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Former Florida Rep. David Rivera Sentenced to 10 Years in Venezuela Lobbying Case

David Rivera, a Miami Republican, was convicted of secretly lobbying officials in Washington on behalf of the Venezuelan government in 2017 and 2018.

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Former U.S. Representative David Rivera in March.
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Unused Tents and Uneaten Food: Watchdog Finds ‘Waste’ in Immigration Crackdown

In a report Thursday, the Government Accountability Office said the Trump administration squandered millions of dollars to expand detention.

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U.S. forces erected a tent city at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to house migrants.
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Ex-F.B.I. Agents Crucial to ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Suggest Testimony Won’t Help

Lawyers for the agents said that their clients would testify about “a properly predicated allegation that then-citizen Trump had unlawfully retained hundreds of highly classified documents.”

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President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club was searched for classified documents in 2022.
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Miami Is Crime Ridden in ‘Grand Theft Auto.’ Should It Market the Myth?

Some argue that Miami-Dade County can justify promoting its fictional twin, “Vice City,” because the real place has experienced a striking drop in violence over time.

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Ocean Drive in Miami Beach on Saturday.
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G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad Criticizing the Immigration Crackdown

Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.

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Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican, released a television ad on Thursday assailing President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanics ‘Feel Betrayed’

Representative María Elvira Salazar, a three-term representative from Miami, won re-election by 20 percentage points in 2024. Her ad suggests worry among some Republicans about their standing with Hispanic voters.

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Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican, released a television ad on Thursday assailing President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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