After a month of playing coy about any possible endorsement, former Florida Gov.Jeb Bushjumped into the middle of the Republican presidential race Wednesday with his backing of one-time rival Ted Cruz. But Florida political operatives had mixed views about whether the endorsement would be effective...
The largest Democratic caucus in Congress has endorsed Susannah Randolph in her race for the nomination in District 9. The Congressional Progressive Caucus, made up of more than 70 members, endorsed Randolph for the seat being vacated by outgoing U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando. Randolph is Grayson's...
U.S. Rep Alan Grayson picked up the endorsement of one of the largest unions in the country Monday when the Communications Workers of America backed him for U.S. Senate. The 700,000-member CWA represents members in telecommunications, news media, health care, manufacturing and other fields. "With...
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy picked up another major endorsement for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate Monday with the backing of former Florida Gov. and U.S. Senator Bob Graham. "Patrick is the right candidate to lead Florida in the U.S. Senate," Graham said in a statement. "His strong democratic...
State Attorney General Pam Bondi became the second marquee name to announce Thursday afternoon that Florida residents should not expect a run for governor in 2018. "I will say on the record, I am not running for governor," Bondi told Fox News host Neil Cavuto, according to the Tampa Bay Times. ...
In his first press conference since dropping out of the Republican presidential race Tuesday night following a loss to Donald Trump in the Florida primary, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio insisted he would be a private citizen when his Senate term ends in January. "I'm not going to be anybody's vice president,"...
It's hard to overstate the drubbing Marco Rubio suffered last week. To his campaign. To his reputation. To his future. The polls closed at 8 p.m. last Tuesday. By 8:25, Rubio had quit. In March Madness terms, Team Rubio had rounded up all its teary-eyed cheerleaders and caught the bus back home...
An Orange County jury awarded more than $1 million Thursday to an Orlando man injured when a rotted section of a city-owned oak tree toppled onto the vehicle he was driving. Trino Valdez, 52, recalled little of the incident in November 2012 that crushed his Ford Explorer and broke a vertebra in...
Fox News is slamming GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump for his repeated Twitter tirades against anchor Megyn Kelly."Donald Trump's vitriolic attacks against Megyn Kelly and his extreme, sick obsession with her is beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate who wants to occupy the highest...
Ocoee commission candidate Marc A. Price today announced he is dropping out of the race so the city won't have to pay for his run-off election against former fire chief Richard Firstner. "As a prudent entrepreneur and conscientious individual, I know this is the right and moral thing to do," Price...
Orange County issued more than $200,000 in worthless paychecks to 1,300 poll workers who staffed election precincts Tuesday, a blunder that Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles blamed on a processing error by ADP, the private company managing the office's payroll. "Poll workers are...
Bruce Weiss stewed after waiting 2½ hours in line outside a downtown Phoenix polling place, where juice drinks, snacks and circus animal cookies were handed out by citizens hoping to pacify thousands who turned out to cast ballots in Arizona's presidential primary. The scene was repeated Tuesday...
Voters preparing for the June 7 California primary shouldn't expect to see endless television campaign ads from Sen. Bernie Sanders for the next two and a half months. Sanders said Wednesday during a visit to Los Angeles that instead he is counting on a ground game of liberal organizations — including...
Crowds in the tens of thousands have been a hallmark of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, but the turnout hasn’t translated into the primary votes he needs to surge past Hillary Clinton in the race for the Democratic nomination. Sanders, who will rally Wednesday night in Los Angeles at the...
A few miles from Disneyland is a place most tourists never see. The signs along the thoroughfare suddenly switch to Arabic script advertising hookah shops, Middle Eastern sweets and halal meat. At a run-down strip mall in the neighborhood known as Little Arabia, flags from a half-dozen Muslim countries...
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday sought to position herself as the only candidate equipped to deal with international terrorism at a time her Republican rivals are calling for police monitoring of American Muslim communities, rethinking of America’s alliance with NATO and carpet bombing in the Middle...
Orange County Animal Services was named "Outstanding Agency of the Year" by the Florida Animal Control Association, a not-for-profit group which works to improve animal control and protection methods. The statewide group chose Orange County for improving the image of its shelter, developing programs...
A regretful Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowles blamed "human error" for a temporary shortage of ballots at about a dozen precincts during Tuesday's elections, but was confident the glitch did not alter the outcome of the presidential primary or 13 local races. Cowles, in his 20th...
The day after Marco Rubio ended his bid for the presidency, staffers emptied out his Orlando campaign office while Gov. Rick Scott called for Republicans to come together behind primary victor Donald Trump. It was a new day in Florida politics. But what happens next? "I suspect a number of Republicans...
Florida Republicans dumped a bucket of ice cold water on Marco Rubio's presidential ambitions, but they didn't extinguish his political future. At 44, time is on his side. He has plenty of time for a political comeback — one that ultimately could put him in the White House — despite the devastating...
The day after Donald Trump's big win in the Florida Republican presidential primary - and after U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio suspended his campaign - Gov. Rick Scott called for an end to "Republican on Republican violence" and called on his party to back Trump for the nomination. "With his victories yesterday,...
Two men died and a third was rescued from a Montana lake when their snowmobiles plunged into the ice-covered body of water as they attempted to cross to the other side, local officials said Saturday. A group of five male snowmobilers were traversing a frozen patch of Seeley Lake, in western Montana,...
Five people were stabbed early on Saturday in a restaurant in Washington, D.C., police said. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. at McFadden's, a popular restaurant and nightclub on Pennsylvania Avenue, eight blocks from the White House in the nation's capital. All five victims were taken to...
A 19-year-old woman was arrested for the murder of her 5-year-old cousin in upstate New York on Friday, less than a day after she reported what police said was a concocted story about two men in ski masks kidnapping the boy, local media reported. The body of Kenneth White was found by police sniffer...