By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion from Congress. Santos, who pleaded guilty last summer ...
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — As hundreds of migrants crowded into the Krome Detention Center in Miami on the edge of the Florida Everglades, a palpable fear of an uprising set in among its staff. As President Donald J. Trump sought to make good on ...
Alexander Lowie, University of Florida (THE CONVERSATION) Florida has undergone a dramatic political transformation over the past decade from a swing state to Republican stronghold. Florida's recent congressional special election on April 1, 2025, showcased the state's increasingly ...
MIAMI (AP) — South Florida deputies found three people wounded Thursday after responding to reports of a shooting at a warehouse area, officials said. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said during a news conference that all three wounded people were taken to a local hospital, and one ...
By KATE PAYNE Associated Press/Report for America TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The top Democrat in Florida's Senate is leaving his party, declaring that "the Democratic Party in Florida is dead." Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo's announcement on the Senate floor Thursday that he's ...
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — State and local election officials from across the country are meeting Thursday to consider President Donald Trump's executive order that seeks major changes to how elections are run, the first time those in charge of the ...
