Vice President JD Vance officially swore in former Florida Senator Marco Rubio as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State in a ceremony at the White House on Monday. Surrounded by family, friends, and colleagues, Rubio took the oath of office, marking the ...

The Florida attorney general has been a faithful foot soldier to Governor Ron DeSantis — and President-elect Donald Trump.

Former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody was sworn in as Florida’s junior U.S. senator on Tuesday afternoon, becoming only the second woman to represent Florida in that legislative body and the first from the Tampa Bay area.

In 2006, she was elected to the post of circuit judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa ... Under Florida law, it’s up to the Republican governor to pick Rubio’s replacement, after ...

Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is among the least controversial of Trump’s nominees and vote was decisive, 99-0.

DeSantis said he wanted an appointee who would be strong on immigration enforcement, support cutting the federal bureaucracy and fight “the woke agenda.”

The Florida attorney general will serve as U.S. senator until the next general election in 2026 when the seat returns to the ballot.

MOODY WAS A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN THE TAMPA AREA ... LIKELY APPOINT HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, JAME Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov.

(AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio 's seat in the U.S. Senate ... judge in Hillsborough County, home to Tampa. A fifth generation native of Plant City, Florida ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Former Florida Republican Sen. George LeMieux has been named Chair of the Florida Council of 100 (FC 100) for the next two years, the council anno

Floridians walked out of Coleman federal prison in Sumter County and found a small crowd of family and supporters cheering in the cold. The men were among the 1,500 or so across the country pardoned by President Donald Trump on Monday for crimes committed at the Jan.

Marco Rubio has been sworn in to be Donald Trump's new secretary of state, and another familiar Florida name has joined the Senate in his place.