Florida Democrats Ban Private-Prison Donations, but Emails Show Internal Pushback

At a gala fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party in Hollywood on Sunday, party leaders including Chair Terrie Rizzo stood onstage and repeatedly condemned the Trump Administration for imprisoning immigrant children at detention facilities across the country. But when a group of activists proposed a ban on all political donations from the private-prison companies who profit off Trump's policies, a small but influential minority of old-guard party officials fought back and nearly succeeded in killing the measure.

Hard Drive Tied to Wasserman Schultz is Central To Imran Awan Case

OCTOBER 31: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks to reporters about Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the events that unfolded in Washington, DC after a press conference at the Broward Regional Health Planning Council about the Affordable Care Act on October 31, 2017 in Hollywood, Florida. Rep. Wasserman Shultz addressed the 2018 Open Enrollment period that begins tomorrow.

‘Red flag’ calls signalled post-Irma deaths at nursing home

Messages left on the sidewalk of the Rehabilitation Center of Hollywood Hills nursing home a day after eight people died and a criminal investigation by local agencies continued into how the rehab center allowed patients to stay without a working air condition system during the pass of Hurricane Irma through South Florida on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017.

a Red flaga calls signalled post-Irma deaths at nursing home

In this Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 file photo, a woman is transported from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills as patients are evacuated after a loss of air conditioning due to Hurricane Irma in Hollywood, Fla.

The Latest: FEMA shifting focus to the recovery process

Medical staff at the Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Florida described the scene as patients from a nearby nursing home arrived in the early morning hours after eight patients died days after Hurricane Irma. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long says the government response to Hurricane Irma has shifted from saving lives to one of beginning the long recovery process.

Wasserman Schultz leads efforts to remove Confederate names, statue

If U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., gets her way, the names of three Confederate generals will be removed from street signs in Hollywood, Fla., and the statue of a Confederate general representing Florida will be removed from the National Statuary Hall in Washington. Wasserman Schultz, the former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee who resigned from the post in July 2016 amid allegations that she favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders for the party's 2016 presidential nomination, has asked local leaders in Hollywood to remove the names of Robert E. Lee, Nathan Bedford Forrest and John Bell Hood from city streets.

Gyrocopter man’s last hours of freedom

The Florida man who pleaded guilty to a felony after landing a gyrocopter on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol last year began serving his 120-day sentence in a Florida prison on Tuesday. He granted CNN exclusive interviews during his final hours of freedom.

Wasserman Schultz and Canova spar over labor endorsements

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz broke down in tears Saturday with almost three dozen union members flanking her at a press conference, attempting to highlight her support among organized labor groups after the Florida AFL-CIO declined to endorse her last week. "When I could choose to work in Florida, unfortunately a right-to-work state, I chose to join a labor union and I was very proud to do that," Wasserman Schultz said.