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Add Midterm Elections as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Midterm Elections news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee in the state's high-profile gubernatorial race, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan Monday informing him that he is resigning from Congress in an effort to "serve Florida taxpayers."
Veteran economic guru Larry Kudlow is baffled over why Senator Marco Rubio, who voted for President Donald Trump's tax bill, now claims he thinks that maybe companies got too good a tax break. "I thought we probably went too far on [helping] corporations," Rubio told The News-Press, a newspaper based in Fort Myers, Florida, in an interview published Thursday.
Waterside residents around the county are reporting damaged seawalls - and as more and more reports roll in, it will take longer and longer for repairs to be done. "The people of Florida are tough.
President Donald Trump doled out hoagies and handshakes in the sweltering Florida heat on Thursday as he took a firsthand tour of Irma's devastation and liberally dispensed congratulatory words about the federal and state recovery effort.
President Donald Trump will hear directly from people affected by Irma's fury as he makes his third visit in less than three weeks to the storm-wracked South. Trump, joined by Vice-President Mike Pence, was scheduled to visit Naples and Fort Myers on Florida's southwestern coast Thursday to meet with those affected by the hurricane and learn more about relief efforts.
FEMA estimates that Hurricane Irma destroyed about one quarter of the homes in the Florida Keys and damaged most of the others. Keys residents who stayed behind during the storm are now struggling to pick up the pieces.
Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson flew over the Florida Keys and toured Key West to see the damage from Hurricane Irma. The Keys felt Irma's full fury when it blew ashore as a Category 4 hurricane Sunday morning with 130 mph winds.
Meteorologist Dani Beckstrom of the Fox 4 station in Fort Myers, Florida said that she was heartbroken on Sunday after realizing during the broadcast just how devastating Hurricane Irma's storm surge would be to her viewing area. "It really breaks my heart but we are really looking at Sanibel [island] being completely under water," Beckstrom said as she pointed to the ominous doppler image.
A 37-year-old passenger was killed when a plane crashed into a building Saturday morning on the Chico's campus in Fort Myers. The plane was taking off from Page Field when it crashed into Building 9 - a day care center - at Chico's.
Comprised of five starters from five different countries, ODU stood on the 18th green at Verandah Club in Fort Myers, Florida last week as C Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., listens to community leaders at a roundtable discussion on religious freedom with the regional interfaith community at All Dulles Area Muslim Society Mosque in Sterling, Va., Thursday, July 21, 2016.
Governor Rick Scott met with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday in an effort to help the 45th president reinvent the federal government. There has been speculation for months though that the governor might be considered for a position in the Trump administration, although the governor has denied the claims.
We are just three days away from the general election and lots of attention is being shown to the Sunshine State as Florida is a major swing state. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is scheduled to visit Fort Myers Saturday afternoon.
Monday's first presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump may draw, by some estimates, 100 million viewers, who will be able to take the measure of the candidates for the first time on the same stage together. The stakes for both contenders are enormous.
FORT MYERS, Fla.- A 61-year-old Vietnam veteran says the Department of Veterans Affairs abandoned and left him homeless. For Billy Croft, June 1 was a day he never thought would come.
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Donald Trump turns his attention to California and Hillary Clinton sharpens her attacks toward the presumptive republican nominee. Meanwhile, Bernie...
Memorial day weekend is quickly approaching and many Southwest Floridians will be heading out on the boat. But before it's... FORT MYERS, Fla. - Donald Trump turns his attention to California and Hillary Clinton sharpens her attacks toward the presumptive republican nominee. Meanwhile, Bernie...