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A majority of Supreme Court justices sympathized with Donald Trump’s attorneys’ arguments that a president does enjoy some level of immunity that endures past the term of office. The court heard oral arguments regarding if Trump is immune from prosecution on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as Special Counsel Jack Smith claims. ------------ Florida leaders reacted to the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX rules as the state plans to fight the new rule. “Florida rejects Joe Biden’s attempt to rewrite Title IX,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “We will not comply and we will fight back.”

A band of migrants brawled outside of a Midtown hotel in New York City where they were seen fighting with sticks, belts, bats, and even traffic cones. “At least a dozen asylum seekers squared off Sunday afternoon outside The Row hotel on Eighth Avenue, with one out-of-control migrant seen swinging a bat menacingly at the mob before one of the combatants is taken to the ground and pummeled by four others,” reported the New York Post. ----------------- An Arizona grand jury indicted several important allies of former President Donald Trump — including former Trump attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arizona Republican Chair Kelli Ward, and former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows — for their roles in disputing the results of the 2020 presidential election. ---------------- Florida plans to fight the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX rules that were released last week. In a letter to superintendents obtained by Florida’s Voice, Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. said the rule will not take effect until Aug. 1, and that the state “will fight this.” “At Governor Ron DeSantis’ direction, no educational institution should begin implementing any changes,” the letter stated.

Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) home in Brooklyn, calling for the United States to “stop arming Israel.” Video footage posted to X showed what appeared to be hundreds of protesters gathered in the street outside of Schumer’s home for a “Seder in the Streets” on the second day of the Passover Jewish holiday. -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Tuesday investing more funds into red tide mitigation and research. He also celebrated the expansion of Florida’s wildlife corridor. “HB 1565, this is gonna continue our red tide mitigation and technology and development initiative,” DeSantis said. “It was set to expire this year, this removes the expiration date.”

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivered President Joe Biden a $61 billion gift on Saturday afternoon, reversing his months-long pledge to never advance foreign aid without first securing America’s border. Multiple Democrats — and possibly a few Republicans — cheered; shouted, “Ukraine;” and waived Ukrainian flags as the Ukraine aid vote closed. ------------

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) made history Thursday night just before midnight by essentially surrendering Republican majority control to Democrats. For the first time in recorded history — since the House began keeping records — the House Rules Committee relied on minority party votes to overcome objections from the majority and advance a rule bill to the House floor. ------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Thursday allowing for schools to create a volunteer chaplain program to provide support services for students. He noted that the state won’t allow satanists to take advantage of the program, saying satanism is “not a religion.” The governor also signed a bill allowing for “patriotic organizations” to be invited to public schools in order to share resources with students, such as the Boy Scouts of America.

The Chinese Communist Party is secretly lobbying the U.S. Congress regarding TikTok, according to Capitol Hill staffers familiar with the situation. The Chinese Embassy has been holding meetings with congressional employees to lobby against the legislation that would force a sale of TikTok or else ban the Chinese app in the United States, two Capitol Hill staffers familiar with China’s lobbying efforts told Politico. ------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Wednesday requiring that schools teach the accurate history of communism in classrooms. The legislation requires “age and developmentally appropriate” instruction on the history of communism, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.

Republican House members have delivered their articles of impeachment for President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border chief to the Senate. The unprecedented impeachment of a sitting cabinet member comes after Biden and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas opened the border to at least seven million poor migrants, in addition to the annual inflow of more than one million legal immigrants and contract workers. Overall, Biden and Mayorkas have welcomed roughly one illegal, quasi-legal, or legal migrant for every American birth since 2021. -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Tuesday limiting the amount of times a non-parent can challenge a school library book in a given district. The bill, HB 1285, also requires that struggling public schools who choose to convert into charter schools must finalize their contract within one year of making the decision. Rep. Jennifer Canady, R-Lakeland, and Sen. Danny Burgess, R-Zephyrhills sponsored the legislation that ultimately limits individuals who do not have children in a school district to one book objection per month.

According to a new USA Today/Ipsos poll, 57% of Floridians favor a state ballot initiative aiming to constitutionally protect access to abortion up to the point of fetal viability. That total is 3% shy of the required 60% needed to pass. The poll has a margin of error of 4.1%, and was conducted April 5-7 among 1,014 Florida adults. The measure had gained 34% among Republicans, 63% among Independents and 78% among Democrats. The poll question specifically referenced allowing abortion up to 24 weeks. The ballot initiative does not make clear a week designation. ---------------- New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan has yet to say that former President Donald Trump can attend his son Barron Trump’s high school graduation, refusing to rule on the former president’s request to not attend the trial that specific day for that event. Monday was the start of the criminal trial at the hands of Democrat Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who charged Trump with 34 felonies, accusing him of falsifying business records in relation to payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. As Breitbart News pointed out, Trump is not being accused of “covering up a sex scandal.” Trump has denied all charges against him, but, if convicted, he could face jail time.

The administration of leftist President Joe Biden did not move to renew expiring sanctions in Iran’s drone and ballistic missile production at the United Nations in October, shortly after the Iran-backed massacre of an estimated 1,200 people in Israel and Saturday’s unprecedented direct missile assault by Iran on the country. -------------- Home insurance costs in Florida are predicted to increase an additional 7% in 2024, according to Insurify. Insurify noted that the surge in home insurance costs across the country are driven by climate-related disasters and economic inflation. Over the two-year period from 2021 to 2023, there was a notable uptick in the average annual rate in the U.S., surging by 19.8% from $1,984 to $2,377. Insurify predicted the country’s annual projected rate in 2024 will rise by 6% to $2,522. ------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Thursday increasing voter registration integrity in Florida. HB 135 prohibits the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles from changing an individual’s party affiliation without the person’s consent in writing. After verifying the voter registration information and receiving the individual’s electronic signature, the bill requires the department to provide the applicant with a printed receipt detailing the submitted voter registration information and documented change of party affiliation.

President Joe Biden backed a bill House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) hopes to pass on Friday that would reauthorize a controversial surveillance bill. President Joe Biden’s administration announced its support for H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 702 is a law that is meant to target foreign adversaries but often surveils Americans’ private communications without a warrant. --------------- Former NFL running back O.J. Simpson died on Wednesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 76. ------------- The ballot initiative attempting to constitutionally protect abortion in Florida has a rocky path to being approved this November, according to a new Emerson College poll. The poll, conducted April 9-10 – after the Supreme Court of Florida approved the measure for November ballot placement – found that only 42% plan to vote “yes” on the initiative. It found that 25% plan to vote “no,” but a large portion – 32% – said they are “unsure.”

2:48 Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Republican colleagues dealt him another blow Wednesday by killing a motion to allow a vote on his proposed Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) reauthorization. ------------ At a recent event with donors, Gov. Ron DeSantis expressed that he plans to help former President Donald Trump raise cash to defeat President Joe Biden in November. Florida’s Voice independently confirmed with multiple sources present at the event that DeSantis made the comments. NBC first reported the news. While DeSantis endorsed Trump for president in his campaign dropout announcement, speculation continued about potential ongoing ill will between the two.

The Arizona Supreme Court issued a historic decision on Tuesday, ruling that the state must abide by a 123-year-old law which bars all abortions except to save the life of the mother. The law, which goes back as far as 1864, also calls for a prison sentence of two to five years for abortionists. Justices heard arguments in the case, Planned Parenthood of Arizona v. Mayes/Hazerigg, in December, and were asked to answer whether Arizona’s 15-week abortion limit signed into law in March of 2022 overrides the older law. --------------- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently issued a report confirming Burmese pythons have been slithering their way more frequently into Southwest Florida. According to the FWC, Burmese python sightings have increased in western Charlotte County, Lee County, and southern Sarasota County from 2015-2024. The snake has been specifically documented within the townships of Rotonda, Placida, Englewood, Gasparilla Island, and Port Charlotte.

President Joe Biden will announce Monday that student debt held by ten million Americans will transfer to taxpayers, White House officials told reporters Monday. The plan to convey student loan debt to taxpayers is widely seen as a political move to gain electoral traction among young voters, who largely do not approve of Biden’s leadership. ------------------ Former President Donald Trump officially announced his position on abortion on Monday, ending months-long speculation about how he would handle the issue should he be elected in November. In a video posted to Truth Social, Trump said the issue of abortion is about “the will of the people” and should be left up to states to decide. The 45th president touted his role in nominating the Supreme Court justices who ultimately overturned Roe v. Wade in their Dobbs decision — ending 50 years of an invented constitutional right to abortion and sending the issue back to individual states and their elected representatives.

When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on Monday, scientists will be able to gather invaluable data on everything from the Sun’s atmosphere to strange animal behaviors — and even possible effects on humans. It comes with the Sun near the peak of its 11-year solar cycle, setting the stage for a breathtaking display: The corona will glow spectacularly from the Moon’s silhouette along the path of totality, a corridor stretching from Mexico to Canada via the United States. -------------- Democrats in Congress want to rename a corrections facility in Miami after former President Donald Trump, in response to a GOP effort to rename the Dulles International Airport after him. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., joined fellow Democratic Reps. Gerry Connolly of Virginia and John Garamendi of California in filing the measure. The facility would be renamed to “Donald J. Trump Federal Correctional Institution.”

A new Economist/YouGov poll’s findings revealed precisely what the 2024 election will be about. The survey showed that regardless of which side one is on, this race is all about Trump. Researchers found that about 67 percent of Trump supporters are mostly voting for the former president. Among Democrats, about 52 percent indicated their votes will be against Trump. The findings suggest that Trump is the primary focal point of this race – and this trend will likely not change as the campaign slogs along. 2024 is about the persona of the Orange Man What Is Bad™ possibly even more than policies.

The bulk of the 386,000 illegal immigrants permitted to fly to interior U.S. airports as part of a contentious parole and release admissions program have reportedly been directed to Florida. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, President Joe Biden’s controversial admissions program has facilitated the transportation of over 386,000 migrants through February of this year to interior U.S. airports, since it launched in October 2022. ------------ Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) has backed a conservative-led effort to award all of the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins statewide. Though Nebraska has been a Republican stronghold for years, the state’s system, as well as Maine’s, for awarding electoral votes has been at odds with the rest of the country by instead awarding those votes based on the congressional district as opposed to the winner-takes-all statewide popular vote. Theoretically, a presidential candidate could win the state but still lose one electoral vote if their opponent won in a congressional district like Omaha. For example, Barack Obama won a single electoral vote in 2008 and Joe Biden won the same in 2020. Here’s how Natalie Venegas described it in Newsweek:

The Supreme Court of Florida ruled Monday in favor of a November election ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights. Below is the language of the amendment, which would constitutionally protect abortion, overriding any state laws, before “viability” or when the woman’s health is in jeopardy. ------------ The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Monday to allow a marijuana legalization amendment on the 2024 ballot. The amendment would allow for adults 21 years or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical, personal consumption.

White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre has doubled down after President Joe Biden declared Easter Sunday “Transgender Day of Visibility.” Jean-Pierre’s statement on X Saturday followed overwhelming backlash to Biden’s animated affirmation of the controversial holiday as the same day as the holiest Christian holiday. ------------------ Republican Party of Florida chairman Evan Power blasted President Joe Biden on Saturday for declaring March 31, 2024, Easter Sunday, “Transgender Day of Visibility.” “There appears to be no limit to what the Biden administration will do to try and shove their radical agenda down the throats of the American people,” Power said in a statement released on Saturday. ------------- The Republican Party of Florida is just inches from flipping a major urban-suburban county in the state from blue to red. Hillsborough County, which encompasses Tampa and a swath of the Tampa Bay region, is home to over 822,000 voters.

Former President Donald Trump somberly told reporters that it was “an honor” to attend the wake of slain New York City Police Officer Jonathan Diller on Thursday and declared the United States must “get back to law and order.” US President Joe Biden hosted a record-breaking election fundraiser in New York City, alongside his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. ----------------- A federal court ruled Wednesday to uphold Florida’s congressional district map, saying it does not discriminate on the basis of race, unlike what plaintiffs had claimed, and abides by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

The Disney Grooming Syndicate surrendered to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) Wednesday, announcing the withdrawal of its lawsuits in the Reedy Creek dispute. Back in 2022, after Disney decided it would fight for the “right” of public school teachers to groom elementary school kids by opposing a law DeSantis signed prohibiting grooming — as Breitbart News reported at the time — the governor “signed legislation into law … intended to dissolve Disney’s special tax and governing jurisdiction in Florida.” --------------- Former Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman died Wednesday at the age of 82 due to complications from a fall, according to his family. -------------------- Former RNC chief Ronna McDaniel is considering a defamation suit against NBC News, far-left Politico reports.

The major Beltway Bridge over the Patapsco River has collapsed after being hit by a large cargo ship, sending vehicles travelling on the bridge tumbling into the water. A four-lane bridge carrying the Interstate-695 over the mouth of Baltimore harbour collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday morning, around 0130 EST (0530GMT). Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott has said he is aware of an “incident at the Key Bridge” and that emergency services are on scene. ------------- Former President Donald Trump vowed to post an adjusted bond amount of $175 million within ten days, according to a court ruling on Monday — while decrying the court cases against him as “election interference.”

Vice President Kamala Harris had an embarrassing fumble during a Friday visit to Puerto Rico, where she was spotted clapping along to a protest song against her before an aide translated the lyrics. After delivering remarks in the territory’s capital of San Juan, Harris stopped by the neighborhood of Santurce to tour the Goyoco community center and hear from community leaders, Fox News reports. ----------- Legislation relaxing certain labor laws relating to minors was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday. The labor bill was one of 25 pieces of legislation passed during the 2024 Legislative Session that the governor signed. ------------- An applicant requested an amendment that would allow up to 8.8 acres of land with frontage along Tropicana Parkway in northwest Cape Coral to be developed with multifamily or single-family attached units.

A large group of migrants appeared to push their way past Texas National Guard soldiers and razor-wire barriers in an attempt to enter the United States near El Paso on Thursday illegally. The migrants appeared to be stopped by a permanent border barrier after assaulting several guardsmen. -------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Thursday relating to the Senate’s Live Healthy policy agenda. The bills were championed through the legislative process by Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples. -------------- Florida’s Division of Emergency Management announced that a plane carrying rescued Americans from Haiti safely landed in Florida on Wednesday. The plane landed at the Orlando-Sanford International Airport, following a press conference by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the division’s director, Kevin Guthrie, who announced the departure of the aircraft from the war-torn island nation.

The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on President Joe Biden’s alleged abuse of office and influence peddling for his family’s business dealings on Wednesday, March 20. ============= Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that a plane of American citizens left Haitian airspace on Wednesday and is expected to land at the Orlando-Sanford International Airport. Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie joined the governor at the airport to report the successful departure.

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the $454 million bond required to appeal the civil fraud judgment against him could force a fire sale of his real estate. ---------------- Former President Donald Trump already has the GOP nomination for president this year locked up, but he faces a key test of his intra-GOP strength as his pick for U.S. Senate in Ohio, businessman and political outsider Bernie Moreno, faces off against two far more establishment GOP candidates in state Sen. Matt Dolan and Secretary of State Frank LaRose. --------------- Naples has yet to announce a winner for mayor and city council. According to the unofficial vote results, both the race for Naples Mayor and Naples City Council are headed for a recount.