Samantha Putterman | PolitiFact

Florida has executed more people in 2025 than in any single year since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The state carried out its 17th execution Nov. 20, with two more scheduled by the end of the year. Here is what we know about capital punishment in Florida.

As Florida’s Republican leaders consider overhauling the state’s property tax system, Gov. Ron DeSantis recently zeroed in on tax changes for primary homes, or homestead properties.

President Donald Trump says U.S. military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean were legal because they carried drugs being delivered to the United States. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said maritime law enforcement statistics show that not all boats suspected of carrying drugs actually have drugs onboard.

Critics of President Donald Trump have zeroed in on a hefty financial aid package for Argentina that comes as Argentinian soybean farmers have taken market share from U.S. producers.

As the government shutdown entered its third week, Democrats continued to withhold their support for a government funding bill unless Republicans agree to extend expiring Affordable Care Act marketplace subsidies. A Democratic lawmaker said Florida will be affected by the expiring subsidies more than any other state after the Nov. 1 ACA enrollment start.

Democrats are seeking to roll back around $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and extend enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire.

In a Sept. 7 interview on CNN’s "State of the Union," Ladapo told host Jake Tapper that his department didn’t study how ending the vaccine requirements could affect children’s health or future outbreaks.

Florida’s Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said the state’s health department will end "every single" school vaccine mandate. Ladapo, who has a history of spreading inaccurate vaccine claims, equated the state’s vaccine requirements with slavery.

Before Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed James Uthmeier, his former chief of staff, as attorney general, Uthmeier worked in the first Trump administration in the Department of Commerce, which oversees the U.S. Census Bureau. Now Uthmeier’s past is present after President Donald Trump called for a rare, mid-decade census to exclude immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

PolitiFact found three reports that showed Florida last or second-to-last nationally on mental health care — one from 2025 and two based on data that is at least a decade old. Other rankings put it in a slightly better light.

A Florida Senate analysis estimated that for the 2023-24 fiscal year, the value of the waived out-of-state fees totaled about $40.6 million. But that doesn’t mean the state paid that amount for the program. The program does not technically cost the state money.

PolitiFact found no announcements from the organization signaling any reporting policy change over the last four years. A hotline spokesperson said its policies "have remained consistent" for over a decade.