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Florida Democrats thrash decision to end DACA

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President Donald Trump plans to announce Tuesday that he will end an Obama-era program protecting young immigrants brought into the country as children, which quickly drew the ire of Florida Democrats.

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Jose Javier Rodriguez’s CD 27 campaign sounds more Republican than Democratic

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This much is clear: state Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez is running in the primary for Florida’s open 27th Congressional District. What has not been as clear: is it the Democratic or Republican primary?

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Obama nominates Barzee Flores to Florida federal judgeship

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A former Miami-Dade circuit judge has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the federal bench in South Florida. The White House announced Thursday that Mary Barzee Flores has been chosen as district court judge. The lifetime post requires Senate confirmation. Barzee Flores was a Miami-Dade judge from 2003 to 2011. Since then, she has been in private practice handling complex commercial and employment cases at the Stearns Weaver law firm. From 1990 to 2003, she worked as an…

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