Florida

There was a question about whether he’d want to be sworn into the next Congress.

Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, is Donald Trump’s new pick to serve as U.S. attorney general. The 59-year-old has long been in Trump’s orbit and her name had been floated during his first term as a potential candidate for the nation’s highest law enforcement role. If confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, Bondi would instantly become one of the...

Bondi served as the Florida attorney general from 2011 to 2019 after she was the first woman elected to the office.

A Florida man who allegedly impersonated billionaire SpaceX founder Elon Musk on Facebook defrauded an elderly woman out of at least a quarter of a million dollars, police said.

RAW: Video shows the arrest of a Florida man who police said posed as Elon Musk to take $250,000 from an elderly woman.

The state’s “My Safe Florida Condo” program has received the maximum number of applications, officials said Wednesday.

A South Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with a plot to “reboot” the U.S. government by planting a bomb at the New York Stock Exchange this week and detonating it with a remote-controlled device, according to the FBI.

A homeless Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange to force a “reboot” or “reset” of the U.S. government, according to a criminal complaint. NBC6’s Kim Wynne reports

Florida has agreed to pay $725,000 in legal fees and costs for businesses that successfully challenged part of a 2022 law that Gov. Ron DeSantis dubbed the “Stop WOKE Act.”

Florida’s incoming legislative leaders have formally taken their oaths of office. It marks the final two years of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ second term at the helm of unified GOP control over the state capitol. Under DeSantis’ leadership, the country’s third most-populous state has cemented its reputation as a national testing ground for conservative policies like restricting abortion and defending...

A Florida man arrested on suspicion of weapons violations on Halloween had a list of targets that included a congressman and locations he associated with Jewish and Black people, prosecutors allege.

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency tells lawmakers she has encouraged the agency’s inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said Tuesday it is critical to meet survivors and make them aware of federal resources...

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency tells lawmakers she has encouraged the agency’s inspector general to review whether an employee was acting alone when directing workers helping hurricane victims to avoid homes with yard signs supporting President-elect Donald Trump.

The file that was hacked Monday included the testimony of the woman who alleges she had sex with Gaetz when she was 17 in 2017, and the testimony of a second woman who said she witnessed the encounter, a source told NBC News.

Florida education leaders are trying to fend off a lawsuit filed by major publishing companies and authors over the removal of books from school libraries, disputing allegations that a controversial state law violates the First Amendment.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he’s received “strong interest” from several possible candidates who want to replace U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and said his pick will likely be made by the beginning of January.

The 44-year-old woman in Bradenton, Florida, an area which had been affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton, is accused of using her mother’s name and information to submit a claim for almost $8,000.

The human head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne belonged to a 19-year-old swimmer who disappeared after saving his sister’s life in Miami Beach last weekend, authorities said.

The head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne belonged to a 19-year-old swimmer who disappeared after saving his sister’s life in Miami Beach last weekend, authorities said.

As President-elect Donald Trump names his picks for his new administration from his private club in Palm Beach and prepares to return to the White House, he’s bringing the Sunshine State with him. With Sen. Marco Rubio tapped to be the next secretary of state, Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, and Rep. Mike Waltz as national security adviser, Trump’s...