After rebuke from legislative leaders, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pledges to veto immigration bill

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis promised to veto a sweeping immigration bill on Wednesday in the latest escalation of a statehouse showdown with Republican legislative leaders over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump ’s immigration crackdown. ...

GOP-led immigration bill signals Trump that Tennessee wants to aid his deportation crackdown

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse is on track to become the latest state to adopt immigration enforcement policies designed to assist President Donald Trump's plan to suppress illegal immigration and carry out one of the largest mass deportation efforts in U.S....

Florida lawmakers pass sweeping immigration bill to help with Trump crackdown

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping immigration bill Tuesday, setting aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump 's crackdown on those in the country illegally. In a state where roughly one in every five residents...

Tennessee opens session on school vouchers and Trump immigration push, as protests seek gun control

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's Republican-dominant Statehouse gaveled into session Monday with blueprints from Gov. Bill Lee to greatly expand school voucher access and find ways to embrace President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda. But as lawmakers eased into...

Florida Republicans defy DeSantis to push their own immigration bill

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, it's game on between Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's Republican lawmakers. In a stunning rebuke to DeSantis, who was once floated as the Republican successor to President Donald Trump, Florida lawmakers on Monday gaveled in a special session...

Nikki Fried vows to rebuild Florida Democrats as re-elected chair

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Nikki Fried was reelected Saturday as chair of the Florida Democratic Party, which is seeking to regain relevance in a state that has tilted decidedly toward the Republicans. Fried, who was first chosen as chair in 2023, got more than three-quarters of the vote...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will fill Marco Rubio's Senate seat

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber. Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in...

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is chosen by the governor to fill Marco Rubio’s vacant Senate seat

Who is Trump's attorney general pick Pam Bondi? The former prosecutor is a close Trump ally

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, Pam Bondi, faced questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday over her loyalty to the Republican president-elect, who has vowed to use the agency to pursue revenge on his perceived political enemies. The former Florida...

An American tradition: Defeated candidates attending the president-elect's inauguration

In January 1981, Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan as the new Republican president thanked the Democrat for his administration's help after Reagan resoundingly defeated Carter the previous November. Twenty years earlier, after a much closer race, Republican Richard...