Eileen Higgins has been sworn in as Miami's first female mayor, taking office two weeks after defeating a Trump-endorsed Republican.

Democrats are hoping to win a race for Miami mayor after decades out of power.

Lionel Messi believes there's still more for him to accomplish in soccer.

President Donald Trump celebrated his economic achievements on the anniversary of his election victory.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. will host next year’s Group of 20 summit at his golf club in southern Florida.

President Donald Trump’s pledge to help make Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality is viewed with skepticism by many prominent Black and Hispanic civil rights leaders.

At least 40 people have been displaced after a massive fire broke out at a four-story apartment complex near downtown Miami.

Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder says he is ending his 2024 Republican campaign for president.

Republican businessman Perry Johnson has suspended his long-shot bid for president after failing to gain traction in the race.

With more than a year until the 2024 presidential contest, the field of candidates is largely set.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is ending his bid for the presidency, dropping out of the 2024 race after failing to qualify for the first Republican debate.

When Republican candidates for president gather for their first debate Wednesday in Milwaukee, the spotlight will not only be on them but also on Wisconsin’s role as one of a shrinking handful of genuine battleground states.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez claims he's qualified for next week’s Republican opening presidential debate.

The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election.

Eight candidates are expected onstage at the first Republican presidential primary debate, but one of them might not be able to make it.

A government watchdog group is asking federal regulators to investigate a $500,000 contribution to a super PAC backing Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s presidential bid by a shop selling artificial flowers.

With six weeks until the first 2024 Republican presidential debate, some hopefuls are finding creative ways to boost their donor numbers and ensure they make it on stage.

Seven weeks before the premiere debate of the 2024 GOP primary, anxiety is building that the event could prove messy and divisive for the party.

A super PAC supporting Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s run for the Republican presidential nomination has launched an artificial intelligence chatbot to answer questions about him.

Suarez hopes being the lone Hispanic candidate at the moment and his youth compared to other candidates can appeal to voters.

The 2024 Republican presidential field is full of long-shot candidates.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, the newest candidate in the Republican presidential field, is drawing some distinctions between himself and his rivals, suggesting that the six-week abortion ban signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is too severe and showing an openness to changing the country’s immigration system.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is running for president.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is running for president.

When Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina launched his campaign for the White House, the notoriously prickly former President Donald Trump welcomed his new competitor with open arms.

Race has become a central issue in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP’s primary field features six candidates of color.

It's expected to be a big week for Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina is getting a reelection boost from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of CEOs, government leaders and other elites this week in the Swiss town of Davos may seem full of important but impersonal announcements.

Thousands of cryptocurrency enthusiasts are gathering in Miami as the city builds its reputation as one of the key locations to develop the blockchain technology despite its underdog status.

A small group of enthusiasts has an offer that it's hoping U.S. cities can’t refuse – the prospect of millions in city funding just for embracing the group's form of Bitcoin.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday handed off five checks — totaling 79.8 million — for infrastructure resiliency projects in South Florida.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is hoping to easily secure a second term Tuesday.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez praised Art Acevedo as “America’s best chief” when he recruited him to lead Miami’s police force just six months ago.

Official say the body of a Miami firefighter’s 7-year-old daughter was recovered from the site of a South Florida condo collapse by the search and rescue team he had been assisting.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As a solution to Miami’s notoriously congested traffic, Tesla Inc. founder Elon Musk is proposing to dig tunnels with The Boring Company, one of his many business ventures. “It doesn’t seem very smart and it is certainly going to be expensive,” said Kurtis Gurley, a professor of structural engineering at the University of Florida. Gurley said one challenge of the project would be keeping water out of the tunnels while shoring up its walls. Felice noted that engineers earlier this decade completed the 4,200-foot (1,280 meters) Port of Miami Tunnel, which had a price tag of $668.5 million. The Boring Company burrows utility and freight tunnels under cities to alleviate congestive traffic and shave down transportation times.

Uncertainty over the pace of federal COVID-19 vaccine allotments triggered anger and confusion Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in some states where officials worried that expected shipments would not be forthcoming. On Monday, which is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the testing site at the Orange County Convention Center had little to no wait. You can wait more than 28 days, you can wait 30 days,” Dr. Raul Pino from the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said. [READ YESTERDAY’S REPORT: Florida reports 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, over 7,000 people currently hospitalized]CasesThe Florida Department of Health reported 7,884 new cases on Monday, bringing the state’s overall total to 1,579,281 cases since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. VaccinationsThe Florida Department of Health recently began releasing a daily report on COVID-19 vaccines administered throughout the state.

| Fla. begins COVID vaccine appointment system]Federal regulations and guidance from emergency managers agree that there cannot be residency requirements for receiving the vaccine. The state is also administering the vaccine at Hard Rock Stadium, in Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade Commissioner Eileen Higgins, whose district includes parts of Miami, called it a bad idea to let cities reserve vaccine doses for their residents. “We’re working on a registration system that we plan to launch in the coming weeks to help integrate site registration and fix some of the problems that we’ve all read about,” he said. In Pinellas County, reservations for 10,000 vaccines were filled in about one hour after registration opened on Friday morning.

MIAMI, Fla. – Miami Mayor Francis Suarez held a news conference Tuesday afternoon regarding an incident in which a police officer was photographed wearing a Trump 2020 face mask while in uniform at a polling location, News 6 partner Local 10 reported. Suarez confirmed that the officer was in line to vote when the photo was taken and said he was unsure whether the officer was on duty at the time. Regardless, he said the officer will be disciplined. Here is @CityofMiami Police Officer Daniel Ubeda, in full uniform with badge and gun wearing his Trump mask inside of the polling location in government center. pic.twitter.com/TbJxu6mcem — Steve Simeonidis (@stevesimeonidis) October 20, 2020He said Ubeda was wearing the mask, which read, “Trump 2020.

Critics have said DeSantis should have shut down the state sooner last spring as the virus was spreading and should order a mandatory statewide mask requirement. As of Monday, Florida had a total of 491,884 coronavirus cases and around 7,200 related deaths. On many days last week, the number of reported new cases was around double Monday's tally. Florida's seven-day average of daily reported deaths was 176, second to Texas in total numbers for the summer resurgence of the pandemic in the Sunbelt states. Floridas numbers compare with average daily reported deaths of more than 760 per day for New York in mid-April.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Florida health officials say the state has reached a grim milestone: more than 200,000 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the start of the outbreak. The highest number of confirmed cases in one day came Saturday, when more than 11,400 cases were reported. There were 451.9 new reported cases per 100,000 people in Florida over the past two weeks, which ranks second in the country for new cases per capita. Also in Florida: Four Miami Marlins baseball players and a third Miami Heat basketball player have tested positive. While only a third of the general populations racial identity is something other than non-Hispanic white, 85% of the coronavirus cases in June were people of color, the paper found.