Florida lawmakers who say they want to encourage construction of more affordable housing are trying to strip away powers Miami has used for decades to keep developments, strip malls and warehouses out of the Everglades.

Florida’s public university system, one of the nation’s largest, froze hiring via H-1B visas, emulating a move by Texas to restrict a program that’s become a focal point for President Donald Trump’s broader immigration crackdown.

A chaotic encounter between Cuban security forces and a boatful of men who had set out from Florida this week could have lit a fuse at a time of increased tension between the US and Havana. Instead, calmer heads are prevailing, for now.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is ratcheting up a campaign against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and data centers, resisting President Donald Trump’s effort to block states from meddling with Big Tech.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is ratcheting up a campaign against the potential dangers of artificial intelligence and data centers, resisting President Donald Trump’s effort to block states from meddling with Big Tech.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wants to build more detention camps after local cops made 20,000 immigration-related arrests in less than a year, giving the state an out-sized role in President Donald Trump’s deportation dragnet.

Brazil’s former lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, who moved to the US in March seeking White House support to avert the arrest of his father Jair Bolsonaro, has had both of his Brazilian passports canceled at least since the beginning of the month, according to government officials.

The bitter decades-long feud between Big Sugar and Big Candy began to ease in a conference room at Washington’s Four Seasons hotel, where more than 40 lobbyists faced off, divided by a table and trays of pastries.