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*Florida Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for 2025-08-12 ( 10 items )  
AFSOC Demonstrates Flexible Force Presentation During EW 25.2 (10)
HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: * * * AFSOC demonstrates flexible force presentation during EW 25.2 By Senior Airman Thomas Hansford, Air Force Special Operations Command The hum of an MC-130J Commando II's engines rattles through the fuselage of the aircraft. A line of Special Tactics Airmen stand before the cargo door, each of them equipped with a combat loadout and a large, packed parachute. The ramp opens, the l more PR

CBO Issues Cost Estimate for Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act (S. 673). * * * S. 673 would amend the Miccosukee Reserved Area Act to add the Osceola Camp, a tract of land in the Everglades National Park in Florida, to the federally reserved area for the Miccosukee Tribe. Under the bill, the Osceola Camp would be subject to the tribe's rights, responsibilities, and restrictions. The bill also would require the Departmen more PR

Convenience Store Management Company Settles EEOC Disability Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Case (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * Convenience Store Management Company Settles EEOC Disability Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation Case * Sarafina Network settles ADA case charging that convenience store worker with multiple disabilities was harassed and then subjected to retaliatory discharge BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sarafina Network, LLC, a management company for gas station convenience stores based in Alabama, w more PR

Donalds Releases Statement On The Passing Of Conservative Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Donalds Releases Statement On The Passing Of Conservative Colombian Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe * WASHINGTON - Conservative Colombian Senator and Presidential Candidate Miguel Uribe has passed away after months of battling gunshot wounds suffered during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in the nation's capital of Bogota. According to reports, the 39 year-old passed away this mo more PR

Donalds Stands With President Trump And Cabinet Officials: Work To Make Our Nation's Capital Safe Again Begins (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Donalds Stands With President Trump And Cabinet Officials: Work To Make Our Nation's Capital Safe Again Begins * WASHINGTON - This morning, President Donald Trump took sweeping action to make our nation's capital safe again. President Trump first signed a Presidential Memorandum to restore law and order in the District of Columbia. The Memorandum directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to mobil more PR

Health Resources & Services Administration Extends Health Center Performance Periods to Four Years (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration has announced an extension of the performance period for health center grantees from three to four years. This change allows health centers additional time to serve their communities before reapplying for funding through the Service Area Competition (SAC). The extension aims to improve continuity in access to comprehensive primary care and reduce administrative burdens on  more PR

ICE was Hard at Work Over the Weekend Arresting the Worst of the Worst (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE was Hard at Work Over the Weekend Arresting the Worst of the Worst * WASHINGTON -- On August 9 and 10, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested more worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens, including those convicted of rape, hit-and-run, domestic assault, and attempted homicide. "While Americans were enjoying their weekend, ICE was hard at work arres more PR

Moskowitz Leads More Than 70 Colleagues Urging Transparency from FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program for Florida Houses of Worship (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Moskowitz Leads More Than 70 Colleagues Urging Transparency from FEMA's Nonprofit Security Grant Program for Florida Houses of Worship * WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressman Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23) led more than seventy of his colleagues urging the Trump Administration to reinstate longstanding information-sharing around the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP). Administered by the Federal Emergenc more PR

WATCH: Rep. Min Calls Out Republican Hypocrisy on NewsNation (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Dave Min, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Rep. Min Calls Out Republican Hypocrisy on NewsNation * Washington, D.C. -- On Sunday morning, Representative Dave Min (CA-47) stood up for Orange County, calling out Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' hypocrisy and dysfunction. He appeared on NewsNation's The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt (link is external) where he slammed Republicans for their partisan politicking, and firmly co more PR

Whitehouse Demands Documents on Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Bureau of Prisons Facility (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Demands Documents on Transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell to Minimum-Security Bureau of Prisons Facility Convicted sex trafficker and Jeffrey Epstein associate was transferred without explanation after unusual visit by Trump's Deputy Attorney GeneralĀ  * Late last week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee, sent a letter to Fed more PR