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Markwayne Mullin, the White House pick for homeland security secretary, made a case to fellow senators Wednesday that he would be a steady hand for a department roiled by controversy under Kristi Noem, but signaled he would follow President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration priorities and pushed back on concerns over his temperament for the Cabinet post.

More than 1,077 positions, ranging from national, state, county, or district office, are up for election during the primary on Aug. 18 in Florida ahead of the general election on Nov. 3.

Two cargo ships — the Hong Kong-flagged Sea Horse and the Russian-flagged Anatoly Kolodkin — with Russian oil and fuel were on their way to Cuba on Wednesday, according to maritime intelligence companies, The Financial Times reported.

Crews began demolishing Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday to make way for a memorial that will pay tribute to the 49 people killed in the attack at the LGBTQ-friendly club nearly a decade ago.

Real estate broker George Pino’s defense hired a neurologist to determine if he had suffered head trauma during the 2022 boat crash that killed 17-year-old Luciana “Lucy” Fernandez, a student at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, records showed.