7 days ago

Government shutdown enters eighth week as Johnson faces GOP revolt over DHS funding deal – US politics live ⊖

found 2026 › Apr › 07 (Tue) @ 10:39 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The partial government shutdown has now lasted eight weeks with Congress on recess until 13 April

Voters in northwest Georgia go to the polls on Tuesday in a congressional race between a moderate Demo…

39 days ago

‘Only Nazis ban books’: on the frontlines with students fighting Trump over higher education ⊖⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 06 (Fri) @ 10:45 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Documentary First They Came for My College goes inside the fight for academic freedom at Florida’s New College

It took a half century to build New College into a sanctuary of independent thought and l…

42 days ago

Ron DeSantis spent $1.2m per day to open and operate ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ⊖

found 2026 › Mar › 02 (Mon) @ 23:00 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

After spending taxpayers’ money, Florida governor will likely be left holding bill for $608m promised by Trump administration

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3 months ago

Bernie Sanders and Ron DeSantis speak out against data center boom. It's a bad sign for AI industry ⊖

found 2026 › Jan › 01 (Thu) @ 14:45 UTC

a story from CNBC ⚠️ › Top News

Sen. Bernie Sanders has called for a data center moratoriu, while Gov. Ron DeSantis has pushed back on the AI industry in Florida.

The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’ ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 26 (Fri) @ 16:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Every Sunday, protesters from Florida and beyond go to the notorious immigration jail and advocate for its closure

They come on buses, in cars and RVs. Some ride on motorcycles. Every Sunday afternoon…

4 months ago

Florida declares US Muslim civil rights group a foreign terrorist organization ⊖⊖

found 2025 › Dec › 09 (Tue) @ 18:55 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Ron DeSantis’s legally dubious order designating Cair – and Muslim Brotherhood – follows similar move by Texas

Florida is declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) – a US civil rights…

5 months ago

DeSantis urges Florida universities to stop hiring foreign visa workers ⊖

found 2025 › Oct › 29 (Wed) @ 19:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Governor tells universities to end use of H-1B visas, though legal experts say states lack authority over federal program

Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, is urging the state’s universities to stop hir…

6 months ago

The Librarians review – the heroic women battling against book bans and censorship ○

found 2025 › Sep › 24 (Wed) @ 12:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Kim A Snyder’s documentary highlights the defenders of young readers’ rights to see their lives in print facing rightwing attacks

There is real and genuine fear about young people’s use of pornography…

Record 12th execution set in Florida this year for man convicted of killing family ○

found 2025 › Sep › 17 (Wed) @ 21:10 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

David Pittman to get lethal injection under DeSantis-signed warrant for killing estranged wife’s sister and parents

A Florida man convicted of killing his estranged wife’s sister and parents and setti…

7 months ago

Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’ ○

found 2025 › Sep › 03 (Wed) @ 16:50 UTC

a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed

US politics live – latest updates

Children in Florida will no longer be required to receive vacci…