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January 16, 2025

DeSantis announces choice for Senate appointment after Rubio's expected resignation

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed on Thursday who will replace Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate after he is likely confirmed to be Secretary of State.

January 16, 2025

AG nominee Pam Bondi seen as steadying force to steer DOJ in Trump's second term

Trump's attorney general nominee Pam Bondi vowed to head up a Justice Department free from political influence if confirmed — and her full court press appears to be paying off.

January 16, 2025

Florida man attacks elderly woman, robs her of lottery winnings: surveillance footage

Deputies in Orange County, Florida, are investigating the robbery of an 83-year-old woman after a man, believed to be Diego Stalin Tavarez Fleury, stole her lottery winnings.

January 15, 2025

Southwest Airlines pilot arrested at Georgia airport for allegedly showing up to work intoxicated: police

A Southwest Airlines pilot was arrested at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia for allegedly driving under the influence, police say.

January 15, 2025

Stacey Abrams-founded groups slapped with historic fine for campaign finance violations

A pair of voting advocacy groups founded by Georgia politician Stacey Abrams were hit with an historic $300,000 fine for violating state campaign finance laws.

January 15, 2025

‘Sinking the Democratic Party’: Biden’s Cuba move spurs rare bipartisan condemnation in key electoral state

Florida Democrats torched outgoing President Joe Biden after he decided to remove Cuba's state-sponsor-of-terrorism designation.

January 15, 2025

Tennessee to call special session fast-tracking Trump agenda on immigration, school choice and disaster relief

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced that he will call a special session to implement President-elect Trump's immigration agenda and a school choice bill.

January 15, 2025

Killer mom Susan Smith heard in prison call making vow amid plot to profit from her crimes

South Carolina killer mom Susan Smith told an unknown male caller that she "wouldn't talk" to the media weeks before she was disciplined for doing just that.

January 15, 2025

Attackers disguised as Amazon workers beat man, 66, with sledgehammer-type weapon: report

Two men disguised as Amazon delivery employees reportedly beat a 66-year-old Savannah, Georgia, pub owner nearly to death with a sledgehammer-esque weapon on the morning of Jan. 11.

January 15, 2025

Tennessee AG optimistic about SCOTUS case after 'radical gender ideology' reversal in lower court

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, optimistic after a Kentucky court ruling reversing Biden's Title IX, eyes potential success in his Supreme Court gender case.