Politics
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Trump attorney: Presidents can have rivals assassinated and still claim immunity
Donald Trump’s lawyer argued Tuesday that a US president could have a political rival assassinated by SEAL Team Six and still avoid criminal prosecution due to presidential immunity.
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Florida Republican introduces bill to ban virtually all abortions
Democratic Rep. Anna Eskamani called the proposed measure “extreme and unhinged.”
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72% of Florida voters oppose bill loosening child labor protections
The proposals come at a time when, according to the US Department of Labor, Florida child-labor violations rose to 281, up from 178 in 2021. This represents a 57.9% increase.
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Trump got millions from foreign governments while in White House, report finds
The foreign governments spent “lavishly” on apartments and hotel stays at properties owned by Trump’s family businesses, “personally enriching President Trump while he made foreign policy decisions connected to their policy agendas with far-reaching ramifications for the United States,” according to the report.
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Three years after Jan. 6, Trump’s authoritarianism is on full display
Saturday marks three years since the Capitol insurrection, and Donald Trump has only gotten more extreme as he closes in on the 2024 Republican nomination.
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Florida abortion rights amendment gets enough signatures for 2024 ballot
Floridians Protecting Freedom, the group backing the abortion amendment, still needs official confirmation that the signature requirements have been met. The secretary of state has until Feb. 1 to make that determination.
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These are the Florida Republicans who tried to overturn the 2020 election
All of the Florida lawmakers that voted to overturn Trump’s election loss are up for re-election in 2024.
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Insulin prices plunge for Floridians due to Biden’s American Rescue Plan
Eli Lilly, Sanofi, and Novo Nordisk’s price cuts are expected to benefit many Floridians who need insulin to survive. The companies first announced the moves last year, as a response to an American Rescue Plan provision that threatened to penalize them if they kept prices high.
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Florida Republicans trying to block voters from deciding abortion rights
The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments next month on whether to allow a proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee abortion rights onto the 2024 ballot.
