Too late for many, Florida’s prescription database is finally mandatory

Florida has been battling its image as the Oxy capital of America for more than a decade. The state began by shutting down pill mills, and this year the Legislature finally required its prescription database to be mandatory for health care professions.

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There was a tense moment during the 2016 Republican primary debates when former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush challenged Donald Trump for saying he would be "honored" to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un for disarmament talks. "I can't tell you how big a mistake I think that is, to have bilateral talks with North Korea.

Barbara Bush was ‘first lady of the greatest generation’ Updated at

Barbara Bush was remembered as the "first lady of the greatest generation" during a funeral Saturday attended by four former U.S. presidents and hundreds of other people who filled a Houston church with laughter as much as tears, with many recalling her quick wit and devotion to family. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush joked that his mother called her style of raising him and his siblings "'a benevolent dictatorship' - but honestly, it wasn't always benevolent."

Jeb Bush: Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s ‘incompetence and terrible judgment’ is ‘jarring’

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush lashed out at Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., amid an information technology procurement scandal involving one of her former staffers. "The incompetence and terrible judgment displayed by Debbie Wasserman Schultz and House Democrats is jarring," Bush tweeted Saturday, with a link to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece detailing the controversy surrounding IT aide Imran Awan.

Priebus: Candidates who don’t support Trump could be penalized

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told "Face the Nation" that former presidential candidates who do not endorse Donald Trump for president could find themselves penalized if they run for president again. "Those people need to get on board," he told CBS' "Face the Nation."

Top Jeb Bush adviser says ‘Donald Trump cannot be elected president’

TRENTON - A lifelong Republican and a top adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Monday she'll cast her vote for Hillary Clinton if the contest in her home state gets close. Sally Bradshaw, who was a senior adviser to Bush's failed presidential campaign, told CNN she left the Republican party and turned independent.

Trump Links Jeb to Delegate-Revolt ‘Movement’ Planned for Convention

Donald Trump said Saturday that Jeb Bush was behind a "movement" pushed by delegates to the Republican National Convention next month that would change party rules so they can vote for the candidate of their choice instead of who won their states in the primaries. [See video at 1:00 mark.] The presumptive Republican nominee also hinted that another 2016 rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, was part of the "delegate revolt."