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Sixty mega-donors gave 30 percent of the money raised by Donald Trump and the Republican Party - Sixty mega-donors gave at least $100,000 each to a joint committee raising funds for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, together pouring in $15.4 million from late May until the end of June, new campaign finance records show. Trump does not represent the future of the country - or the GOP - Jeb Bush was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007 and a 2016 Republican candidate for president.
Convention organizers on Thursday released a partial list of speakers that shows the two Florida politicians will appear on stage at next week's event in Cleveland. Bondi was the first high-profile Florida politician to back presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump ahead of the March primary.
The state of Florida asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to allow it to discontinue a kosher meals program for thousands of religiously observant prison inmates in the event that chronic budget problems worsen and other costs take priority. An attorney representing the Florida Department of Corrections told a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the estimated $12.3 million additional cost of kosher meals could become prohibitive if other budget needs arise.
It's extremely hard for a Republican to win the presidency without Florida's 29 electoral votes. The polls suggest that Hillary Clinton might capitalize on huge demographic shifts to an extent that Barack Obama never did.
It's "Furorida e yokoso!" - Welcome to Florida! - for sailors, officers and 200 newly commissioned ensigns on board three Japanese warships who dock Thursday at Mayport Naval Station as the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Training Squadron makes a three-day goodwill visit. As the training squadron's visiting sailors enjoy liberty at a new port of call, its military band will join Navy Band Southeast for a free public concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the University of North Florida.
Algae covered water at Stuart's Central Marine boat docks is thick, Thursday, June 30, 2016, in Stuart, Florida. The blue-green algae is the latest contaminant in years long arguments over water flowing from Lake Okeechobee.
After their call for a special legislative session failed, Florida Democrats say they will continue to seek "common-sense" regulations on the sales of weapons to people on federal watch lists. With only a single Republican joining with Democrats, initial numbers released by the Florida Department of State indicated there wasn't enough legislative support for a requested special session to deal with gun control as a reaction to the mass shooting last month at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Memberships have more than doubled in a national LGBT, pro-gun rights organization since a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida, killing 49 people. Memberships have more than doubled in a national LGBT, pro-gun rights organization since a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida, killing 49 people.
An aerial photo shows blue-green algae enveloping an area along the St. Lucie River in Stuart, Fla.,Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Officials want federal action along the stretch of Florida's Atlantic coast where the governor has declared a state of emergency over algae blooms. The Martin County Commission is inviting the president to view deteriorating water conditions that local officials blame on freshwater being released from the lake, according to a statement released Wednesday.
The Latest on an algae bloom that prompted Florida's governor to declare a state of emergency : As a noxious algae bloom fouls beaches on Florida's Atlantic coast, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it will reduce the flow of water from Lake Okeechobee that many blame for fueling the problem. The Corps said in a news release Thursday that its Jacksonville District will begin the reductions Friday, targeting the Caloosahatchee Estuary and the St. Lucie Estuary.
Libertarians in Florida will have more to choose on Primary Day than just issues, they will select their candidate for U.S. Senate -- a first for Florida Libertarians. The match-up is between Augustus Invictus and Paul Stanton who both qualified this week which ended at Noon on June 24, 2016, for all candidates running in Florida.
" Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's decision to run for president set off a scramble to replace him. His last minute decision to run for re-election set off a scramble " though much smaller " to get out of the Senate race.
The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a family last seen in a 29-foot sailboat off the coast of southwest Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said in a news release that the man left Sarasota early Sunday with his sons, ages 13 and 15, and his 17-year-old daughter.
Hillary returns to Chelsea's $1,700-a-night hospital to visit grandson Aidan... with an aide to carry her bulging designer bags Hero mother pried mountain lion's jaws off her five-year-old son's HEAD after it tried to 'eat him' on Aspen hiking trail Trump backs banning one million people on FBI terror watch list from buying guns... But still believes armed clubgoers could have stopped Orlando massacre Monica Lewinsky 'threw a tantrum at the White House gates when she found out Bill Clinton was cheating on her with VP Walter Mondale's TV journalist daughter' Charlie Sheen accuses 'charlatan' Donald Trump of gifting him 'platinum diamond' cuff links that turned out to be cheap imitations Black box recorders from doomed Egyptair flight are so severely damaged they will take 'lots of time and effort' to fix before they reveal what caused it to crash 'Please come to the Grand Floridian, ... (more)
In this June 8, 2016 photo, Stonegate Bank President David Seleski poses with a credit card during an interview in Havana, Cuba. Stonegate, a small Florida bank, will issue the first U.S. credit card designed to work in Cuba on Wednesday, June 15, making it easier for American companies to do business on an island largely cut off from the U.S. financial system.
Two Florida men facing separate trials for terrorism charges have filed motions to postpone their proceedings in light of the terrorist attack in Orlando. The two men say the attack would adversely affect their chance at a fair hearing given that they are accused of being ISIS sympathizers, according to motions filed in federal court this week.
Hendra Putra said a final prayer at a Christmas vigil Mass on Sunday evening and offered a friend a ride home. Talking quietly, the two men headed to Putra's small Honda motorbike in a little parking area fenced with chicken wire, part of a Catholic school compound next to Jakarta's Church of St. Joseph.
Scott announced Wednesday that he is heading next week to Louisiana, where a s pecial session of the Legislature began Monday to cover a $600 million budget shortfall. New Gov. John Bel Edwards is looking to raise the state's income tax to help cover the budget hole, over push-back from the Republican-run Legislature.
Donald Trump threatened last week to run to replace New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, but still wants her to support his candidacy for president. " I'd like to have it ," Trump said Thursday, when asked by The New Mexican if he'd want an endorsement from her.