first to announce that Wayne Messam — the mayor of Miramar, in Broward County — had raised just $5 this quarter for his incredibly long-shot bid for the 2020 presidency.

A person barred from buying a gun under Florida law is also prohibited from buying ammunition — but currently, there’s nothing to stop them from going to a gun shop and walking out with a few boxes of ammo.

Clifford Williams Jr. and his nephew Hubert Myers spent more than four decades in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. The men were at a party in Jacksonville in the early hours of May 2, 1976, when two women in a nearby apartment were shot while they slept.

In a recent Facebook post, Pembroke Pines Commissioner Jay Schwartz wrote a single sentence in simple white text on a purple background: “I am sure you will agree, we don’t need Dade County politics in Pembroke Pines.” What came next was a flood of confused comments followed by much debate and…

Florida is back to draining swamps, and for once, it’s not the Everglades. Long considered one of the most corrupt places in the country, the Sunshine State is apparently raising the bar when it comes to transparency around ethics enforcement.

In a direct blow to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Senate special master tasked with considering the suspension of former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel has concluded that the embattled cop should be reinstated.

In addition to being a Florida senator and a villain from the Mummy film series because he scared Brendan Fraser too much, Rick Scott was, in varying stints, a hospital-chain executive and the governor of the Sunshine State. In both of those jobs, Scott showed utter contempt for poor people, the sick, and the concept of taxpayer-funded medicine…