Florida Democrats Make a Symbolic Change

Florida Democrats hope a new mascot brings good luck…changing their party symbol from a docile donkey to a fierce Florida panther. Florida panthers are making a comeback, they are resilient, and they don’t back down from a fight,” state Democratic Chairwoman Nikki Fried said at the party’s annual gala. “They embody our spirit as Democrats.”
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The U.S. State Department issued a statement offering condolences to Iran after the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, also known as the “Butcher of Tehran.”

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement on Monday that the U.S. “expresses its official condolences” for the death of Raisi, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials who had been on board a helicopter that had crashed in a mountainous region of Iran on Sunday.
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New York Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing former President Donald Trump’s business records trial, exploded at a witness over his behavior on Monday and called for the courtroom to be cleared.

Robert Costello, the former lawyer for Michael Cohen, was called to the witness stand by Trump’s defense team and repeatedly became frustrated due to Merchan sustaining several objections from prosecutors, according to Newsweek.