(The Hill) – Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, signaled she is not optimistic the New York courts, where the former president’s hush money trial is taking place, will “do the right thing.” “I don't have hopes really that high at this moment that the New York courts will do the right thing, that the jury will do the right thing," Habba said in an interview Wednesday on Newsmax’s “Greg Kelly Reports." "We're in a blue state as you know, Greg," she told the show's host. "And I think everything's by design." Habba further claimed the case was "over the statute of limitations" an ..read more

(The Hill) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday his state “will not comply” with recently unveiled changes to Title IX by the Biden administration. “Florida rejects [President Biden’s] attempt to rewrite Title IX,” DeSantis said in a video posted to the social platform X. “We will not comply, and we will fight back.” “We are not gonna let Joe Biden try to inject men into women's activities,” DeSantis continued. “We are not gonna let Joe Biden undermine the rights of parents, and we are not gonna let Joe Biden abuse his constitutional authority to try to impose these policies on us her ..read more

Related video: DeSantis signs bill to help homeowners afford repairs ahead of hurricane season. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Flags will be flying at flag-staff in one Florida city on Monday. Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered the United States flag and the State of Florida flag to be flown at half-staff to honor Bill Gunter ..read more

An Arizona grand jury handed up felony charges against Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows and other prominent Trump allies for allegedly attempting to prevent the lawful transfer of power from then-President Trump to Joe Biden. Seven Trump aides were charged alongside 11 pro-Trump Arizona Republicans who signed documents purporting to be the state’s valid electors in 2020. The former president himself is not charged but is listed as an unindicted co-conspirator. Prosecutors accuse the 18 defendants of devising a scheme to raise false claims of election fraud to pressure Arizona election officials to ..read more

PHOENIX (AP) — Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery, marking the fourth state to bring charges against “fake electors.” The eleven people who had been nominated to be Arizona’s Republican electors met in Phoenix on Dec. 14, 2020, to sign a certificate saying they were “duly elected and qualified” electors and claimed Trump had carried the state. The document was later sent to Congress and the National Archives, where it was ..read more

Related video: DeSantis greets American evacuees from Israel after they land in Tampa in October 2023. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday the successful rescue of 722 Americans from Haiti on March 20. The rescue effort comes after political turmoil in the country. All the evacuees were given access to resources including food, water, medical treatment, and transportation home ..read more

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had a lot to say about suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren at a Wednesday news conference in Redington Shores. However, the governor remained tight-lipped about whether he would remove Warren from his post if he is reelected as the county's top prosecutor this year. When 8 On Your Side's Nicole Rogers asked DeSantis about the potential for a second suspension, he had this to say: If 'ifs' and 'buts' were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas. I think it's all going to work out and I think it will be good. Florida Go ..read more

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he is dropping his longshot bid to return to Congress, months after he was expelled from the House while facing a slew of federal fraud charges. Santos, who was running as an independent candidate for the 1st Congressional District in New York, said he was withdrawing from the race in a post on the social media platform X. The announcement came after the disgraced former congressman's campaign committee reported no fundraising or expenditures in March, raising speculation that his campaign had failed to get off the ground. Tayl ..read more

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota state senator and former broadcast meteorologist told police that she broke into her stepmother's home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes, according to burglary charges filed Tuesday. Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, of Woodbury, was arrested early Monday at the home in the northwestern Minnesota city of Detroit Lakes. The arresting officer wrote in the complaint that he heard Mitchell tell her stepmother "something to the effect of, ’I was just trying to get a couple ..read more

Video above: President Biden makes a campaign stop in Tampa on April 23, 2024. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — President Joe Biden granted clemency to 16 people who were convicted for non-violent drug offenses, the White House announced on Wednesday. Among the 16 individuals, 11 were pardoned and five were given commuted sentences. Two Floridians were among the 16— a woman who was pardoned and a man given a commuted sentence ..read more