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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) was the projected winner in the Washington, DC, Republican primary election on Sunday evening. Haley, a lobbyist favorite, beat “America First” former President Donald Trump by nearly 30 points with Republican voters in the nation’s capital — known more colloquially as “the swamp.” The polls closed a 7 p.m. and the Associated Press (AP) called the race around 8:30 p.m., with Haley ahead 63 percent to 33 percent. --------------- Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed a social media restriction bill Friday, saying lawmakers are producing a “superior” version for him by next week. “Protecting children from harms associated with social media is important, as is supporting parents’ rights and maintaining the ability of adults to engage in anonymous speech,” he said. “I anticipate the new bill will recognize these priorities and will be signed into law soon.”

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to decide if he is immune from prosecution on charges of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The court will consider “Whether and if so to what extent does a former President enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during his tenure in office.” ----------------- Vice President Kamala Harris revealed on Tuesday that the government could pay college students to register voters. Harris said that students could receive the funds from the work-study federal program that pays a student’s wages while employed at a part-time job. ------------------ Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz believes “better days are ahead for the Republican Party” after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., will step down in November. Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott reacted Wednesday afternoon, reiterating calls for new GOP leadership. He challenged McConnell for the position in 2022.

Gov. Ron DeSantis celebrated Tuesday being the one year marking since he officially dissolved Walt Disney World’s self governing district in Central Florida, formerly known as Reedy Creek. “One year ago, I signed legislation ending what an independent audit found to be one of the worst examples of cronyism in modern U.S. history: Reedy Creek, a local government controlled by a single company; Disney,” DeSantis said. “While so many claimed ending the cronyism would be bad for Florida, the result has been transparency and accountability, including a reduction of taxes and local businesses being allowed to compete for projects, saving the district millions of dollars.” --------------------- Former President Donald Trump has won Michigan’s Republican primary as he continues his charge toward the GOP presidential nomination. The Associated Press (AP) called the race for Trump at around 9:00 p.m. ET after the last polls closed across the state, signaling that he handily defeated his lone remaining opponent, former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC). As of 9:11 p.m. ET, the New York Times’s election results showed Trump with 65.6 percent of the vote to Haley’s 30.2 percent with an estimated nine percent of the vote tabulated. The primary has 16 delegates bound to it, while Michigan’s GOP state convention on Saturday will see its remaining 39 delegates awarded.

The Biden administration planted a Democrat operative inside a Fulton County office to target former President Donald Trump, multiple sources familiar with the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office exclusively told Breitbart News. If the Biden administration planted the operative, as the sources say, it would present a strong argument that the administration interfered in the 2024 presidential election. ------------------- Florida Republican members of Congress are signing their names behind a federal effort to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, the most recent being Cory Mills. Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie filed the bill, HR 899, in 2023. Republicans from Florida who signed on last year include Matt Gaetz, Bill Posey, Byron Donalds and Anna Paulina Luna.

Former President Donald Trump, the leading GOP candidate for president and likely GOP nominee, looks to continue his perfect streak on Saturday night in the Palmetto State with a blowout victory over former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in her home state. ---------------------- The Florida House passed a Senate-amended social media bill on Thursday that will ban minors under the age of 16 from accessing “addictive” social media platforms. The bill is expected to be sent to the governor’s desk for approval, although he has expressed concerns with the lack of “parental rights” protections in the legislation. HB 1 limits the age as to which a minor can create a social media account. Under the legislation, no individual under the age of 16 would be able to open an account.

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Former President Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday that at least five high-profile Republicans and one former Democrat are on his shortlist for potential running mates in the general election – including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and onetime Democratic presidential primary candidate Tulsi Gabbard. The GOP presidential front-runner confirmed his shortlist after Fox News host Laura Ingraham rattled off a list of names at a town hall event in Greenville, SC, which she said audience members deemed to be good choices for him to tap for the vice presidency. The names included Gabbard, DeSantis, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. ---------------- Thirteen Republican senators are urging GOP leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to force a formal impeachment trial of President Joe Biden’s pro-migration border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas was impeached on February 13 for refusing to enforce the nation’s border laws. But Democrats — and some pro-establishment GOP senators — are hinting they will ignore the House’s indictment and will not conduct Mayorkas’ trial in the Senate.

At the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Board of Education has moved forward with creating a new rule meant to target educators who weaponize the state’s book challenging laws to make a political point. ---------------- The announcement said that Haley was going to deliver a "State of the Race Speech" on Tuesday in Greenville, South Carolina. That immediately set people to question whether this might finally be Nikki Haley calling it quits, rather than being badly embarrassed in South Carolina, whose primary is almost upon us. That would be the logical thing to guess right now - maybe the reality is finally dawning on her.

Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, warned that some House legislation related to culture war issues could potentially be dead or stalled out in the Senate this week. “Our bill process is not the Republican Party of Florida,” Passidomo said. “We are the legislature. We make the laws, we review the laws.” --------------------- This Week,” Republican presidential candidate former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) refused to say if she would support former President Donald Trump if he won the GOP presidential nomination. --------------- San Francisco has appointed a non-citizen to its elections commission for the first time, even though she cannot vote.

Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis was defiant on the witness stand on Thursday, but she could face serious consequences for her alleged ethical violations in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump and 18 other co-defendants. In January, one of those co-defendants, Mike Roman, filed a motion alleging that Willis had an improper relationship with fellow prosecutor Nathan Wade. Willis’s response was to tell an Atlanta church that her opponents were “playing the race card.” --------------- The public largely blames President Joe Biden for the failed migration deal in Congress, despite Democrat efforts to Ipsos. The February 9-10 poll asked: “How much, if at all, do you blame each of the following for Congress not passing legislation intended to decrease the numbers of illegal border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border?” ------------------ The Florida House passed a bill 88-29 that would allow people to use lethal force to kill a bear without a permit or authorization if they feel threatened on private property. The threat of death or serious bodily injury can be to a human, a pet, or to a dwelling. HB 87 is sponsored by Rep. Jason Shoaf, R-Port St. Joe. In the Senate, Sen. Corey Simon, R-Quincy, is carrying a similar bill, SB 632.

The United States faces a “serious national security threat,” according to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), who is urging President Biden to declassify all information related to it. “Today, the House Permanent Select committee on Intelligence has made available to all Members of Congress information concerning a serious national security threat,” Turner wrote. ------------- Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Joe Biden would be better for Russia than Donald Trump, calling him “old school” and “predictable.” Putin expressed his feelings about Biden during an interview with broadcaster Rossiya 1 TV. ---------------------- U.S. District Judge Mark Walker ruled in favor of an embattled 2021 Florida election integrity law that cracked down on ballot harvesting and strictly regulated how ballot drop boxes can be utilized. The judge said Florida’s restrictions do not keep Floridians from voting, according to the Associated Press.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by the House Tuesday night in a narrow 214 to 213 vote, becoming the first cabinet official to be impeached in almost a century and a half. William Belknap, Secretary of War to President Ulysses S. Grant, was impeached by the House in 1876, despite resigning before the vote. ---------- Visa, Mastercard, and American Express are implementing a special merchant code to track gun and gun-related purchases in California. CBS News reported that the new merchant code will be used to comply with a “California law that will allow banks to potentially track suspicious gun purchases and report them to law enforcement.” ---------------- A woman in Fort Myers, Florida, was arrested after her baby allegedly overdosed on fentanyl and later regained a pulse with CPR, police said. Fort Myers Police Officers responded on Sunday at 1:34 a.m. to a call about a baby who was not breathing, WINK News reported. Officers met with the caller, the baby’s 38-year-old mother Mary Sinopoli, on the side of the road near Lee Tran Boulevard and Metro Parkway.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) raised the alarm on Monday that the $95 billion Senate bill to fund the Ukraine War contains an “impeachment time bomb” aimed at former President Donald Trump if he wins reelection in November, and called on his Republican colleagues to vote against it.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) raised the alarm on Monday that the $95 billion Senate bill to fund the Ukraine War contains an “impeachment time bomb” aimed at former President Donald Trump if he wins reelection in November, and called on his Republican colleagues to vote against it. A proposal making its way through the Florida Legislature would rescind state law’s references and commitment to addressing “climate change” in its energy policies. The legislation aims to “streamline” Florida’s energy directives and revise its intent toward “adequate, reliable, and cost-effective supply of energy” while keeping in mind the “health and welfare” of Floridians.

The Kansas City Chiefs amassed a mere 16 yards of total offense in the first quarter, and after a turnover from Isaiah Pacheco, Travis Kelce erupted on the sidelines and slammed into his head coach. A man without a shirt ran out on the field in an attempt to disrupt Super Bowl 58 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The man wearing white pants was quickly taken down by Apex Security operatives and carted off the field after only making it a few yards onto the field. As they have done for the past several Super Bowl broadcasts, the NFL opened the Super Bowl with a performance of the song Lift Every Voice and Sing, the so-called “black national anthem.” But not every voice appreciated the left-wing gesture.

Following Special Counsel Robert Hur’s report, which included stunning revelations of the deterioration of President Joe Biden’s mental state, Republican officials are calling to invoke the 25th Amendment. They state that “if ever there were a time to do so, now would be it,” and insist that if the president “is not competent to stand trial, then he is certainly not competent to lead the free world.” ----------------- The Florida House and Senate each passed their own version of the 2024-25 state budget. The House also passed a bill for increased compensation for the governor and other state executives on Thursday. The General Appropriations Act, HB 5001, championed by Rep. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, allocates state funds for various annual expenses. -----------------

President Joe Biden referred to former President Trump as an “existential threat” during a fundraiser in New York City on Wednesday, as anti-Israel protesters blocked Fifth Avenue outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “There is one existential threat: it’s Donald Trump,” Biden told business leaders during his first stop of the day at the Upper West Side home of Larry Linden, the former managing partner of Goldman Sachs. ----------------- After Florida’s Voice reported on a student march that turned into an “activism rally” rally for third graders at Shorecrest Preparatory School, one parent is removing her children for safety reasons. “We no longer felt our kids were safe at the school, you know, with how charged everything was from the teachers and from the administration,” said the parent, who had three children at the school.

The House of Representatives let Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas off the hook for the border crisis created under his watch in a historic 216-214 vote against impeachment. Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Tom McClintock (R-CA) announced before the vote they would vote against impeachment. They were joined by Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) in voting with unified Democrats. -------------- The Monroe County State Attorney’s Office issued a warrant for the arrest of Collier County Commissioner Rick LoCastro. LoCastro issued the statement below following the arrest warrant being issued for him. “Today, I am saddened to share that the Monroe County State Attorney’s office has pressed charges against me for something I did not do. From the outset, let me be clear: the charges against me are false. They have no merit. I have never done anything to harm any person, physically or otherwise.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the shocking decision to recommend Republicans block the advancement of the Senate pro-migration border bill. That first procedural vote was set for Wednesday. It is unknown if Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will forge ahead, although that is likely. ---------------- Sen. Nick DiCeglie, R-St. Petersburg, celebrated the Senate’s passage of his vacation rental bill last week, SB 280. “The importance of this bill is very simple: we’re trying to create a uniform set of regulations for the vacation rental industries,” DiCeglie said. “This is going to create predictability for local governments, for local communities, for folks that want to exercise their property right, in renting their their properties for vacation rentals.”

The much-touted emergency border “shutdown” in the establishment’s Border Act will not be activated unless the president’s homeland security says so, says a clause buried deep in the 280-page bill. The legal loophole can be seen on page 119: ------------ The recent assault of two NYPD officers in Times Squares by a mob of illegal migrants appeared to befuddle a CNN panel for not committing similar crimes in Florida. “[Detectives asked me] why don’t they just stay and steal in Florida?” said John Miller, chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst. “Because there, you go to jail.”

A federal court has dismissed Disney’s lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, which claimed his administration violated the company’s First Amendment rights by removing Disney World’s special district status in retaliation for the company attacking the state’s law barring teachers from discussing sexuality with pre-teen minors. -------------------- Florida International University disbanded its Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in light of a new rule approved by the Florida Board of Governors. The university, FIU, is a member of the State University System. “In keeping with State of Florida legislation, the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has been eliminated,” the school’s webpage says. “FIU remains committed to cultivating an environment of accessibility and equal opportunity, where all are welcomed to learn, earn, and thrive.”

Former President Donald Trump has a towering 35-point lead over his last remaining Republican primary opponent, former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), in South Carolina, according to a Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll conducted for the pro-Trump MAGA Inc. PAC. The poll, first published by the Messenger on Tuesday, shows Trump garnering 66 percent of support among likely South Carolina Republican primary voters. He more than doubles Haley’s 31 percent. ------------------- Harvard University Chief Diversity Officer Sherri Ann Charleston has been accused of plagiarism in a new complaint, which alleges that Charleston claimed credit for her husband’s work. Harvard has received a complaint claiming that its chief diversity and inclusion officer has plagiarized some of her academic works, lifting large portions of text from without including quotation marks, and even taking credit for a study conducted by her own husband, according to a report by the Washington Free Beacon. ---------------- A Florida bill that would lower the age for purchasing firearms passed 11-5 through its first House committee Tuesday. The legislation amends the law to reduce the minimum age requirement to purchase a firearm from 21 to 18, which applies to purchases from either a federal firearms licensee, also known as an FFL, or a private seller, according to the bill’s analysis.

Republicans blasted President Joe Biden after the U.S. military announced three American troops were killed and 25 injured in a drone attack in Jordan on Sunday. “Joe Biden emboldened Iran for years by tolerating attacks on our troops, bribing the ayatollahs with billions of dollars, and appeasing them to no end. He left our troops as sitting ducks and now three are dead and dozens wounded, sadly as I’ve predicted would happen for months,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said in a statement. ---------------------- Former President Donald Trump’s legal team plans to appeal the $83.3 million decision in the defamation lawsuit from E. Jean Carroll due to an alleged “insane” conflict of interest with the presiding judge. As Breitbart News reported Friday, a jury awarded “an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.” ----------------- The My Hollywood Pride street festival event on Jan. 28 will include a Drag Queen Story Hour for kids, “teen chat,” “banned books” from the Hollywood Branch Library, and more. My Hollywood Pride Street Festival is “open to all with entertainment, food, and lots of activities for adults and kids alike.”

Nancy Pelosi suffers meltdown after the pro-Hamas crowd takes over her driveway, leading to a shouting match. Nancy screams 'go back to China where you came from!' ----------------- Monday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” anchor Joy Reid said, “starting another fucking war” on a hot mic during a clip of President Joe Biden. Reid said, “Congressional Republicans love to latch on to President Biden and Democrats’ successful policies and take credit for things they didn’t do while tying themselves into pretzels to do nothing for the American people for the sake of Donald Trump. Case in point, fixing what they say is a crisis at the border with congressional negotiators continuing work on a bipartisan deal to tie border policies to funding for Ukraine. Over the weekend President Biden said he’s ready to take action if Congress is serious about solving the issue.” ----------------- A bill unanimously passed through a Florida House committee that would mandate disclaimers on political ads that contain certain content generated through AI, or artificial intelligence. The bill, HB 919, carried by Rep. Alex Rizo, R-Hialeah, passed 12-0 in the Justice Appropriations Subcommittee Monday and has one more committee stop before being voted on by the full House. Rizo explained the disclaimer must state that the ad was created “in whole” or “in part” with the use of “generative artificial intelligence.”