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The night ended with the crowd chanting: “Four more years! Four more years!”
Read More »Donald Trump Jr. And Kimberly Guilfoyle Speak At The University Of Florida
UF Students Protest Donald Trump Jr.’s Visit to Campus
ACCENT, a part of the UF student government, is paying Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle $50,000 from student activity fees.
Read More »Judge Weighs Decision On Voting Rights Law That Could Sway 2020 Election
A two-day hearing is fueling anticipation about a federal judge's upcoming decision whether to block provisions of a new Florida law requiring ex-felons to repay all court fines and fees before they can be allowed to vote in future elections.
Read More »President Trump’s Medicare Executive Order Produces Mixed Reactions In The Villages
The executive order will expand privatized health care.
Read More »Florida Gov. DeSantis Will Join President Trump For Visit To The Villages
DeSantis, whose support from Trump is widely credited for his win in the 2018 gubernatorial race, will attend the Villages event with the president, Meredith Beatrice, a DeSantis spokeswoman, confirmed Wednesday morning.
Read More »Florida Shifts Into Dorian Assistance Mode
Florida emergency management efforts shifted Thursday from storm preparation to providing assistance as Hurricane Dorian, after devastating the Bahamas and skirting Florida’s East Coast, threatened to cause heavy damage in the Carolinas.
Read More »Record-Setting Hurricane Dorian Keeps Pounding North Bahamas
There was little information from the affected islands, though officials expected many residents to be left homeless.
Read More »Tolls Lifted As Devastating Dorian Remains A Threat
Tolls were suspended Sunday on Florida’s Turnpike and other roads in South Florida and Central Florida, as local mandatory evacuation orders started and large portions of the state’s East Coast continued to face threats from catastrophic Hurricane Dorian. With Dorian churning westward Sunday afternoon less than a couple of hundred …
Read More »Hurricane Heads For Florida After Brushing Caribbean Islands
The forecast called for the storm to pass near or over the northern Bahamas on Saturday and close in on Florida by Sunday afternoon.
Read More »Storm Dorian Closing In On Puerto Rico Near Hurricane Force
Tropical Storm Dorian nears Puerto Rico as it grows to hurricane strength. The island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria's damage two years prior.
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