Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

Many of the Republican candidates running for president say they'd use military force against Mexico in response to the trafficking of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.

Even as the Republican Party has made huge inroads in Florida's Latino communities, flipping Miami-Dade County in the governor's race last year, national Democrats say they won't give up on Florida and still think it can be a swing state next year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is moving to revoke the liquor license of a Miami hotel that hosted a Christmas drag show.

The GOP’s dominance of Florida’s 27th congressional district is emblematic of the party’s inroads with Latino voters in recent years in much of the U.S.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted illegal immigration last fall by sending dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast.

For some Democrats, losing South Florida's Miami-Dade County was unthinkable. The state's largest county in population and a Democratic stronghold, home to 1.5 million Latinos of voting age, has been a staging ground for virtually every successful statewide Democratic campaign for the last two decades.

Democrats are increasingly concerned that Florida, once the nation’s premier swing state, may slip away this fall as emboldened Republicans capitalize on divisive cultural issues and demographic shifts in crucial contests.

Rescue crews are wading through water and using boats to rescue Florida residents stranded in the wake of Hurricane Ian. At least one person in Florida was confirmed dead on the state's eastern coast. Flooding rains continued falling even after Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm. It's center finished crossing the Florida peninsula Thursday and emerged in the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters predicted it would return to hurricane strength and turn north toward South Carolina.

Few places disappointed Democrats in 2020 as deeply as South Florida. A shift among Latinos toward the GOP contributed to several unexpected losses in House races and helped then-President Donald Trump carry Florida by more than 3 percentage points.

Thousands of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are gathering in Miami as the city builds its reputation as one of the key locations to develop the blockchain technology.

The U.S. Coast Guard announced that it will suspend its search for victims of last weekend’s boat tragedy off the Florida coast.

The U.S. has launched a criminal investigation into whether a human smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard.