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‘Dumbfounds Us All': Congress Struggles With Policies Rippling From AI Development
“A lot of people are afraid of the dark and change is difficult,” said Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va.

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“A lot of people are afraid of the dark and change is difficult,” said Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va.

Most aren’t buying claims that lawsuit restrictions are helping matters.
Republican Sydney Gruters was the early favorite to keep the seat red, but Democrat Kelly Kirschner says momentum is on his side.
The Republican Party of Florida on Monday went on the record as supporting the proposal.
A legislative committee voted along partisan lines to approve budget amendments allowing DeSantis to pay for his crackdown on immigration.
Meanwhile, the Florida Realtors have contributed $10 million for a pro-Amendment 3 campaign.
Payment error rates measure the accuracy of each state’s eligibility and benefit determinations in the SNAP Program.
The development comes nearly eight years after Floridians approved Amendment 4 designed to restore voting rights to 1.5 million people.
2026 has seen 23 executions in six states, 13 of them in Florida.
Lawmakers said they were more determined than ever to exert their inherent state authority as they look to oppose Trump.
The Florida Education Association supports guidelines for protecting children.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds named Miami-Dade County Sen. Bryan Avila to serve as his running mate Tuesday.
Sanders sees a candidate who will ‘take on the greed of the billionaire class.’
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The GOP gubernatorial candidate also says he’ll follow Ron DeSantis’ precedent of removing ‘rogue’ state attorneys.
The two House Democrats vie for the Tampa Bay area state Senate seat being vacated by Darryl Rouson.
A former incumbent federally indicted for stealing disaster money. The former frontman of a 1980s Miami hip hop group.
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‘They are anarchist psychos who want to destroy this country,’ Republican incumbent Moody says of left-leaning Democrats.
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