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05.10.2022 / 15:29

Biden to meet with DeSantis in Florida as he surveys Hurricane Ian damage

President Joe Biden will visit hurricane-ravaged Florida with a pledge that federal, state and local governments will work as one to help rebuild homes, businesses and lives — putting politics on mute for now to focus on those in need.Hurricane Ian has resulted in at least 84 people confirmed dead, including 75 in Florida, as hundreds of thousands of people wait for power to be restored. Biden planned to meet Wednesday with residents and small business owners in Fort Myers, Florida, and to thank government officials providing emergency aid and removing debris.With the midterm elections just a month away, the crisis had the potential to bring together political rivals in common cause at least for a time.

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Florida set to execute ‘ninja killer’ in couple’s 1989 death

Pictured: Louis Gaskin (Photo via Florida Department of Corrections) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida has ramped up executions under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a man known as the "ninja killer" set to die Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey.Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m.

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Volusia County Sheriff meets man accused of making threat against him: 'Welcome to Florida'

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. - A New Jersey man accused of making an online death threat toward Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood was flown to Florida on Monday to face charges, and Sheriff Chitwood was at Orlando Sanford International Airport to meet him.As 38-year-old Richard Golden made his way down the escalator, Sheriff Chitwood was at the bottom to seemingly greet him. "I'm Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood. Anything you, uh – I hope you enjoy you stay.

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Texas School Shooting: Rally for gun control being held on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A rally is being held Thursday morning on Capitol Hill to push lawmakers to take action to stop mass shootings in the U.S.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherThere have been 27 school shootings in 2022. While America mourns the 21 children and teachers killed in Texas on Tuesday, the politicians who have the power to change the country's gun laws remain at odds.Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was governor during the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.

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Senate votes to make daylight saving time permanent

WASHINGTON - Americans are one step closer to never having to "fall back" or "spring forward" with resetting their clocks after the U.S. Senate approved a measure that would make daylight saving time permanent. Senators on Tuesday unanimously voted for the Sunshine Protection Act, or S.623, sponsored by Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.The proposed bill will now move to the House.

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Republicans press constitutional amendment term-limiting members of Congress

WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined five other Republicans on Monday in moving to restrict the number of times members of Congress can be reelected.The legislation revives Cruz's earlier idea for a constitutional amendment on term limits. If ratified, the measure would prevent senators from serving more than two six-year terms and House members from serving more than three two-year terms."Every year, Congress spends billions of dollars on giveaways for the well-connected: Washington insiders get taxpayer money and members of Congress get re-elected, all while the system fails the American people," Cruz said in a press release."It’s no wonder that the vast majority of Americans from every political stripe – Republicans, Democrats, and Independents – overwhelmingly support congressional term limits," he wrote.

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