President-elect Donald Trump is endorsing Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis to fill the vacant Congressional seat left by former Rep. Matt Gaetz in northwest Florida, according to a report President-elect Donald Trump said that Jimmy Patronis had “been a wonderful friend to me,” even though Patronis did not endorse Trump in this year’s presidential race until after Florida Gov. …
Donald Trump made a preemptive endorsement in the special election to replace Matt Gaetz in Congress. The Florida Republican resigned his House seat immediately after Trump nominated him as attorney general, but he withdrew himself from consideration eight days later under pressure from Senate Republicans, and Gaetz announced that he would not return to the seat he won re-election to …
Trump won Florida by 13 points this month and has been picking politicians from his adopted home state to fill out his Cabinet. Fine would run in House District 6 to replace Rep. Mike Waltz, who Trump tapped to be national security adviser, while Patronis would run in House District 1, which was former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s seat before he …
CNN — Thousands of Floridians are rebuilding their communities after Hurricane Milton made landfall as a deadly Category 3 storm this week and cut through the state, bringing destructive storm surge to parts of Florida’s western shore and deadly tornadoes to the east while killing at least 17 people. “To help people quickly obtain essentials like food, water or baby …
Florida Republicans have a new idea — create a state program that will bail out up to $5 million of former President Donald Trump's legal expenses with public money. The legislation — first reported by Newsweek — has been proposed by Florida's Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and is being The program"would provide up to $5 million to cover legal …
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — The worst of Hurricane Idalia left residents of a region of tight-knit communities trying to find places to live as they rebuild — if they decide it’s even worth it — and waiting potentially weeks for electricity to be restored after winds and water took out entire power grids. While the storm wreaked havoc on a …
Florida’s chief financial officer has asked the International Olympic Committee to consider relocating the 2021 Games to the Sunshine State amid speculation that Tokyo organisers may back out as hosts due to concerns about the COVID-19 outbreak. “There is still time to deploy a site selection team to Florida to meet with statewide and local officials on holding the Olympics …
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