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Edgartown Chief of Police Bruce R. McNamee helps Venezuelan migrants onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Martha's Vineyard. A group of 48 migrants was flown to the island from Texas earlier this week, leaving them stranded. They are now being transferred to a military base in Cape Cod.
DeSantis wants to keep Venezuelan migrants from Florida. Some may end up here anyway.
Many details still remain unknown about the two flights the governor’s administration sent to Martha’s Vineyard.
Ousted Hillsborough prosecutor vs. DeSantis in court Monday. What could happen?
Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren in August.
Suspended state attorney Andrew Warren will ask a federal judge to reinstate him to the office he was escorted out of last month.
Appeals court questions ruling on Florida’s 2021 elections law
Members of civil rights and voting rights groups and attorneys enter the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in downtown Miami.
Voting rights groups filed a series of challenges to the law.
Midterm elections: What does history say? And what could make 2022 different?
Mail-in ballots are processed at a California county facility on June 16, 2022.
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  1. DeSantis on Ian: ‘Make preparations now’
    Earlier today• Hurricane
    A graphic from the National Hurricane Center released at 11 a.m. Sunday shows the earliest likely arrival times for tropical storm-force winds from Ian. Gov. Ron DeSantis urged Floridians on Sunday morning to prepare now for a storm that is expected to be a major hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico.
  2. Clearwater to host forums on bluff referendum as residents push for passage
    Earlier today• Clearwater
    On Nov. 8, voters will decide whether the city should sell its vacant City Hall to build two apartment towers, shaded at right, and the former Harborview site to build a 13-story hotel, shaded at left. The project also would include a two-story building with commercial space. The parcels border the city's $84 million ongoing renovation of Coachman Park, shown in the rendering's foreground.
  3. Will Gov. DeSantis get deposed and questioned on the witness stand?
    Earlier today• Politics
    Florida Gov Ron DeSantis announces the suspension of Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren during a news conference at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office administration building in Tampa.
  5. Making sense of the migrant flights: What’s true — and not true
    Yesterday• Politics
    A Venezuelan migrant is led onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Sept. 16 in Edgartown, Mass on the island of Marthas Vineyard. A group of 48 migrants was flown to the island from Texas earlier this week, leaving them stranded.
  6. DeSantis’ elections security chief Pete Antonacci dies
    Sep. 23• Politics
    As Broward elections supervisor, Peter Antonacci spoke at the Voting Equipment Center in Lauderhill on the first day of in-person early voting on Oct. 19, 2020. He's been hired by Gov. Ron DeSantis to run the state's new elections crimes office.
  7. DeSantis issues emergency order as potential hurricane approaches Florida
    Sep. 23• Local Weather
    Tropical Depression Nine has formed.
  8. DeSantis sued again over migrant flights, this time by state lawmaker
    Sep. 23• Politics
    Immigrants gather with their belongings outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha's Vineyard.
  9. Florida migrant flight money went to company tied to DeSantis adviser
    Sep. 22• Politics
    Florida governor Ron DeSantis pictured April 9, 2022, in Jacksonville, Florida.
  10. St. Petersburg City Council begins process to fill Lisa Wheeler-Bowman’s seat
    Sep. 22• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg City Council members will likely select a new council member for District 7 on Oct. 6 to replace Lisa Wheeler-Bowman, who resigned after allegations surfaced that she didn't live in the district.
  11. Jared Kushner: ‘Very troubling’ to see migrants used as ‘pawns’
    Sep. 22• Politics
    Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser, in a 2019 file photo. [ JABIN BOTSFORD | Washington Post]
  12. Florida asks Supreme Court to rule on new law aimed at social media outlets
    Sep. 22• Politics
    A Florida law that targets social media companies over decisions to remove politicians and other users from their platforms is facing legal challenges. After two lower courts ruled against the law, the state is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in.
  13. ‘Abandoned’: Migrants bound for Delaware adrift after canceled flight
    Sep. 22• Politics
    Venezuelan Luis Oswaldo, 39, was stranded at a La Quinta hotel in San Antonio after his flight to Delaware, arranged by operatives working for Gov. Ron DeSantis, was canceled without warning. At least 20 other migrants were left with few resources and no idea where to go next.
  14. Trump docs probe: Appeals court lifts hold on Mar-a-Lago records
    Sep. 21• Politics
    This Aug. 31 photo shows an aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach. A federal appeals panel has lifted a judge's hold on the Justice Department's ability to use classified records seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate in its ongoing criminal investigation.
  15. Suit seeks nationwide injunction to block DeSantis from ‘inducing immigrants’
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Edgartown Chief of Police Bruce R. McNamee helps Venezuelan migrants onto a bus at St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. A group of 48 migrants was left stranded after being flown to the island from Texas earlier last week.
  16. Florida Republicans extend voter registration edge
    Sep. 21• Politics
    A sign shows people where to enter the polls at Roberts Recreation Center in St. Petersburg during the Aug. 23, 2022 primary election. Since the primary, the number of registered Republicans in Florida has grown by more than 42,000 while Democrats have gained fewer than 1,700 voters.
  17. Florida taps first Black farmer for medical pot license
    Sep. 21• Politics
    Terry Donnell Gwinn, 69, and his brother Clifford have farmed for more than 40 years and operate Gwinn Brothers Farm in McAlpin, the statement said.
  18. Joe Biden leaves out context in ‘60 Minutes’ comment on debt reduction
    Sep. 21• Politics
    President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Aug. 26, 2022
  19. Military didn’t ‘deport’ immigrants from Martha’s Vineyard
    Sep. 21• Politics
    A buffet was set up on Thursday morning for migrants who landed on Martha's Vineyard.
  20. DeSantis, Florida sued by 3 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard
    Sep. 20• Politics
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to a question during a news conference Sept. 7 in Miami. Three of the nearly 50 migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard last week by the state of Florida are suing Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials.
  21. DeSantis suspends Miami-Dade official amid corruption case
    Sep. 20• Politics
    Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez talks briefly with the media as he walks out of the Miami-Dade Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral on Aug. 30, 2022, after he surrendered to face criminal charges. He was suspended Tuesday by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
  22. Citizens Insurance up to 1.055M policies
    Sep. 20• Business
    The state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added about 8,000 policies last week, bringing its total to 1,055,366 as of Friday, according to newly posted data.
  23. Confused about U.S. immigration? We answer commonly asked questions
    Sep. 20• Politics
    Migrants, who arrived on a flight sent by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, gather with their belongings outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. A Texas sheriff on Monday, Sept. 19 opened an investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard by DeSantis, but did not say what laws may have been broken in putting 48 Venezuelans on private planes last week from San Antonio.
  24. Despite rumors, flight heads to Nashville — not Biden’s home
    Sep. 20• Politics
    There were few signs of activity at Kelly Field in San Antonio on Tuesday morning, despite reports of a plane of migrants scheduled to take off from there and fly to Delaware.
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