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GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was interrupted by climate protestors during a Fox News town hall.

The former state attorney for Orange and Osceola counties is trying to get her job back. Monique Worrell was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis three months ago.

Voters could decide on recreational marijuana use in Florida. The issue could be on the 2024 ballot. One proposal would make it legal for anyone in Florida over the age of 21 to possess up to three ounces of pot without facing criminal charges.

Central Florida was the epicenter of the Republican race for the White House Saturday during the Florida Freedom Summit.

Newly independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaigned in Orlando Thursday.

A state representative says he was stalked, harassed, and ambushed by neo-Nazis at an event in Brevard County. Florida State Rep. Randy Fine, R-Palm Bay, is still shaken up but is also considering more legislation to combat antisemitism in the state.

FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram joins FOX 35's Good Day Orlando to talk about what could happen next after Republican Kevin McCarthy was voted out of that position earlier this week.

Who could be the next Speaker of the House? Republican Kevin McCarthy was vacated as speaker earlier this week after a solution filed by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz passed. McCarthy became the first speaker in U.S. history to be removed. Rep. Patrick McHenry is now acting speaker. McCarthy said he would not seek the speaker position again.

Rep Kevin McCarthy is the first in history to be booted from his role as house speaker

Lawmakers have voted to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, the first time in the history of the House of Representatives that the chamber voted to boot a member from the top job.

The field for the second Republican presidential debate will be smaller than the first. Seven candidates have qualified for Wednesday night’s debate at Ronald Reagan’s presidential library in California, the Republican National Committee said, confirming that former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson did not make the cut this time.

Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, according to the indictment filed in federal court in Delaware.

Continuing a long-running clash with federal health officials, Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration on Wednesday recommended that people under age 65 not receive newly approved COVID-19 booster shots.