Sen. Ashley Moody

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody was then Florida’s attorney general, and her office approved the settlement. The deal said $10 million would be donated to the Hope Florida Foundation.

As progressives rack up victories in other parts of the country against moderate Democrats, Florida’s Aug. 18 primary could prove a big test for that movement.

The 287(g) agreement lets Miami police ask people about their immigration status and detain individuals found to be in violation of immigration law.

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried is calling on Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody to use her power to seek release of a grand jury report into the $10 million in taxpayer funds diverted to the Hope Florida Foundation in 2024.

Moody joined seven other Republicans in supporting an amendment sponsored by Vermont Democrat Chris Coons to ban payments from the fund to Jan. 6 rioters who were convicted of assaulting law enforcement officers.

“I’m fighting to lower costs for Florida families, and that starts with an immediate pause on the federal gas tax to provide immediate relief for Floridians.” Vindman said in a statement.

In the last two years of Biden’s presidency, his administration deported over 413,000 migrants — 158,665 of them with criminal charges or convictions. The U.S. oversaw over 4.6 million total removals, returns and expulsions combined throughout his term, DHS data shows.

Nixon says her decision is based on an affordability crisis that Florida's leadership has ignored. She claims politicians, including Moody, aren't listening to the people.

Health care advocates and progressive groups across Florida said the U.S. Senate’s failure to extend premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act was a “disheartening setback” that will significantly raise the cost of health insurance for nearly 5 million Floridians, including hundreds of thousands of people in South Florida.

U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody, following the lead of President Donald Trump’s anti-drug policy, is introducing legislation to target Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and suspected drug trafficking.

Jennifer Jenkins made headlines when she unseated Tina Descovich on the Brevard County School Board in 2020 in a southeast Florida county that President Donald Trump had carried by nearly 20 points.

She is pushing for a new federal law that would require commercial truck drivers to prove U.S. residency and English proficiency before being issued a license.