Trump says he will vote that Florida needs ‘more than 6 weeks’ for abortion

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 30, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Former President Donald Trump didn’t exactly say how he would vote on a Florida amendment that would protect abortion access — but on Thursday he said he would “be voting that we need more than six weeks.” Florida currently bans most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, a change that Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law in 2023. Trump has previously called Florida’s six-week ban a “terrible mistake.” When an NBC News reporter asked Trump how he would vote on Florida’s abortion amendment, Trump reiterated that he thought the six-week cutoff was too short. When the reporter followed by asking...

Kaufman wins Republican primary for Florida’s 23rd Congressional District

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 21, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Republican Joseph “Joe” Kaufman on Tuesday won the primary election to advance to November to challenge the incumbent Democratic Congressman Jared Moskowitz. Kaufman is among six Republican candidates who ran for U.S. House, District 23. The other Republicans in the contest were Gary Barve, Darlene Cerezo Swaffar, Carla Spalding, Joe Thelusca and Robert S. Weinroth. Moskowitz is in his first term in Congress after holding multiple elected and appointed jobs in Broward and Tallahassee. He faced no Democratic challenger for the primary. The 23rd District takes in northern Broward and much of...

Palm Beach County School Board races in District 1 and 5 will head to November runoffs

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 21, 2024. Posted in Education, Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

The winners of the Palm Beach County School Board races are still undetermined after Tuesday night’s election, with no automatic winners in either race as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote. As of Tuesday night, there was a slim margin between candidates Gloria Branch and Mindy Koch in the District 5 race. State law requires a recount when the margin is less than or equal to 0.5% of the total votes. The results of a recount could likely occur in the coming days, unless the candidate with the lesser votes requests for the recount not to happen. But a recount would likely not...

Broward voters chose new tax collector and incumbents for elections supervisor and clerk of courts

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on August 21, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Broward County voters chose three of its constitutional officers Tuesday, including the incumbents for elections office supervisor and clerk of courts as well as the first person to the newly created job of tax collector. Tax collector Broward voters chose a political newcomer for the first ever elected tax collector. The new tax collector, Abbey Ajayi, will perform duties that were previously handled by county employees. Ajayi held various banking positions before she joined the county tax office in 2015, first as a special project coordinator, and worked her way up to operations manager...

Trump seeks to set aside New York hush money verdict hours after Supreme Court ruling

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on July 2, 2024. Posted in Crime and Public Safety, Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers on Monday asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday and asked the judge to delay Trump’s sentencing while he weighs the high court’s decision and how it could influence the New York case, according to the letter obtained by The Associated Press. The lawyers argue that the Supreme Court’s decision confirmed a position the...

Trump proposes green cards for foreign grads of US colleges, departing from anti-immigrant rhetoric

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 21, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON (Associated Press) MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview posted Thursday he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from U.S. colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump was asked about plans for companies to be able to import the “best and brightest” in a podcast taped Wednesday with venture capitalists and tech investors called the “All-In.” “What I want to do and what I will do is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as...

Trump paints dark picture of America, promises rosy future if he defeats Biden

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 15, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, National News, National Politics, News, Politics.

Celebrating his birthday, former President Donald Trump presented a dark vision of America that he said could only be transformed one way — with his return as president. He said the country was hobbled by rising prices, endangered by criminals from other countries and threatened by terrorists he claimed are roaming the nation. “This is the most important election that our country has ever had because we’re a failing nation. And we can’t be a failing nation for long,” he said. Trump’s declarations came Friday night during a combination rally and birthday celebration in West Palm Beach...

Pembroke Pines voters choose Angelo Castillo for mayor

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 20, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, Politics.

Angelo Castillo, a longtime city commissioner, will become the next mayor of Pembroke Pines. Voters also chose incumbent Jay Schwartz and newcomer Maria Rodriguez for commission seats. Castillo won the three-person mayor’s race Tuesday to replace Mayor Frank Ortis, a familiar face as the ceremonial leader and business leader, who is retiring. Ortis served on commission since 1996, the last 20 years as the mayor. Castillo, a former director of the Broward County Human Services Department, is now retired and pledged for the mayor’s role to become his full-time job. He beat political newcomer...

Delray Beach gets new mayor and two commissioners

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on March 20, 2024. Posted in Election 2024, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Local News, News, Politics.

Delray Beach voters chose two familiar faces and one newcomer in one of the most heated municipal races in Palm Beach County. According to the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office, Tom Carney, a former mayor and current attorney, defeated Ryan Boylston, the city’s current vice mayor, and Shirley Johnson, a former commissioner. Carney, 70, will replace current mayor Shelley Petrolia, who has served in that position since 2018. In a second race, Tom Markert, a political newcomer, edged out Tennille DeCoste, another political newcomer, and Jim Chard, a former commissioner. Markert...

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