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The student organizers behind the "March for Our Lives" are planning a series of town hall this weekend and will use empty chairs to symbolize lawmakers who were invited but who don't attend. As of Friday morning, 33 Democratic lawmakers had pledged to take part in "The Town Halls for Our Lives" events in their home states.
Outgoing Tallahassee city commissioner Gil Ziffer has endorsed Gwen Graham for Florida governor, despite working alongside Andrew Gillum for years on the commission. I'm proud to stand with Commissioner @GilZiffer in this fight, and, as governor, I'll stand up for local governments across the state to restore our promise to public education, protect our environment, invest in our economy - and protect every community from gun violence.
President Donald Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, but he won't be the only one trying to send a message. Many female Democratic lawmakers plan to follow the lead of celebrities at this year's Golden Globe Awards by wearing black to the State of the Union.
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List - Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List - Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List - Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List - Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure. He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.
Dispelling a swirl of rumors about how Sgt. La David T. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Florida, died, the report has determined that he was killed by enemy rifle and machine gun fire as he fled the attack by an offshoot of the Islamic State group about 120 miles north of Niamey, the capital of the African country.
Democratic Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson said she believes Florida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings and not the former congressional staffer who accused Hastings of sexually harassing her. Congress' Office of Compliance settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with the former committee staffer, Winsome Packer, for $220,000 after she accused the Democratic congressman of making sexual advances, touching her and threatening her job.
A white Virginia sheriff's deputy has been reassigned out of her job in the local school system after attending a Halloween party in blackface as part of a costume portraying Rep. Frederica Wilson . Deputy Jean Browning is a 20-year veteran of the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office in southeast Virginia, just north of Newport News, covering both York County and the city of Poquoson.
The Florida Democrat made headlines when she accused President Trump of being heartless in his call to a grieving widow - something Barack Obama skipped out on for much of his tenure in the White House. Earlier this week this week Frederica took a few more shots at President Trump predicting his impeachment.
'Spinning is one thing - lying is a whole other show': Lemon plays Sarah Sanders false recounting of Trump's words During his evening show, CNN's Don Lemon played Trump's own words followed by his press secretary's "alternative interpretation" of what Trump said. During the daily press briefing, reporters asked Sanders what Trump means by such statements, and her response was to deny that he said them.
In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. Kelly told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview that aired Oct. 30, 2017, that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was "an honorable man" and applying current thinking on social issues to figures in history is "very, very dangerous."
White House chief of staff John Kelly said the Civil War was sparked by "the lack of the ability to compromise." A claim by White House chief of staff John Kelly on Thursday that Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson boasted about procuring funding for an FBI field office in 2015 has been proven wrong by a video released by The Sun Sentinel.
White House chief of staff John Kelly stands by his comments related to his feud with Rep. Frederica Wilson, D-Fla., even after video footage revealed he mischaracterized Wilson's remarks at a dedication of an FBI building. Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked Kelly on Monday night if he felt like he had something to apologize for following the remarks.
One of the most stunning parts of the White House's debacle over Donald Trump's recent call to a Gold Star family was how it caught both the president and the chief of staff in outright lies. One of the most stunning parts of the White House's debacle over Donald Trump 's recent call to a Gold Star family was how it caught both the president and the chief of staff in outright lies.
Four-term Rep. Frederica Wilson has remained in Florida this past week and missed several House votes, including Thursday's Jones declined to discuss the specifics of the threats, except that they were mostly made over the telephone. Jones said a security detail is with the congresswoman while U.S. Capitol Police is checking in on staff.
Michelle Black was reportedly comforted by Trump's "gracious" call in the days after her Special Forces husband Bryan Black was killed in an ambush by Islamic State-linked militants in Niger. "I'm very grateful that he called and he spoke to the kids.
In this Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, Myeshia Johnson kisses the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson during his burial service at Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens in Hollywood, Fla.
Benghazi survivor Mark Geist on Rep. Wilson's (D-FL) comment that the ambush in Niger is President Trump's Benghazi. Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson is calling the ambush in Niger that left four U.S. soldiers dead "Trump's Benghazi."