Palm Beach and a Trump company reached a tentative trademark deal to rename PBI -Airport stores can only buy branded merchandise from Trump org approved retailers -Gives Trump veto power over any biographical info in airport marketing materials www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Florida doesn’t want to pay $180k for court-ordered phones at Alligator Alcatraz The state has paid private attorneys fighting against expanded phone access at the site more than 3 times that amount, according to spending records. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

After spending hundreds of millions of dollars to detain people in the Everglades, Florida is now arguing spending $180k to set up court-ordered, unmonitored phones on site for legal calls would cause the state "irreparable harm"

A major Democratic super PAC is spending $20M in Florida. It's their first ad buy here since 2020. It marks a significant pivot in attention toward the state. National Democratic funding groups largely wrote off Florida’s races during the 2024 election cycle. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

“Florida’s 87th District is the 10th GOP-held state legislative seat Democrats have flipped around the country since Trump took office again last year. Republicans have not flipped any Democratic state legislative seats during that time.”

FIU Turning Point USA chapter president steps down over racist group chat www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

I spent the last 2 weeks reading through 28,000+ messages in a Miami young Republican group chat FIU College Republicans recruitment chair: “This isnt even my worst one 😔” FIU Turning Point USA prez: “Yeah I’m in a few on telegram that are definitely worse lmao”

‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans’ racist group chat Logs show violent calls to kill Black people, more than 400 uses of n-word, regularly describing women as “whores," using slurs to talk about Jewish & gay people and musings about Hitler. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

NEW: After months of inaction, Donald Trump nominates two Republicans to the Federal Election Commission, which lost most of its powers 9+ months ago because it didn't have enough commissioners to operate. — w/ @taylorgiorno.bsky.social in @notus.com www.notus.org/money/federa...

The state has paid more than $166K for restaurants and catering, $717K for travel and $1.7 million to law firms in its immigration crackdown.

A new report accuses the Congresswoman’s advisers of setting up shell companies to funnel money from an oil company to her 2022 campaign.

The conservative fundraising platform PSQ Impact landed Trump's library foundation as a client, despite having just launched last month. Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., could stand to benefit from the deal. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Florida is one of the few places the GOP can still add seats before the midterms — and one of the few states barring partisan gerrymandering

EXCLUSIVE: Four House Republicans, including Colorado Rep. Jeff Hurd, joined Democrats to challenge the Trump administration’s dismantling of the nation’s leading weather and climate research institution.

Featured story: On a stone slab by the cold waters of Austin’s Barton Springs, transgender Texans celebrate existence. Against the best efforts of the state, they’re still here, laughing and swimming in the heat of a late-August afternoon.

"there's a new serif in town"

Florida has suspended 25 statutes and rules using the immigration state of emergency justification, according to a Miami Herald review.

Florida has suspended 25 laws and rules using DeSantis’ yearslong immigration state of emergency www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

NEW: The IRS approved the Trump library foundation's tax-exempt status application in just 10 days, during the government shut down. Nonprofit attorneys told me its "extraordinary" and "virtually unheard of" to get approved that quickly. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

"Exclusive: Tax docs show Trump library is counting on a $1B fundraising haul" @claireheddles.bsky.social for @miamiherald.com

Exclusive: Tax docs show Trump library is counting on a $1B fundraising haul over 3 years The IRS also gave Trump’s library foundation special treatment during the government shutdown, granting speedy approval of its application for tax-exempt status. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Emilio González’s team said they didn’t seek out the endorsement, but González has positioned his race as a way to “push back this blue wave.”

As the United States inches toward war with Venezuela, you'd think the Trump administration would want to solidify its relationship with Colombia. It's been the USA's biggest ally in Latin America for decades. It's Venezuela's neighbor. Nope. @notus.com: www.notus.org/foreign-poli...

Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state. That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators To fine it for running scam ads. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

AG Uthmeier is taking fight to higher court in Trump library sunshine law case, raising the stakes for the future of open gov in FL “If the AG gets his way, then it will embolden every government agency in Florida to be vague, secretive."

South Florida Obamacare enrollees worry subsidy expirations could double premiums in 2026, forcing choices between medication, rent and keeping insurance.

EXCLUSIVE: The USDA moved $13 billion from an account designed to support farmers into another designed to provide emergency relief from President Trump’s tariffs, but the funding is now largely sitting in limbo without any immediate function. buff.ly/df2gm1b

We’re running out of money to help the poorest Americans keep the lights on and the heat running If the shutdown doesn’t end soon, millions of Americans may see their electricity turned off or fuel deliveries stopped for the coldest winter months

NEW @miamiherald.com: Seniors in Miami-Dade — the county with the highest share of food stamp beneficiaries with one elderly member in the household — risk going hungry as federal government shutdown continues (GIFT LINK)

Florida AG to defend Miami Dade College after court temporarily blocks Trump library Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

South FL congressional seats are in Republicans’ crosshairs after this week’s SCOTUS hearing about the Voting Rights Act — a case DeSantis has been closely watching, and which outside advocates say could put three Dem held seats in FL at risk. Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Also, a look back at our unpaywalled story: Army intelligence analysts are monitoring civilian-made ICE tracking tools, treating them as potential threats, as immigration protests spread nationwide.

Obamacare insurance plan premiums are set to spike with the new year, and no place stands to be more affected than Miami-Dade County, which has the largest percentage of residents in the country getting healthcare discounts through the marketplace.

The judge said the court believes Miami Dade College did not give the public “reasonable notice” about its plans to transfer the land to the state.

Everyone in the family planning office at HHS has been locked out of their emails + computers, so they can’t confirm if they’ve been fired It appears that the whole office — which funds the country’s repro health clinics — has been cut w/ @margaretmanto.bsky.social

Court blocks Miami Dade College from transferring land for Trump library until the court issues a final verdict on alleged Sunshine law violations “The court does not believe that the notice was reasonable,” the judge said Tuesday. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/a...

Judge declines to stop Miami Dade College land transfer for Trump library—for now Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

A new lawsuit is attempting to void Miami Dade College’s land transfer for Trump’s presidential library until the board of trustees takes a new, publicly noticed vote. The lawsuit accuses the board of violating sunshine laws the first time it voted on it. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Ben Sasse’s defunct Senate campaign gives cash to his old political organization Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Where other developers tried and failed to get the college to let them develop the property over the past two decades, Trump’s team got the land for free without providing site plans, renderings or any public debate. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Push to build Trump library on Miami Dade College land shrouded in secrecy www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

NEW: After one of Kristi Noem’s major financial supporters contacted her, the DHS chief quickly expedited more than $11 million of federal money to rebuild a historic pier in Naples, Florida, records obtained by ProPublica show.

SCOOP: Pam Bondi called @ericswalwell.bsky.social after he said DOJ refused to prosecute death threats against him “Hopefully there’s some action,” he said But other House Dems claim DOJ hasn’t prosecuted threats against them — and they don’t trust Bondi to do it now www.notus.org/congress/bon...

Venezuelans in South Florida are living two conflicting realities: hope the Trump administration’s actions will lead to regime change & fear as he threatens mass deportations to a country the U.S. deems too unsafe for Americans to visit. w/ Syra Ortiz Blanes www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Florida Democrat Jennifer Jenkin enters US Senate race, and supports a controversial proposal to allow independents to vote in the primary www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

Some personal news ✨ After two years at @NOTUSreports, I’m thrilled to be back in FL and joining the @MiamiHerald in September!

🚨 At least 10 scientists, all cited in the Trump admin's new climate change report, told me that the report completely mischaracterizes their research. I also found five citations with significant errors, and a paragraph missing an important citation.

Ron DeSantis’ push to build the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center is stretching the bounds of executive power in Florida. www.notus.org/ron-desantis...

TPM reported these contracts were removed from the accountability site in my story earlier this week. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/contrac...

Jeanine Pirro says a case to recoup funds for Trump allies who fell for a crypto scam was temporarily hidden from the public because of a “clerical error.” She told NOTUS her office was trying to shield the identity of a company, not the entire case. www.notus.org/money/jeanin...