Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), along with congressional Republicans, must cease their “illegal assault” on the nation’s Social Security program.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, will be bringing Don Williams, a veteran and member of the Social Security Administration staff, as her guest to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night.

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar are introducing a bipartisan bill to crack down on loopholes that allow oil company revenues to flow to the Venezuela’s authoritarian government led by President Nicolás Maduro.

The six Venezuelan opposition members have been sheltering for months in the Argentine diplomatic compound in the capital, Caracas.

The South Florida congresswoman told CNN that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is “a heck of a lot better than Matt Gaetz” but she “is clearly a Trump apologist, a Trump lackey.”

The Democratic congresswoman also spoke about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump and said a "peace deal" in Gaza "is on the 10-yard line."

A group of bipartisan South Florida lawmakers on Thursday honored the thousands of people who filled Cuba’s streets and public squares three years ago on July 11 in what was the country’s largest outpouring of protest in decades. They also promoted a new app that allows protesters to bypass the state-owned telecommunications agency to access the internet.

Much of the criticism from lawmakers was directed at Colombian President Gustavo Petro, the country’s leftist leader elected in 2022.

The hearing, to be held in Broward County, comes a day after Florida’s Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to ban abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.

The three hostages — Elkana Bohbot, Yair Horn, and Eitan Horn — hold dual citizenship with their respective countries and Israel. Bohbot, 34, is Colombian-Israeli. Yair is 45 years old; Eitan is 37 years old. Both are Argentine-Israeli.

U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston and U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Parkland, are among a large number co-sponsors of H.R. 6578, "the Commission to Study Acts of Antisemitism in the United States Act."

If passed, the Tigertail Historical Tree Island Repatriation Act would authorize the Army Corps of Engineers "to realign a portion of the levee located within the Tigertail Camp to give Miccosukee."