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First US Congress Member Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A Florida lawmaker became the first member of the US Congress to test positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday.
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US Lawmaker Allied With Trump Under Scrutiny For Tweet To Michael Cohen
US Representative Matt Gaetz has come under Florida state bar scrutiny for a Twitter message that critics said was meant to intimidate President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, the night before his public testimony on Capitol Hill.
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Democrats Win First Two Republican-Held Seats In US Midterms
Democrats seized their first two Republican-held seats of the US midterm elections Tuesday, networks projected, flipping House seats in Virginia and Florida seen as crucial to the opposition party's effort to regain a majority in the chamber. Jennifer Wexton, a Democratic state lawmaker, was ahead of two-term Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock b...
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Florida Man Threatens To Shoot Lawmakers If Brett Kavanaugh Not Confirmed
A Florida man has been accused of threatening to shoot members of Congress and their families if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is not confirmed.
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Florida Approves Limit, But Not Ban, On Child Marriage
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Florida approved a bill on Friday banning child marriage under the age of 17, one of the strictest measures in the nation, advocates said.
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Weeks After School Massacre, Florida Lawmakers Pass New Gun Control Laws
Florida state lawmakers gave final passage on Wednesday to a gun-safety bill that would raise the legal age for buying rifles, impose a three-day waiting period on all firearms sales, and allow the arming of some public school employees.
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Florida Lawmakers To Vote On Gun Laws, Training And Arming Teachers
Florida's Senate will vote on Monday on some gun-related measures in response to last month's deadly school shooting, including a proposal to train and arm teachers, but lawmakers have rejected a call by some students to ban assault weapons in the state.
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'Don't Worry About The NRA,' Donald Trump Tells US Governors
US President Donald Trump plans to discuss gun legislation with lawmakers this week, the White House said Monday, and he told governors not to worry about the National Rifle Association as they mull responses to the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school.
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Easy Fixes To School Security Prove Elusive After Florida Shooting
Two weeks before a gunman fatally shot 17 people at a Florida high school, Bill Lee, the president of the state's school administrators association, warned lawmakers that Florida's schools were vulnerable to just such an attack.
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Teens 'Lie-In' Outside White House, Demand Gun Reform After Shooting In Florida School
A group of teens and more than a hundred supporters staged a "lie-in" outside the White House on Presidents Day to pressurise lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws, the media reported.
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Democratic Presidential Hopeful Clinton to Call for Lifting Cuban Embargo
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton this week will call on US lawmakers to lift the long-standing economic embargo against Cuba, her campaign announced on Wednesday.
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Jamaica Agriculture Minister Dies in Florida
Officials say a veteran Jamaican lawmaker who served as the island's agriculture and fisheries minister has died in Florida where he traveled to receive treatment for a back condition.
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Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA
That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a US House of Representatives Science Committee hearing on Tuesday.
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First US Congress Member Tests Positive For Coronavirus
A Florida lawmaker became the first member of the US Congress to test positive for the novel coronavirus on Wednesday.
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US Lawmaker Allied With Trump Under Scrutiny For Tweet To Michael Cohen
US Representative Matt Gaetz has come under Florida state bar scrutiny for a Twitter message that critics said was meant to intimidate President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, the night before his public testimony on Capitol Hill.
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Democrats Win First Two Republican-Held Seats In US Midterms
Democrats seized their first two Republican-held seats of the US midterm elections Tuesday, networks projected, flipping House seats in Virginia and Florida seen as crucial to the opposition party's effort to regain a majority in the chamber. Jennifer Wexton, a Democratic state lawmaker, was ahead of two-term Republican incumbent Barbara Comstock b...
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Florida Man Threatens To Shoot Lawmakers If Brett Kavanaugh Not Confirmed
A Florida man has been accused of threatening to shoot members of Congress and their families if Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is not confirmed.
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Florida Approves Limit, But Not Ban, On Child Marriage
Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Florida approved a bill on Friday banning child marriage under the age of 17, one of the strictest measures in the nation, advocates said.
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Weeks After School Massacre, Florida Lawmakers Pass New Gun Control Laws
Florida state lawmakers gave final passage on Wednesday to a gun-safety bill that would raise the legal age for buying rifles, impose a three-day waiting period on all firearms sales, and allow the arming of some public school employees.
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Florida Lawmakers To Vote On Gun Laws, Training And Arming Teachers
Florida's Senate will vote on Monday on some gun-related measures in response to last month's deadly school shooting, including a proposal to train and arm teachers, but lawmakers have rejected a call by some students to ban assault weapons in the state.
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'Don't Worry About The NRA,' Donald Trump Tells US Governors
US President Donald Trump plans to discuss gun legislation with lawmakers this week, the White House said Monday, and he told governors not to worry about the National Rifle Association as they mull responses to the massacre of 17 people at a Florida high school.
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Easy Fixes To School Security Prove Elusive After Florida Shooting
Two weeks before a gunman fatally shot 17 people at a Florida high school, Bill Lee, the president of the state's school administrators association, warned lawmakers that Florida's schools were vulnerable to just such an attack.
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Teens 'Lie-In' Outside White House, Demand Gun Reform After Shooting In Florida School
A group of teens and more than a hundred supporters staged a "lie-in" outside the White House on Presidents Day to pressurise lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws, the media reported.
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Democratic Presidential Hopeful Clinton to Call for Lifting Cuban Embargo
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton this week will call on US lawmakers to lift the long-standing economic embargo against Cuba, her campaign announced on Wednesday.
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Jamaica Agriculture Minister Dies in Florida
Officials say a veteran Jamaican lawmaker who served as the island's agriculture and fisheries minister has died in Florida where he traveled to receive treatment for a back condition.
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Large asteroid heading to Earth? Pray, says NASA
That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a US House of Representatives Science Committee hearing on Tuesday.
