Cars pulled into the parking lot at Radio and TV Martí headquarters in Doral Wednesday morning, the first signs of activity after an executive order from President Donald Trump essentially shut down the government-funded broadcast channels by putting all of their workers on paid temporary leave.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not request more than $137,000 in repairs and upgrades to military housing at Fort McNair that will become his official residence.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg was joined by Florida State Sen. Jason Pizzo, attorney Linda Osberg-Braun, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Rep. Carlos Gimenez.

The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus and its Broward chapter, the Dolphin Democrats, are set to open the 2024 LGBTQ+ Get Out the Vote Center on Friday.

Venezuelans will be heading to the polls this weekend in a tensely awaited presidential election.

Florida Democrats held a virtual news conference Monday, where they voiced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris taking on former President Donald Trump in the presidential race.

Local 10 News Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Evan Power, the Florida Republican Party chair; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former chair of the Democratic National Committee; Christina White, the Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections; and Officer George Reynaud, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, during This Week In South Florida.

Local 10 News Anchor Janine Stanwood interviews Evan Power, the Florida Republican Party chair; U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a former chair of the Democratic National Committee; Christina White, the Miami-Dade County supervisor of elections; and Officer George Reynaud, a spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, during This Week In South Florida.

Florida Democratic lawmakers marked the two years of the Dobbs decision on Monday, marking the date when the Supreme Court ended 50 years of federal abortion rights.

After a jury found former President Donald Trump guilty Thursday, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz released a statement saying no one is about the law in the United States.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was joined by an epidemiologist Tuesday to discuss safety measures schools and parents should consider in response to the recent Measles outbreak in Broward County.

An early Christmas present arrived for a Broward County man after his tax return check was stolen.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, State Sen. Shevrin Jones, State Rep. Vicki Lopez and Miami Beach mayoral candidates Michael Gongora and Steven Meiner.

From South Florida streets to university campuses, to the Florida statehouse to Congress, we the people are divided, watching war in real time, and its fallout so personal to so many.

U.S. support for Israel's offensive against Hamas is being closely watched in South Florida's Jewish community.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz was in Jordan on Tuesday. She said she was in Saudi Arabia and traveled to Israel after the surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday.

Republican and Democratic lawmakers participated in a discussion about the situation in Cuba on Monday at the Bay of Pigs Museum & Library in Miami’s Little Havana.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Martin Langesfeld, Michael Noriega, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, State Rep. Vicki Lopez and attorney David Haber.

If there is any doubt that the response to tragedy erases the public political divide, even temporarily, look to a bill filed in congress this week aimed at helping those who are about to face the costs of new safety changes to condominium law.

A Juneteenth parade in Broward County included police explorers, war veterans, politicians, dancers, and musicians.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Miami businessman Bill Fuller and his attorney Courtney Caprio, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Congressman Carols Gimenez and political action committee chair Moné Holder.

A first of its kind national strategy to combat anti-Semitism that was unveiled last week comes as a staggering rise in hate crimes is directed at Jewish communities.

President Joe Biden approved a federal disaster declaration Thursday night in the wake of this month’s historic flooding in eastern Broward County.

U.S. Rep Jared Moskowitz, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and local county officials announced Thursday the Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization will receive a $5 million grant to help prevent pedestrian deaths by car.

Political leaders and rabbis continued to question Tuesday why inmates in Broward County are being prohibited from practicing their religion while behind bars.

Michael Putney is retiring Sunday after a journalistic career that spanned about half a century and included over three decades of service with WPLG Local 10 News.

Chanukah begins on Sunday evening, but Jewish inmates in Broward County will not be allowed to light a menorah with a real flame.

Amid Republican gains in the U.S. House races in Florida, Democrat Maxwell Alejandro Frost has become the first member of Generation Z to win a seat in Congress.

Political and faith leaders came together Monday morning to condemn the latest instance of hateful vandalism in Weston.

A calm upper-middle class neighborhood in Weston has been targeted for the second time by a vandal that left racist and antisemitic hateful messages behind.

The First Lady was in South Florida for a visit and to bring attention to a very important cause.

Crews are starting to fix Florida's electric grid by repairing and rebuilding where lines were damaged or flooded by Hurricane Ian.

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic aid to Ukraine.

A pedestrian was fatally struck by a train Monday afternoon in Hollywood, authorities confirmed.

Back to try again, this will be Republican candidate Carla Spalding's fourth try for Congress.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney welcome Lieutenant Governor Candidate Karla Hernandez-Mats, attorney Larry Davis, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

We're about two months from Election Day and the campaigns are already in high gear.

Tracks used by the nation’s deadliest railroad will see added fencing to keep pedestrians away and safety improvements at crossings under a $25 million federal grant.

A South Florida woman is taking on an important role in the Biden Administration.

Miami-Dade county leaders discussed their plans to help combat climate change on Monday in Miami Beach.

The U.S. Secretary of Education visited Cypress Bay High School and Broward College on Monday in Weston.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg speak to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Broward County Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright, state Rep. Kelly Skidmore and state Rep. Tom Fabricio.

A very positive jobs report, nationally and in South Florida, is good news for the Biden Administration.

South Florida lawmakers listen to Ukraine's president make an impassioned speech via Zoom.

Politicians take to Twitter to comment on the invasion of Ukraine.

Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz toured the U.S. Post Office in Opa-locka on Monday — ahead of the special general election on Tuesday.

The More Than Pink walk returned to Bayfront Park for an in-person event this year after it was held virtually in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Broward School Board Vice Chair Steve Gallon, Chief Nursing Executive at Memorial Healthcare System Maggie Hansen and humanitarians Dr. Barth Green and Stacy House.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Broward School Board Vice Chair Steve Gallon, Chief Nursing Executive at Memorial Healthcare System Maggie Hansen and humanitarians Dr. Barth Green and Stacy House.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined TWISF to discuss several topics, including rising COVID-19 cases, relief efforts in Haiti and the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.

This week, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz reintroduced the “Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings” Act, also known as PALS.If passed, the act will protect access to mammograms for women 40-49 years of age.

Crews recovered two bodies Monday from the rubble at the scene of Thursday’s horrific condominium collapse in Surfside, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava confirmed.

Rescuers searching for a fifth day for survivors of a Florida condo building collapse used bucket brigades and heavy machinery as they worked atop a precarious mound of debris.

Gov. Ron DeSantis brought his team to Surfside on Thursday after a partial building collapse shortly before 2 a.m. in Miami-Dade County’s town of Surfside.

At least four people died and 99 remained unaccounted for after a condominium building partially collapsed early Thursday morning.

A trail of destruction was left on the road at the beginning of Saturday's Stonewall Pride Parade route.

Officials say a driver unintentionally slammed into spectators at the start of a Pride parade in South Florida, killing one person and seriously injuring another.

At least two people were run over by a pickup truck as the LGBTQ Pride parade in Wilton Manors was just getting started around 7 p.m. Saturday night.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken a formal step toward sending a bill to President Joe Biden that designates the site of the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in American history as a national memorial.

Congressional leaders and colleagues have used a memorial service for Rep. Alcee Hastings to remember him as a straight-talking champion for the disadvantaged who overcame hurdles in his own life.

On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, FIU Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Aileen Marty, Florida state lawmakers Perry Thurston and Tom Fabricio, and Key West Mayor Teri Johnson.

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz joined This Week in South Florida hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg to discuss the coronavirus vaccine, gun violence and other issues.

South Florida is mourning the death of U.S. Congressman Alcee Hastings, who represented portions of Broward and Palm Beach counties.

DAVIE, Fla. – A South Florida sign of solidarity for the victims of the massage parlor shootings in the Atlanta area took place Saturday. Saturday’s event was sparked by Tuesday’s shootings in the Atlanta, Georgia area, where eithg people were killed, six of them of Asian descent. “We have to take a stand,” said Broward County Mayor Steve Geller. Manju Kalidindi, a Broward County resident of South Asian descent, decided to come out In solidarity with victims of hate crimes and their families. “I think when we come together as a community, the power of community will speak volumes,” said Kalidindi.

Tuesday is the first of 180 days that Venezuelans in South Florida will be able to apply for the new Temporary Protected Status, which also allows applications for a work permit and travel authorization. The benefit comes about a month after former President Donald Trump’s administration granted Deferred Enforced Departure for some Venezuelans. Carlos Vecchio has been the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s envoy in Washington, D.C., since 2019. “Over 320,000 will be able to apply,” Menendez said about Biden’s TPS, adding Trump’s DED did not provide enough time. Ad“The goal is to be able to make sure that we don’t need TPS,” Wasserman Schultz said.

DORAL, Fla. – President Joe Biden’s administration granted Venezuelans who are living in the United States a Temporary Protected Status, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday. Helena Poleo said this impacts a large community of migrants in South Florida who fled the crisis in Venezuela. Venezuelan migrants’ advocates said this wasn’t enough and were counting on Biden to issue the protection. In the House, Rep. Darren Soto introduced the bipartisan Venezuela TPS Act of 2021 on Jan. 4. “The Biden Administration say okey, the Venezuelans are happy and I’m going to work on other things and now about Venezuela,” Andrade said.

AdA senior Biden administration official portrayed that as a failed strategy. “The United States is in no rush to lift sanctions," the official said, speaking to reporters on condition of anonymity to discuss the policy. Any easing of sanctions would likely face opposition in Congress, but the granting of temporary protected status for Venezuelans has bipartisan support. Temporary protected status is a more formal status that cannot be as easily reversed. Citizens of 10 countries, totaling about 400,000 people, are in the United States now with temporary protected status.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Democratic U.S. representatives from Florida weighed in Monday morning on the vaccination effort in the Sunshine State. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said she’s impressed by the FEMA-supported site in northwest Miami-Dade. “I know I saw it myself this weekend at the Miami vaccination site. For starters, officials there acknowledge in a transparent way where we are failing right now to reach underserved and vulnerable communities, especially communities of color,” Wasserman Schultz said. But there was also confusion over the weekend at the FEMA-supported satellite site in Florida City.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues to move along in South Florida. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz made a stop Saturday at a vaccination site at Miami Dade College’s North Campus. “We’ve all been through a year of hell,” Wasserman Schultz said. “It’s just been absolutely amazing to see the relief of the people who are coming through here.”Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava encouraged everyone who’s eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Find out who is available for a COVID-19 vaccine currently.

Together the two impeachment trials Trump faced illustrated his ability to escape consequences for actions that even many Republicans denounced. If Trump chooses to run for the White House in 2024, opponents are likely to call on a constitutional provision adopted after the Civil War to try to stop him. Ratified in 1868, the language in Section 3 of the amendment was aimed at former Confederate civilian and military leaders. The section doesn't explicitly mention the presidency, but Magliocca is among legal scholars who believe Trump could be barred. It was updated on Feb. 19, 2021, to correct the name of the law professor to Gerard Magliocca, not Gerald Magliocca.

It comes as House Democrats moved Monday to strip Greene of her committee assignments if Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., refuses to do so himself. One suggested shooting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head. Last week, Pelosi pressed House Republicans to take action. A spokesperson for the Republican leader declined to comment Monday. AdAlthough it’s not certain he will take action against Greene, McCarthy has punished members of the House Republican caucus before.

PARKLAND, Fla. – The past video of Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing a Parkland shooting survivor only amped the outrage over her calling that mass murder a hoax. A resolution launched Monday seeks to strip the Georgia Republican of committee assignments in Congress. Newly elected to Congress, Greene has supported QAnon conspiracies, assassinating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and suggested space lasers controlled by Jewish people sparked California wildfires. Rubio said, “Parkland was a real tragedy in which real parents lost real children. Comments made by Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, including spreading conspiracy theories about the Parkland shooting, are disturbing.

WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday Republicans need to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Education Committee or Democrats will. Aside from a record of racists posts, Greene is accused of sharing a Facebook post claiming the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre was a hoax and a video shows her harassing David Hogg, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre survivor, who is a gun control activist. David Hogg addresses the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)“What could they be thinking? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, a Democrat from California, is introducing a House resolution to expel Greene from Congress, which requires two-thirds of the votes.

Ron DeSantis to stop bragging about the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and to fix the problems with the COVID-19 vaccine distribution. When former President Donald Trump’s administration recommended that states give priority for the COVID-19 vaccines to essential workers, DeSantis gave priority to seniors age 65 and older who have had a higher mortality rate during the pandemic. DeSantis said Florida has 77 community vaccination sites. “The governor is saying that you know, he is ‘the champion of seniors’ and he is putting seniors’ safety first, that’s baloney,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, said his constituents are extremely upset with the way DeSantis has handled the distribution of the vaccine.

“Mob violence goes against everything I believe in and everything our movement stands for. No true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence,” Trump said. When it comes to South Florida’s Congressional delegation and the historical second impeachment of Trump, they voted along party lines – every Democrat from South Florida voting to impeach Trump, Republicans voting nay. 232 Democrats voting in the impeachment article, “Incitement of Insurrection,” and just 10 Republicans voting along with them. Officers were left screaming for help and one officer was killed after Trump sent a riotous mob straight to the Capitol.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – First sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2005, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz previously served in the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate where she originally displayed her philosophy that there is “no task too small, and no goal too big.”In this episode, she talks to Glenna Milberg about President Trump and the COVID relief bill. Watch the segment above.

WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Thursday elected Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., to chair the Appropriations Committee by a vote of 148-79 over Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., of Weston. Maloney will lead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which helps recruit House candidates, raises money and provides campaign guidance. Rep. Gregory Meeks, 67, of New York was chosen chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee while Georgia Rep. David Scott, 75, was elected Agriculture Committee chairman. At the Agriculture panel, Scott replaces Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., who lost his House reelection after 15 House terms. Democrats went into November’s elections with a 232-197 House majority, along with an independent and five vacancies.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Debbie Wasserman Schultz has won reelection in Florida 23rd Congressional District, retaining her seat in the House of Representatives. “To be elected to a ninth term fills my heart,” Wasserman Schultz, 54, said Tuesday night. “I’m looking forward to going back to Washington and fighting for the issues that matter to my constituents. Wasserman Schultz, who was first elected to Congress in 2004, serves on the House’s Committee on Appropriations and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Her opponent, Republican Carla Spalding, was attempting to use the incumbent’s experience against her, campaigning that Wasserman Schultz is “the definition of a career politician” who doesn’t relate with everyday people in the community.

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Des Moines International Airport, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.

“For me to only be up six, I'm a little bit concerned,” he asserted. Trump backed out of plans for the originally scheduled presidential faceoff after debate organizers shifted the format to a virtual event following Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis. After being sidelined by the coronavirus, Trump resumed a breakneck schedule this week, with aides saying he is expected to travel and host campaign rallies every day through Nov. 3. His trip to Iowa comes as the state this week surpassed 100,000 coronavirus cases and has seen a recent surge in hospitalizations. Officials at the Des Moines airport were told to plan for up to 10,000 people, and such Trump campaign events typically feature little to no social distancing and only spot mask wearing.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Joining This Week in South Florida are Karla Hernandez-Mats, who represents United Teachers of Dade, Anna Fusco heads the Broward Teachers Union, past president of the Miami-Dade Parent Teacher Association Joe Gebara, Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Broward State Attorney candidate Gregg Rossman, FIU professor of politics Kathryn DePalo-Gould and Barry University political science professor Sean Forman. The full episode can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – It’s been a topsy-turvy week in the 2020 election, with President Trump recovering from COVID-19 and off the campaign trail, but holding a rally on Saturday at the White House. He’s expected to travel down to Florida on Monday, but not for the debate that was scheduled with presidential candidate Joe Biden. The town hall set for Thursday was called off due to the president’s diagnosis with coronavirus. That topic was discussed, along with the prospects for a COVID-19 relief bill, and more with Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on This Week in South Florida. The congresswoman’s conversation with TWISF hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney can be seen at the top of this page.

FILE - In this May 14, 2020, file photo, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference in Doral, Fla. DeSantis is extending the states voter registration deadline that expired Monday, Oct. 5 until 7 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Oct. 6 after heavy traffic crashed the states online system and potentially prevented thousands of enrolling to cast ballots in next months presidential election. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Ron DeSantis extended the state’s voter registration deadline Tuesday after he said heavy traffic crashed the state’s online system and potentially prevented thousands of enrolling to cast ballots in next month’s presidential election. In addition to online registration, DeSantis ordered elections, motor vehicle and tax collectors offices to stay open until that hour for anyone who wanted to register in person. The volume of requests that overwhelmed the Florida registration site Monday was not consistent with denial-of-service attacks, which typically render websites unavailable with barrages of several hundred million requests per second. Sarah Dinkins, a Florida State University student, tried to help her younger sister register Monday night. Ron DeSantis in allowing the state’s voter registration website to crash on the very last day to register for the upcoming November election is, sadly, completely believable,” U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said.

AVENTURA, Fla. – Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said Thursday that she is concerned about white supremacists and militia groups that support President Donald Trump’s reelection. Wasserman Schultz said this heightened after Trump was given the opportunity to condemn them and instead addressed a right-wing extremist group and said, “Stand back and stand by.” The group’s online presence has carved out a niche as a volunteer security force for the GOP. “Trump is assembling what could be potential poll-watching patrols who are known for white supremacy and violence,” Wasserman Schultz said. Broward County Elections Department said this is part of their guidelines, which haven’t changed. Trump should be asked again to condemn white supremacy and anti-semitic, racism and he should be asked to tell his supporters to be peaceful and to not interfere with elections,” Deutch said.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., was not allowed inside a U.S. Postal Service processing facility early Friday morning in northwest Miami-Dade as mail delivery concerns are growing across the country ahead of Election Day. This is just outrageous.Pictures taken Thursday by the National Postal Mail Handlers Union show what they say is stacks of mail some dated July that still have not been sent out. It was an alarming site to the congresswoman, as she says some of it is business mail while others include medical supplies. Wasserman Schultz said she visited the facility back in February and just gave a days notice and was able to walk in.

His challenger Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, the CEO of Trinity Healthcare, was a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives for District 20 in 2018. Her challenger is attorney Jen Perelman, a second-generation native Floridan, born and raised in North Miami Beach. Perelman has served as co-chair of the Juvenile Justice Committee for the Broward League of Women Voters. His challenger is Omar Blanco, a lieutenant for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue for more than 15 years and president of Miami-Dade Firefighters and Parademics. [Check out all South Florida Primary Results]

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. Jackson Health CEO Carlos Migoya, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Son of President Donald Trump, Eric Trump, and veteran political reporters Anthony Man from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and David Smiley of the Miami Herald join This Week in South Florida. The full show can be seen at the top of this page.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. It's been a big and busy week for democrats. Joe Biden selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, and it gave the ticket a nuch-needed jolt of electricity. Democrats will make that nomination official next week at their convention, which begins Monday and will be unlike any we've ever seen; all virtual. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz chaired the Democratic National Convention four years ago and she will attend this one online. On Sunday, Wasserman Schultz joined This Week in South Florida hosts Glenna Milberg and Michael Putney.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is declining to revive a lawsuit by supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders who sued the Democratic National Committee in 2016 over claims officials improperly tipped the scales for Hillary Clinton during the nominating process. The justices said Monday they would not take up the lawsuit. As is usual the court did not comment in turning away the case. The lawsuit was filed after leaked DNC emails suggested Democratic party officials had favored Clinton over the Vermont senator during the primaries. The lawsuit by Sanders supporters was dismissed at an early stage and an appeals court had upheld the dismissal.

Ron DeSantis on Thursday for a lack of transparency as the state reopens during the coronavirus pandemic. “The common thread here with DeSantis is callousness, indifference and a lack of candor,” U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said. According to the U.S. Labor Department, Floridians filed 223,927 jobless claims last week, after 223,082 were filed the week before. Only California and New York had more new claims filed last week than Florida. The state’s tourism industry has been hardest hit, with almost a quarter of the workers who’ve filed jobless claims coming from that industry.

House Democratic leaders abruptly reversed course Tuesday, shelving plans for the chamber's 400-plus lawmakers to return for work on the next virus aid package after warnings from the Capitol physician that the public health danger was too great. “If the House physician recommends that we not come back, then we have to take that guidance.”It's not just the elected officials at risk. The Capitol physician has privately warned key lawmakers it will be at least a year before Congress can return to business as usual. A bipartisan House task force agreed to have committees test-drive technology options with public round-table meetings in the days ahead. But House Republicans argued the House should return to work and panned a more ambitious proposal for proxy voting that was shelved last week so talks could continue.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shelved a proposal for proxy voting this week after Republicans objected. In the Senate, McConnell rejected a GOP remote vote proposal. Negotiations are set to resume Tuesday on proxy voting proposals. The House is weighing options for remote legislating and proxy voting, so lawmakers can keep working while away. In the Senate, McConnell has said his top priority remains confirming President Donald Trump's judicial nominees to the courts.

WESTON, Fla. – Democratic U.S. lawmakers from Florida are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to issue a statewide shelter-in-place order. U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-23), Ted Deutch (FL-22) and Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26), attended a video conference call Thursday and discussed the ongoing state and federal responses to the coronavirus pandemic. The three relatives have been in their home, but Deutch said he and his wife are isolated from their son. “We are communicating with each other,” Wasserman Schultz said.

And President Donald Trump didn’t miss the chance to take a bow. In the current fiscal year, Trump recommended cutting more than $4.5 billion in funding from the National Institutes of Health. But that’s the way it is.”Ahmed accepted the prize in December for making peace with longtime rival Eritrea and other reforms. The official asserted that Egypt’s president lobbied Trump over the disputed dam project, leading to the U.S. taking a role in the discussions. “President Trump really believes he avoided a war as such … but that was not the case,” the official said.

Migrant children play soccer on Independence Day at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children. HOMESTEAD, Fla. - The Homestead detention center that housed thousands of migrant children since 2018 will be closing. The company operating the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children will not have its contract renewed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Democratic candidates visited the Miami-area facility during campaign stops, attacking President Donald Trump's administration for holding children in a cramped detention center run by a company tied to former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. "This is welcome news today, but the fight to hold this administration accountable for its brutal anti-immigrant agenda continues."

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Scott and Trump have said they are strong supporters of restoring democracy in Venezuela. During a news conference Thursday in Weston, Wasserman Schultz told Venezuelan American activists that Scott's commitment to help Venezuelans "is totally disingenuous." Wasserman Schultz and Pelosi blasted Scott for tying Venezuelans' TPS to a new requirement for review of all migrants TPS cases every 18 months. Trump doesn't need congressional approval to grant Venezuelans TPS. On the Senate floor, Scott said, "the courts have basically made a temporary program permanent, which is not sustainable.

WESTON, Fla. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Venezuelan leaders Thursday in Weston, a Broward County community known as Dorazuela for its large population of Venezuelan migrants. "I have had my eye on the situation in Venezuela for a while," Pelosi said. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Carlos Vecchio, Venezuelan ambassador to the U.S. for Juan Guaid's interim government, met with Venezuelan activists Thursday in Weston. During a Medicare executive order event Thursday at the Villages, President Donald Trump said his administration is "watching" Cuba and Venezuela. The Venezuelan activists all agreed that there is a refugee crisis that requires more international involvement.

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas - Nearly a month after Hurricane Dorian ravaged the northern Bahamas, Local 10's Calvin Hughes visited the islands to see not much as changed since the storm struck. Now, almost a month after Dorian, Bahamians are left to assess the loss and devise a plan to recovery. The Bahamas Red Cross has also been providing mental health support for evacuees and trauma victims. On Abaco, residents are still dependent on goods brought in by the military and aid groups. In hard-hit Abaco, Dorian deposited cars and boats onto people's yards.